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Banff, u can try hotel Jupitar .. ( something like that ..  )

Very nice view, u can take some nice picture in the morning.

Beef here is nice, but you are not going to tell if it is really better then BC beef ..

Calgary restaurant?  price range? style? and what area you will stay?

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Fibbi, did I suggest bears den to you as well?

I used to go there a lots, nice place, ok price, and cool deco.

Not the best food,(they are good) but really cool.

However, it is too far, and hard to go there with baby now ..

little bear, from jasper to calgary, 5 hour driving ga ..  be prepare ..  not sure what time you plan to leave jasper, you probably should have lunch in jasper, then drive back to Calgary ..  

Also, Airport is in WAY NORTH EAST part of Calgary, from airport to Banff, will be 1.5 hr to 100min ... (Banff is WEST of Calgary) Good that the new RING ROAD is opened ..  you can get to freeway right the way from airport.

Calgary is also 1 hour ahead of Vancouver, not sure what time you will arrive Calgary, but Sunday bunch in Lake Louie seems not a good idea...  Sunday bunch in Banff Spring is a good idea ..  ( I may join .. lol )

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    Yes you did ar... I like bear den...and yes...it's like the middle of no where ...
fibbi 發表於 2010-3-8 18:25

    Inside is more scary tim ..   ha ha ..

Cloth little bear :

From Jasper to Calgary, you will drive from west (highway 1), so it is not far to go Bears den, (on highway 1A) It is a nice place for people from HK and Van, when I have friends visit me from Van and HK, I like to take them over.

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not much la wor ...   Rim Rock is good .. but I think they are over price ...

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Not much to do in Jasper centre ... and the problem is, Jasper is app. 4 hr away from Calgary. (to me, 4 hr driving it nothing, but for people living from Vancouver and HK, 4 hr is LONG!)

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So, you can play with deer in Jasper! ( LOTS!! )

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It is funny .. so far, every year, when some of my friends come to visit me ..  they do the ..  kind of same tour .. and they like the mountain here more then Vancouver..   

Don't get me wrong, I love Vancouver way better then here, cheaper food, cheaper parking, nice ocean ..  but ... HK people may not care about those much, they like to see Rockie mountain.

I guess as long as you in charge of driving, they will be fine, HK people love to sleep in cars anyway .. lol

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Yee .. your bf is not coming ..

So ..  4 of you .. all girls ???

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Fabbi .. did u get lost inside Bears dan?

Even I have been there so many times ..  still hardly remember where the washroom is ..  lol

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The ice field restaurant is actually not bad ..  chinese food, somehow better then Calgary!  LOL  (but expensive compare to Van or HK)

Steak is actually not too bad .. ~ $30 ..  same as most place.

The "road fee" is very little ..  like $15 .. something like that .. ( I got yr pass, so not sure now)

Speed limit part .. is same as BC mountain anyway .. however, ALBERTA RCMP is not the same as BC, they are so so so CHEAP!  (Alberta RCMP issue more tickets then anywhere in NA.)

Gas station part is weird ... as most small town or out of area gas price is higher, but not that much higher, may be 10 cent, but in general, gas price is cheaper in Alberta then B.C.


No cell phone and no radio is pain in the butts ..  if you are with Telus, slightly better ...

LOL   

No worry, piece of cake, and straight forward, only thing you need to worry is WEATHER ..

Again, it could be sunny and warm in Banff, but then snow like crazy in Peyto lake, then sunny in icefield ..

Even sunny when you ARRIVE icefield, but when you take those BIG WHEEL cart toward the inner part of ice field, could be SNOW/COLD.

Prepare PL and ND filter for your camera!!!!  ( CND is better )