Ryan Hellyer's website

A spot on the web to store all my photos and other stuff

Downtown Calgary

Downtown Calgary is a very picturesque place. All the major buildings in the downtown area are connected by bridges, tunnels and walkways to allow people to move between buildings without getting chilly in the winter.

Downtown Calgary at night

Panorama of the Calgary skyline

The Calgary Tower.

West Edmonton mall

Some photos I took whilst visiting the West Edmonton mall in Edmonton, Canada. The West Edmonton mall is the former largest mall in the world.

The roller coaster in the West Edmonton Mall.

The wave pool in the West Edmonton Mall.

The ice rink in the West Edmonton Mall.

The pirate ship in the West Edmonton Mall.

Edmonton City

I was planning to catch a bus around Edmonton but I met a local called John Arnieri on the way there from Jasper who kindly took me on a tour of the city. Random acts of kindness like this are very appreciated. Thank you very much John :)

The photo below is of the Alberta Legislature building which is one of the most famous pieces of architecture in Edmonton.

Edmonton Legislature building

Vancouver

Vancouver is a wonderful place I highly recommend visiting if you get the chance. The weather was awesome while I was there. Stanley Park is a huge park area right beside the city center which I skated around while there. I hope to go back to Vancouver some day, might even consider getting a job there if I can.

Panorama of Vancouver

Beach on the side of Stanley Park in Vancouver

The shore on the side of Stanley Park in Vancouver

Seagull in Vancouver

I kept wondering what these crazily bright coloured but very common birds were in Vancouver. It turns out they’re just Seagulls! I felt a little silly when I found out :P This particular shot took about 500 attempts to get. Those darn birds move way to fast!

Seagull at Robson Square in Vancouver

Drunk Greyhound drivers

We had a completely insane bus driver on the trip from Vancouver to Kamloops, BC at 4am in the morning. As we were coming into Kamloops he came on the radio with a slow drunken sounding voice saying he’d got a bit lost and was having trouble seeing straight! But that we’d be in Kamloops in a few minutes! It turned out he was just joking :P Joking about being drunk that is, not about reaching Kamloops. There wasn’t much there so I took this pic of a sign as a momento of my midnight visit before catching another bus to Jasper.

Kamloops sign

Lake Louise

Lake Louise is a spectacular area in the Rocky Mountains. From above, the water is an unbelievable blue colour.

Me (Ryan Hellyer) hiking around Lake Louise

Lake Louise from above

Lake Louise from the hotel

Rocky Mountain wildlife

There was lots of wildlife around Lake Louise in the Rocky Mountains. Including chipmunks, birds and although I didn’t see the bear itself, there were even bear droppings on the track I was walking on. Scarily they were fresh droppings!

Chipmunk at Lake Agnes above Lake Loiuse

Bird at Lake Louise

Princes Island Park in Calgary

Princes Island Park is a small island which is separated from downtown Calgary by a small strip of water from the Bow river. There’s lots of wild life, greenery and picnic areas to enjoy.

Princes Island Park and Bow river

Canadian Goslings

A Squirrel

Canadian Geese

Calgary Phantoms

I’m back playing inline hockey again! I’ve joined the Calgary Phantoms :)

Me (Ryan Hellyer) in action for the Calgary Phantoms

Kent Chow and Steven Pelser sitting on the bench during a Calgary Phantoms inline hockey game

Me (Ryan Hellyer) wearing kitted out in my Calgary Phantoms gear

Calgary Phantoms team