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Vancouver Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver to Banff
Monday 5th May 2008 Alison: After an exhausting plane journey it was nice to arrive in Vancouver and discover our room was immediately available. We had intentions of getting out and about but were just too exhausted to do anything much. I managed to ...
Blinder Passagier mit Fahrkarte
Da das Wetter ganz gut war, gab es die Entscheidung noch nach Vancouver Island zu fahren. Fahren geht ja eigentlich nicht, also die Fähre zu nehmen. Die sollte $ 45 plus nochmal 12 $ pro Nase kosten. Also haben wir uns überlegt, wie man da sparen kann. ...
First days in Vancouver
... just some of the first things I got to experience in such a short time. Looking forward to getting to know more about Vancouver! Right now I’m gonna start reading a bit about what else this lively city offers! “We all become great explorers ...
Vancouver Day 2
... Mountain, Vancouver's Peak and visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge. We got these tickets and a day transit pass, which covered most Vancouver transport.We headed for the Sea bus terminal on Water Street, bout 15 minutes wait before we got on, bout 10-15 ...
Hanging out on Lesqueit Is.
We decided to slow down our pace and just hang out at Lesqueit Island for the day. We went ashore about noon and checked out the Saturday market. It was a hodge-podge of random booths. Some folks selling fresh veggies from their farm and other random ...
Vancouver is neat, they ought to host the Olympics
... ! I have bored Sandy stiff praising this device, I love it! It saved my marriage 11 times, and that's just today! Vancouver was wonderful. Tomorrow we leave for a 1-hour wait at the border, then a short-distance day so we can visit ...
Its Raining (gay) Men
August 1st 2010 Priiiiiiiiiide! Haha oh my goodness we need a pride parade on the Isle of Man! Can you imagine? No probably not, the poor paraders would probably freeze their nips off in the rain! As you might be able to guess from the opening paragraph, ...
Two wheels and two wings
As promised in my last entry we headed straight oot in to the Vancouver sunshine to make the most of it. The hostel had a deal with a bike rental place near Stanley park so we got ourselves some cheap wheels for a few hours and did some riding. There's ...
It's December in our town!
... actions allowed me to work a bit longer for the projects and presentations that I had to make. I’d say that here in Canada the educational requirements are much more higher than in Denmark so I ended up finishing projects of 100, 77, 27 pages in a ...
How the Term "Hooker" Came About
... street is a sparkling example of what free enterprise can achieve, but we have never been to Shanghai. From our next Vancouver destination, we took the Millennium Line of the Sky Train, east from the Burrard Street station to the E. Broadway Station. ...
Hurry up...and wait
... to some isn't much, but when you've never been on a trip as big as this...it seemed like forever! Our flight to Vancouver, Canada was easy-peasy, and we've just been spending time eating and wandering the international terminal. We are LOVING the free ...
A Day is 24 Hours
... trains that are over 1km long! It took us about an hour to get the short distance from the Canadian border into Vancouver's Pacific Central Station, where the driver even had to manually set the points to bring our train into the fenced platform for ...
Not a single cloud in the sky- Winter in Vancouver
... Verschneiten Berge mit den Beleuchteten Skigebieten an den Northshore Mountains. Nicht gerade wie ich es mir im Winter hier in Vancouver vorgestellt hatte, und auch nicht wie es normalerweise sein sollte - kalt, grau und verregnet. Nein viel besser. Ich ...
finally packing!!!
... which pair of shorts to leave behind. a day that was 70 days away for so long is finally here! we're flying vancouver - chicago - sao paolo - buenos aires and are all booked in at the ostinatto hostel in BA! woo hoo! i'll try and update ...
Vancouver
... of champagne. OOPS - no fluid is allowed on the planes - easy come - easy go!!!!. We arrived in Vancouver early afternoon - almost 24 hours late. Vancouver airport is new, clean and very well appointed and maintained, with the ...
Fairholme Manor and Temple
Chewy opted to drive down the coast of Vancouver Island. I couldn't wait to arrive in Victoria where we would check into a bed and breakfast called Fairholme Manor. We passed the time by blasting loud music and arrived in the light hours of early ...
Defying Death
We drove out of town on the highway that would take us ninety miles along the coast of Vancouver Island and on to Victoria. Fifteen minutes outside of Nanaimo we arrived at WildPlay Park. We arrived forty-five minutes early and we were okay with that. ...
Lovin BC!
... including a steam powered clock. However it is slightly dodgy as you head west and so caution is advised. Vancouver has the most homeless people in Canada as it has the mildest winters despite being close to some of the largest mountains and thus best ...
VANCOUVER
... blocks from Stanley Park and Denman St., as well as only a ten minute walk to the business district. We ate well in Vancouver, although, remember, this was supposed to be an inexpensive trip! We decided to have one fabulous dinner while we there, and ...
Vancouver cont...
... He had just come back from Banff when i arrived and still living in the hostel. Spent most of my third day in Vancouver in the library, getting prepared for the ski job fairs. Filling out and sending applications, making phone calls and updating my ...
Pre-trip excitement and jitters
... South Africa so maybe I'll get lucky again returning from Chile...such a risk, visions of my backpack coming out on the Vancouver luggage belts dripping with purple juice haunt me. 3) My Roommate - Since I'm traveling on my own I'll probably get paired ...
Getting to know Vancouver
First night there I eventually found the hostel after walking 15mins down the road the wrong way. It was nice much better than I have been in that's for sure. I had a quick shower and went to get a feed. I found a subway and scoffed that down ...
Before Sleep
It's 3:30 am, May 10th....today we leave, today this whole thing is real. There are no more sleeps, no more going away dinners, no more last visits before our departure. Today it is us, an airplane and 4000 anticipated miles of travel, I can help but be ...
Curling Rocks!
... French toast – appropriate for a Canadian breakfast. At about noon, we caught a bus (no complications) out to West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia. West Vancouver seems like a gorgeous area - tree-lined boulevards, big ...
Travel from Kam to Van
... buddy Mike Youwe and Greg Laithewaite picked me up. You remember Greg...G-spot...Thailand adventures!!! Well long story short he moved to Vancouver a while back from Korea and hes livin it up here now teaching english. I think its a not a bad adjustment ...
Visit No. 1 Let's take a walk through Vancouver
... Show __________________________________________________________________________________________ Visit No. 1 -May 4, 2006 Taking a Walk Through Vancouver My first stop was Canada Place, an outstanding landmark and symbol of the city located ...
Downtown Vancouver
We arrived at the Vancouver airport and got a taxi to a highrise hotel downtown. We saw some awesome views from our level 31 room and had dinner and breakfast at the revolving restaurant at the top - level 42 - that was a highlight for me - its was really ...