Another three day train journey

Sadly I didn’t have enough time before my plane ticket expired to stop off and see anything of the middle of Canada so instead I decided to get the train across the country so I could at least see something of it even if it was just through a train window. Despite there not being any showers on the train – apparently due to not having enough water (I don’t believe a word, if they can do it in Australia, the land of drought, then they certainly should be able to manage in Canada) – and it being another three day journey it was amazing. The Rocky Mountains are truly beautiful and from the train you see them from an angle you can’t see them from any other way. To begin with dark green fir trees cover the Mountains, then as you start to come out the other side of them the trees disappear leaving just rocks and snow. Milky blue rivers cut across the valleys in between big beautiful still lakes which reflect the mountains perfectly. We stopped off for half an hour in a little town called Jasper which apparently is the most visited place in Canada, even beating Niagara Falls! It’s definitely somewhere I’d like to go back to. The scenery in the middle of Canada isn’t so amazing - quite flat and full of not very much - but the time passed quickly and we soon were travelling through the state of Ontario where there was lake after lake. We were informed that a sixth of Ontario is actually fresh water. Although the seats were quite comfy and I had two to myself, when we finally arrived in Toronto I was very pleased to sleep in a bed again!