Vancouver, Canada Travel Blogs

Back home for birthday celebrations!

A travel blog entry by sutiramisu
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The Wilson World Tour begins!

A travel blog entry by sutiramisu
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This morning the whole gang trekked from Catherine's place to the beach at Mount Doug. We had lunch on the beach and the kids played on the beach.

A travel blog entry by cottonbud
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... , we met up with a couple of online friends at the Banana Leaf Malaysian restaurant on the West End neighbourhood in downtown Vancouver. When we travel, I always research to see if there's a Malaysian restaurant in the city we're in and proceed to eat my ...

A travel blog entry by cottonbud
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... from a pay phone and tell him we had arrived.  So, off I went in search of a cash machine.  Unfortunately, for me, Vancouver bus station is in the roughest part of town, and it was starting to get dark and it was a Tuesday night which I found ...

A travel blog entry by marshallmatters
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After I made my way on public transit to Kitsilano, a district of Vancouver - the city bus is only $2.25 vs a taxi of $30, I'm already being frugal. Welcomed by a friend I met in the Bahamas was a wonderful way to begin this trip. We went to dinner at ...

A travel blog entry by charmedlife
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... out where to get the forms for applying for a Canadian Work Permit. After getting the run around I decide to head into Vancouver to find the Immigration Office. After queuing in the wrong building I am directed twelve blocks away to the Citizenship and ...

A travel blog entry by petenic360
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... but I'm definitely glad I did it once. And that's what it's all about. Thanks for taking me Dad. footnote June 11th, Vancouver It rained from the time we returned from the trail until we flew out of Juneau. We were very lucky with our timing ...

A travel blog entry by shawna
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Dean: On Sunday we travelled from Vancouuver over to Victoria on Vancouver Island. We could have just booked ourselves on to a tour bus that would take us across (so no need to worry about the ferry etc) but we decided to do it ourselves, via public ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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A wintery looking day with light drizzle, after a night of racous celebrations outside to honour the win of the Vancouver Canucks against Dallas in an major ice hockey elimination match. Seems bigger than any Melbourne AFL team beating an interstate club! ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... is sunny and warm. Big black policemen saunter by, sweating. In the adjacent terminal I check in for my Air Alaska flight to Vancouver. I have booked a flight leaving at 1730 but ask to go standby for the next flight at 1430. Luckily I get on. The flight ...

A travel blog entry by petenic360
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We came, we conquered, we left. Only had a short time here. Went to the Island which cost us $130 for the privilege, saw the museum. The aquarium is worth a visit at Stanley Park. Leaving now. ;-)

A travel blog entry by suzukistorey
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Aaahhh...the wonderful internet.  Even this far from home, I can still follow the football scores. In recognition of a sad day at the Anzac Day match and one filled with constant drizzle and continued lack of decent coffee here, I will not be writing ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... weather for Victoria, and my body isn't used to it either. But the larger curiosities are the first experiences back in Canada. The supermarket seems like a Las Vegas casino after the stores in Cuba. Cars are everywhere. For days we luxuriate in the ...

A travel blog entry by mbgower
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... cheerful as they swabbed everything and put me in a 'puffer' booth to test for 'bodily chemicals!' The flight to Vancouver was quite enjoyable - a little 50 seat Dash 8-300 with one hostess (who chatted up the off-duty pilot opposite me most of ...

A travel blog entry by jbushie
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... walking across a road. Jean has since made his multi millions in telecommunications and lives in one of the top penthouse apartments in Vancouver. Pete shows up with his model girlfriend, Julia?. He 50 she 25. Probably ended up in Bar None. Day 275 - ...

A travel blog entry by petenic360
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My Journey is over. It's time to go home and be me.   Last night I finished reading "Eat, Pray, Love"   by Elizabeth Gilbert.   I woke up and I meditated for an hour. Actually...I don't think what I did could be considered ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... itself. I ventured out into Kitsilano down to Jericho Beach and walked the several miles of shorefront that blesses Vancouver. Incredible pink sunsets created a magical evening as I watched seals and seagulls who seem nonplussed by the immense tankers and ...

A travel blog entry by charmedlife
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... inconsequential, being in Canada allowed us to feel we were venturing into new and undiscovered territory. So to Vancouver; our first, impressive impression of Canada. The bus drops us off at Vancouver airport, where we pick up a rental car, which we' ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... wasn't feeling it. Maybe you have to live here to 'get it' or maybe the rain just plain sucks. Vancouver's Rodeo drive, although more like oxford street, provided enough window shopping entertainment and more importantly shelter to hide from the ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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... do a hop-on hop-off bus tour of the city. This is the view from the Hyatt hotel. Our first stop was Vancouver Aquarium. This place was very good as aquariums go but the main attraction was the Beluga Whales. This is a picture from the ...

A travel blog entry by chris_and_kelly
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Dean: We have now (yesterday and today) finished uploading all of the pictures to the site. Sorry for the delay guys - enjoy!

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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... US (and even better weather than you guys are having in the UK!!!). Alex: We came to Vanouver Island on the Ferry from Vancouver - Dean's first ever! The ferry ride was really nice we could see the Olymus mountains in the US in the distance and we kept ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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... at 3pm and arrive in Vancouver 5 hours later. 'Beckside is once more unavailable so I book into another guest house in north Vancouver. I return to Beckside on Tuesday, next week. For the rest of the week I amuse myself by going for walks and sitting on ...

A travel blog entry by petenic360
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... see any though. We drove (noticing a driving theme?) to Stanley Park on Sunday which is a giant park just off downtown Vancouver. It has lots of tall trees and a lovely walk along the seawall. The walk around is 7kms around which should indicate how ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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First stop

A travel blog entry by mbgower
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Pretty massive two week run-up to departure I have to say. Jumped out of a questionably good plane with some good friends from school, threw a helluva party at my parents place, ripped to Victoria to see family and then up to Kelowna to dress up in a ...

A travel blog entry by shawnsmith
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Wow, what an amazing adventure. What can we say about it, can you really sum it all up in a few words. It was beyond anything we imagined. We can honestly say we have been changed forever from this trip. Even months later we notice we look at things ...

A travel blog entry by audreyandjack
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... hour. Other than the clock we have managed to make it to Granville Island and a few parks, this isn't hard as Vancouver is a very park-y city. Once that paycheck comes in though we will be crazy tourists again.. somehow with the absence of these ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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Tofno is a small village of approximately 1700 on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. This stunning village multiplies in the summer as people flock to whale watch, hike, surf and relax on the rugged coast. We spend a few nights at the hostel on the ...

A travel blog entry by myjob
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