Dispatches

Vancouver is full of spooky fun for all ages during the month of October. From the Ghost Train in Stanley Park, to specialty “Haunted House” tours, to local Vancouverites turning their front yards into spooky cemetaries attracting hundreds of kids, Vancouver loves to ‘do’ Hallowe’en.
The Fresh Tracks team hopped on board this fright train when […]

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I spent the weekend at the Emerald Lake Lodge (just outside Banff), and wanted to share a bit of my experience about this Canada lodge.

Overall, the lodge is amazing. The rooms have an nice rustic theme, with very luxurious bedding. We were in a deluxe room, which was really large. It had a couch in […]

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When Lucas and I arrived in Placencia, we had no idea what to expect,  and were pleasantly surprised with what was waiting there for us. Placencia is the definition of a beach town. There is sand EVERYWHERE and the main street is a sidewalk through the sand. You can see the beach from almost every location […]

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I recently got the chance to ride on the famous Rocky Mountaineer Train from Vancouver to Calgary. Being quite a fidgety person, I did have some trepidation as the days on the train are full. Once on board, all of my qualms disappeared as time started to fly by, and I settled back into my […]

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We have visited three different ruin sites in the last five days, Cahal Pech, Caracol and Tikal. Each one was amazing. Tikal was probably the most impressive due solely to it’s size! The architecture is incredible and it’s amazing to know that this was all done well over a thousand years ago. We have many […]

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