Hoy ha sido un día intensivo...tanto que casi se me cierran los párpados delante de la pantalla... El primer plan del día ha sido ir andando hasta Stanley Park, allí me he alquilado una bicicleta, tenía grandes dudas respecto a esto pues el cielo estaba realmente gris y hacía un día desagradable, pero no me he dejado desanimar por las "inclemencias"... La placentera ruta se ha desarrollado sin problemas, unos 10 kilómetros (con el culo hecho una tabla de planchar), a ratos llovía, a ratos hacía frío...he hecho un par de paradas, la primera: en unos curiosos Tótems multicolores hechos por [View Full Entry]

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We got back from Hawaii on Saturday morning - it was amazing! There is a place called Hanuma Bay which is a submerged volcanic crater where there is load of coral and fish so we hired snorkelling and went and had a look! I seem to be more tanned than burnt now which is the best way round I think and the time difference to Vancouver is only 3 hours so the jetlag isn't too bad! Today Pam and I climbed up Grouse Mountain which has a trail you can follow - the avalanch warning had been removed. The views weren't [View Full Entry]

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Hello, I have been in Vancouver for a few days and have been enjoying chilling out after the amtraking! I spent a couple of days in Boston which was great. I met up with some friends from LSE and Sc Po and was able to experience the famous boston seafood, although the plastic bib and tools for the lobster are pretty funny! I walked along the Freedom Trail which was a great way to see everything and then spent some time wandering around Back Bay and the rest of the North part of Boston. I went across the Harvard, it is [View Full Entry]

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Hot, hot, hot...... 32c We had a full day in Vancouver today, it was a short drive over the Lion Bridge from our hotel in Nth Vancouver to Stanley Park. Which is situated in the city area. We purchased a "hop on, hop off" ticket for the trolley tram. We became real tourists for the day, we enjoyed the city, finding it spacious with lovely colourful gardens around every corner. We managed to do a lot of walking.... especially through the wooded area and waters edge of Stanley park and the city streets....16,500 steps.... Geoff says that's about 13ks !!! Pretty [View Full Entry]

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After a series of phone calls from Ruth began to narrow down the likely Olympia rendezvous day to Sunday evening, Judy was sure that her hostess friend's patience was on the verge of evaporation. Having come armed with her border-crossing paraphernalia, she hopped a bus up to Vancouver for a quick return to her Home and Native Land and a visit with Vicky Yehl, a diamond geologist of some renown. After arriving and lunching at the Vancouver waterfront, the ladies walked a few miles along the Vancouver Seawall, one of Judy's traditional Rites of Return, and enjoyed floatplane after floatplane coming [View Full Entry]

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We have been in Vancouver since 11 May, it is a really lovely city with huge high rises, beautiful ocean. We have enjoyed visiting Stanley Park, Capalino Bridge and Grouse Mountain. On our first day we went on the big red bus, hop on hop off. Went to Granville Island Market, great fresh fruit and veges - must go back there when we get off the cruise so we can be self sufficient and not have to eat out. We then walked down Robson Street (main shopping street) then down to Gas Town (named after a publican that talked a lot [View Full Entry]

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Decided we would try a cheap breakfast, so we opted for the Denny's across the street from our hotel. Well obviously, cheap doesn't apply to food here. The prices were almost double of what we pay in Pennsylvania! lol I ATTEMPTED to order the "Salsa Denny" without tomatoes and the Asian waiter said to me a couple of times, "There's no meat on it" I was like "OK, that's fine. I know that". (there was no meat on it in the first place) He kept giving me weird looks about eating it like that. Finally I said, "I'll take the "breakfast [View Full Entry]

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Stanley Park: it is named after Lord Stanley and is the 3rd largest city owned park in North America. There were only 2 bus stops in Stanley Park with one being at the entrance and the other in the middle of the 1,000 acre park by the aquarium. Bernie thought we should get off at the entrance but I thought it would be better to be dropped off at the 2nd one. Boy was I wrong! What our original plan was to only walk about 1/4 of the 5.5 mile sea wall on the east side only; so we would be [View Full Entry]

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After a big night, it's a late start but we're up and ready around 1pm. A little overcast and a slight chill in the air but nothing to stop us from heading down to the Beautiful Stanley Park again, via East Hastings of course, for a spot of 'Pitch n Putt'. After establishing that we all completely SUCK at golf (unless it's going 'Happy Gilmore' style and smashing it as hard as you can - which doesn't bode well with other players) we decide to make up our own rules and holes. Much better! Again, the scenery was spectacular with huge [View Full Entry]

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DAY TWO - 22 April Awake bright and early. Jed's starting to get a little frantic considering the phone calls he's making to window repair companies are quoting him between $900-$1200. Insurance is a no go as they've only got 3rd party; and now we need to check out of the hotel, get some brekky and get Corrie to the Bus station so he can head back to Whistler in time for work that eve. We hit a little cafe for breakfast and whilst reading a menu a bum finds this the best opportunity to come on over, offer his story [View Full Entry]

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