DRUMHELLER!!!!!

so what is Drumheller, Alberta, Canada famous for?one word: DINOSAURS!

http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/

its one of the world's best and largest dinosaur museum. the amount of fossils in drumheller is astonishing. how in the world did they all get washed up here. very interesting.

lewl. you can measure yourself and see where you weigh up in terms of this ancient beasts. I'm just heavier than a beaver, how embarrassing. the kid that got on after me, got the same result as me -.=

sabertooh and mammoth

a 100 million year old fish species. i thought it was a machine but it was real 0_0
i dont get it. up close looks like a dinosaur and on the bottom it had a gruesome mouth thing of a sting ray.ewwww

say..

RAWR!

this was discovered by two high school kids that went wishing on day 0_0 they thought they came across some fancy rock when they started chipping. amazin!

what the locals dig into...

First stop of the day Tim Hortons, famous in the area for their cheap coffe and steeped tea. The tea was good. They had this promotion thingy, where you roll up the rim of the cup to see if you win a car. I win coffee instead =P teenburger @ A&W, yummy. apparently Alberta the province where i'm staying has the best beef in the world? says the locals. so i had to try something and they say even if you don't try steak a burger will do. so i did. and hmm..it was REALLY GOOD! lol photo courtesy of dailysandwich.tumblr.com coz my camera battery died. Ice Wine, rare and speciality of Canada because their grapes are frozen. i didnt try this but i hear its really good. photo courtesy of schiller-wine blogger also this is not food related but the petrol station Co-op, HAS PEOPLE THAT FILL UP FOR YOU!!! say what!?!??! its negative 4-20 degrees outside and they have people filling up your tank for you 0_0. you just have to say half tank or full tank. The lady was really nice and also washed all our windows for us wow that is service....

Canada downtown

everywhere is covered in snoww!!

a nice warm meal to start the negative 4 degree day ( that's celcius you americans =P)the calgary tower! like our eureka, but smaller and we didn't go up because we would have just paid to see fog =P

street view

all cars look like this, if not more dirty, from the spashing of mud and snow

first stop downtown = Glenbow museum!!

the museum was MASSIVE! four levels and touch screen elevator =P

sooo much to see, yay austrailan opral!

an exhibit about politics, i didn't get it, but it was pretty, the desk was on the ceiling and upside down, like the original and best willy wonka chocolate factory movie

friendly transit

inside the main shopping centre.
the entire CBD is connected via skywalks! so its like a mini maze that tunnels above and cuts through all the buildings (that aren't heritage)

it's beacuse its so cold, so people stay indoors as much as they can.

clever!

neat art corner, upstairs = gallerys and selling of independent work
downstairs = classes and studios

loved the atmopshere

i really want to paint now XD

and this was in some random asian grocery store where everything was overpriced

i asked permission to take photos of this drawings by the owner's kids on the side of the counter

chinatown (upsidedown)

Second half of Spring Break - Canada!

so second day i visited Banff and Lake Loiuse, brilliant!

finally got the pic, with the flag flapping the right direction =P

rocky mountains

at Lake Louise and WOAHLA! what is this?!?!

i stumble across a film set!!! yay!! finally my first time on a real movie set action.

they were filming the opening sequence of "When Angels Sing" of kids iceskating.
it's a xmas movie to be realised next year

the rest of the movie is going to be filmed in Texas =]
got to talk to some of the film crew..soo coool

lol me in the same jacket you will be seeing for the next few days =P

the little bit of the lake that wasn't frozen over

the extremely pretty hotel next to the lake

every light was different 0_0

my fav shoot of the day.
looked better in real life though.

wheee sled rides

ice sculptures.

street view

Banff Falls (yes the waterfall was mostly frozen over =P)

a fancy hotel! the ice explorer i would have went on if it was open=.=" to explore down to the glaciers

few days ago i went skiing at olympic park

$51 the whole day, including rental + lift ticket + lesson

met a manager at telstra melbourne branch in my ski class, interesting eh?

til next time guys ! =]