Blue Horizon Hotel Vancouver

... Ken.  It was all very exciting to see each o ther again.  We checked in to the Blue Horizon hotel which is right in the centre of Vancouver city centre.  It's a lovely hotel and both our rooms had fantastic views right across the ...

... Capilano Suspension Bridge. There was a shuttle service to the bridge from the downtown. The nearest shuttle stop for us was at Blue Horizon hotel. We reached Blue Horizon after travelling by a bus. The shuttle was almost full and the driver accommodated ...

... or something.. its blue and is easy to drive. Our hotel seems to be right in the middle of downtown area and is called the Blue Horizon. We are located on the 24th floor and have some ok views (although they would be better if the buildings around weren't ...

... Santa's Parade closing the streets the tour buses weren't running.  Still, with much assistance from staff at the Blue Horizon hotel, the transit bus drivers and passengers, we finally made it - for another great experience.  And, as a ...

... are massive totem poles that have been hand carved over the last 40 years or so. When whites originally came to Vancouver the aboriginal people were banned from practicing thier own traditions and encouraged to adopt the western way (A pretty common ...

... ...although we didn't clog our arteries with anymore than the first serve. Anyway, that pretty much wraps up the first 3 days in Vancouver... Tomorrow morning we are thinking of heading to the science centre on the way out of town. Then we head up into ...

... never eaten so much, so often!  You get 3 courses each meal!! Today will be a quiet one checking out the shops in Vancouver around the hotel, then tomorrow we're off to Hawaii!!  Yay, I am sooo looking forward to it!  Can't wait for a ...

... and some contemporary artists’ works linked to an older Canadian artist Emily Carr were very interesting. There is also the Vancouver Biennale at the moment, where a number of large public art installations are dotted around the town. Tonight, we ...

We left for Heathrow airport bright and early at 6am. After a 10 hour flight on a little Air Canada airbus we arrived in Vancouver at about noon (8pm UK time). We immediately got a good feel for the place as we were greeted by a friendly Customs official ...

... day to day basis, so much in fact that it is tough to find time to write.    So where are we now?  Arrived in Vancouver, April 26, a few days ago at our long time friend's Jacquie's and I have finally found some time to write.  As usual playing ...

... the next few weeks. Thankfully, we missed the construction and did not have any wait to cross. We drove North to Vancouver and checked into the Blue Horizon Hotel on Robson St. This is more of a high rise hotel, but there are very few rooms on each floor ...

... years old with a grey beard and Popeye-like forearms. His traveling companion was twenty year old guy and hailed from north of Vancouver Canada. They met while training Muay Thai in Chang Mai Thailand. These guys were a trip. The kid worked drilling in ...

... me around the town that night, and out the other side to the Forodhani Gardens at the waterfront. Something I desperately wish Vancouver had. We have all the best ingredients of a great city, but no amazing, cheap street food. Somewhere where everyone ...

... have 9 days in Vancouver, but I am so happy that I'm even able to go back at all.   When I get back from Vancouver, I will have less than three months left in my contract.  I keep thinking about all the different stages I have gone through ...

... selling them from the back of a truck near our hotel.  When he learned we were from Canada, he told us he had been to Vancouver.  Pete later tried to pick some oranges from a tree on the street, but they were too high up.    On our ...

... to pass that way. He tried to meet up with us in San Fran but in the end the drive became too much for them down from Vancouver and we didn't cross paths so in the end he caught a flight from San Fran when he got there straight to Vegas. So there we ...

... / flight-info. Only pretty much all of the choices were soso movie-made-for-tv quality. And Air Canada from Tokyo to Vancouver to Edmonton had removed / not-installed their LCD screens (empty LCD screen holes) - I wonder if Air Canada is short of money? ...

... flight direct to Vancouver. We arrived a few hours later, made our way from the airport to the American Backpackers Hostel in Downtown Vancouver and promptly headed to the pub for a cold beer and our first poutine – a Quebecan delicacy of hot chips ...

... India, there he takes a boat to Australia and New Zealand, then it’s up the west coast of South and North America to Vancouver where he will then cycle across Canada before flying home. What a trip, all by bicycle I might add, good luck Lee! Check ...