I’ve been a lot of beautiful places in this big, beautiful world, but few of them compare with the splendor of the Canadian Rockies.
Olympic Park in Calgary. Those are ski jumps.
The road where I was left at the base of the Canadian Rockies…very happy to get off the prairie. This is where Ray picked me up.
These grizzlies are not in a cage. There is a fence alongside the road to discourage animals from crossing at certain points. Ray said in 30 years, he had never been so close to grizzlies. we were both glad of the fence. I was also glad not to have to sleep in the mountains.
Lake Louise. I filled up my water bottle with glacial water and have rarely tasted anything so sweet.
(Originally published 01 June 2009)
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Vago Damitio (@vagodamitio) is the Editor-in-Chief for Vagobond. He jumped ship from a sinking dotcom in 2000 and decided to reclaim his most valuable commodity, time. He bought a VW bus for $100, moved into it and set out on a journey to show the world that it was possible to live life on your own terms. That journey took him from waking up under icy blankets in the Pacific Northwest to waking up under palm tress in Southeast Asia. Three years later, his first book, Rough Living: Tips and Tales of a Vagabond was published. After diving into the Anthropology of Tourism and Electronic Anthropology at the University of Hawaii (with undeclared minors in film and surf) he hit the road again in 2008. Since that time,he's lived primarily in Morocco and Turkey, married a Moroccan girl he couchsurfed with, and become a proud father. He's been to more than 40 countries, founded a successful online travel magazine (this one!), and still doesn't have a boss. Life is good. You can also find him on Google+ and at Facebook