Executive Hotel Downtown Vancouver

... to the more mundane things, I had a great time at the Chilliwagon again on Tuesday, one kid Kyle came with a digereedoo and African drum, and of course Wayne still had his guitar. So we sat, chilled out, ate chilli, made music... it was cool. On Wednesday evening I went downtown to the West End for a small group meeting from my church- I managed to meet some more people, but yet again have been thwarted by their names. Hopefully they might come ...

... br><br>Of course, a visit to Squamish for climbing and visiting was in order. We happened upon our wonderful cousins, Tami and Jesse, while they were hosting a group of famous Japanese climbers. Yuji Hirayama among others was visiting and hitting up some of Squamish's hardest ...

... only to pay the cost of fuel. With the use of the boat for a full day they took me to Racha Island about an hour off the SE coast where we had lunch and some of us swam and snorkelled at an idyllic beach in 'bath- -warm', crystal-clear water - another fond memory of Thailand. Phuket is the #1 tourist destination in Thailand. Patong Beach on the west side of the Island facing the Andaman Sea is the go-go place for visitors seaking the shopping and bar scene ...

... close. They had stood up in front of the people whenever they got close, not because they were scared but because they were major attention seekers. I thought it was very comical whenever they did this. <br><br>Next, we went back to the hotel and then to dinner. I tried the salmon there, but they didn't give me lemons for it so although it already tasted great, it still could have been better.<br><br>Serguis - to be added later today<br><br>

... that) and so I think we got asked a lot more questions than usual. Anyway, having made it across successfully, we drove onto Vancouver, the third largest city in Canada, the largest in British Columbia and site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The GPS had a little trouble finding the hotel. (it gets real confused when there are a lot of road crossings in one place). In fact, we were so exhausted after finding the ...

... to leave you hanging about Saturday...but we are going to. We just don't have enough time this morning to tell you everything about yesterday, but don't worry we will be posting about it tomorrow night. So look out in your inboxes b/c what we did yesterday was really, really special and neither of us will ever forget it. We love you all and we'll see you soon!

I had to get up painfully early to get the 8am flight to Vancouver. The day didn't start well - when I went through security, the man on duty randomly decided to grab my handbag and haul everything out of it for public display. He then just grunted at me and left me to pick it up all. Nice. I arrived in Vancouver at 8:30am (Vancouver time ...

... of us caught the SeaBus to North Vancouver for lunch and wandering around the markets before catching the SeaBus back to Vancouver. Walked up to Robson St later in the afternoon before our final reception with APT and then walked back up for dinner at a Chinese Restaurant. Now heading off on the cruise tomorrow.

... real estate market. He has since become one of Canada's most successful commerical artists. (www.edambrose.com) The provincial and federal governments responded to the concerns of the Olympic Committee by promising to throw vast sums of money at the problem if Vancouver was selected as the site of the Winter Olympics 2010. The cost of the 95 kilometer highway upgrade is estimated to be $2-billion, including future debt servicing. The rest is history. As a ...

... us. Sound fun? Not so much. He was loud, and very spoiled, and thought it was great fun to run into our site with a flashlight and peek in the tent. Sleep did happen eventually. Saturday: We slept in a bit and then hoped on to the good old Vancouver transit and headed out for a day of retail therapy!! We hit a couple malls, a huge Sport Chek and MEC. We both scored at the Sport Chek...I got 2 new pairs of shoes (thanks ...