Vancouver Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Toronto's Pearson airport is the first airport of our around the world adventure, beginning in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, for the 2010 winter Olympics.

This trip is currently in the planning stages. Tomorrow (Sept. 01, 09) we take the first initial step before the foot falls by going to the travel agent to book our around the wor...

Well. it is Friday. This is definitely NOT Cape Town. A long, sad story - I'll spare you all the gruesome details. Now, we were prepared for travel difficulties - it goes without saying that cobbling together a RTW trip on you own in order to have the flexibility we wanted would mean spending many hours 'on line' at funky (in smell, not atmosphe...

G'day All, The day was a brilliant day when i went down to check on the new room we were told it was ready and we could move in now if we wanted too, so off we went up from the 4th floor and the trees to the 7th floor and the birds wow what a difference and the bed is a hugeeeeeee king size one wow what a difference a little requesting can do fo...

We made good time getting to Vancouver, but man do British Columbians drive fast!!! Once we got here, we checked into our room which overlooks the Georgian Straits and went to the beach. It was hot and sunny, and we all took a dip in the Pacific Ocean for the first time! Before we went to dinner, we toured Stanley Park, which is also right acros...

So after the horses, we got cleaned up at my brother's home in Calgary, we relaxed the muscles we did not know we had while we sat for six hours on the horses. It was so strange to sit on a chair which was soft and not moving! In Banff we hired a car (Avis far better than any other in town!) and packed our backpacks in the boot and we were on th...

BIG DAY. After a pretty solid night sleep and the prospect of good weather and clear skies we decided to get straight into it. (Plus Cathy wanted to get the fear factor tasks out the way so she could enjoy the rest of our stay here). First stop - Lonsdale Quay markets for some window shopping then off to Grouse Mountain. We got out of the bus an...

Man..i hate all this SMOKE FREE areas...at least vancouver has a smoke room, not like all the other airports...anyways, i'm waiting for my flight to board. And there's this couple, I'm sitting there, trying to figure out what language they are speaking, i'm trying not too look. The guy is dressed ok and then i look at his feet...OH MY GOD...he's...

Only one month to go! am I ready? now way! being the procrastinator extrordinaire that I am, I've put off a lot of stuff, but I don't really have time for that any more! Gotta buy a sleeping bag and various other important items - this weekend!?!? I have managed to do the Grouse Grind 3 times so far and do some running, so if i keep it up hopefu...

Arrived back in Vancouver at 10:53 pm and stayed at the crummy Executive Suite again (for the last time). The room was extremely hot and had to leave the door and window open to cool it down. Didn't get any supper that night as there was nowhere to eat. I think I had some snacks and water in my bag.

Caught the Via train across from Vancouver through to Toronto. Spectacular scenery along the way. Great service on the train, and an amusing little wine served each day before tea!. Stopped of at Jasper, one very picturesque little town, and would certainly love to go back there one day (hmmm my sister is going voer in 2006..excellent!) Vancouve...