If you're heading out to Jasper along Highway 16 sometime over the next few days, you might notice two cyclists on the road - one of which is flying a veritable United Nations of tiny flags on the back of his bike.
What sets them apart from most people who pedal through the 375-kilometres through the Robson Valley is that for Pablo Garcia, 38, and Alvaro Neil, 45, the stretch is actually a very small part of two much larger journeys.
Both are cycling around the world. In the 11 years Garcia - who hails from Argentina - has been on the road, he has pedalled 110,000 kilometres, while Neil, from Spain, has covered 109,000 in eight years.
They've been following their own routes but have met a few times - Mongolia in 2009, Australia in 2010 - and have been cycling together for the last three weeks after reuniting one more time in Alaska.
The two have found Canada a little challenging. As if the bears and the mosquitoes have not been enough, the narrow roads combined with large and unyielding vehicles, have made for some hair-raising moments and they're asking motorists to slow down and give them a little room as they pedal along the narrow shoulders of this country's highways.
"I prefer bears to drivers," said Neil. "I carry a spray for bears but not for drivers."
Indeed, Neil has found the Third World much easier to get around than the First, where the traffic is greater, people are in a bigger rush, the food gets more expensive and, in the instance of Canada at least, buying eggs in any quantities less than a dozen is out of the question.
But they've also found the people to be friendly. A local couple is putting them up for their two-day stay in Prince George - they arrived in this city on Tuesday afternoon - and they have received similar treatment in Whitehorse and Smithers and have a place lined up in Dunster.
Updates on their journeys can be found by visting www.theworldbybike.com for Garcia and www.biciclown.com for Neil.
