Blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 159

Day 100: Monday 14th. August 2006: Sunny: We were in Vancouver 6 years ago and missed out on one place due to bad weather so today we decided to go to Grouse Mountain - on the Seabus - a bus up the hill past the Capilano Suspension Bridge and then the Gondola up to Grouse Mountain resort - a wonderful spot for families and tourists with so much going on - hang gliding, ski lifts, live fun entertainment, movies, real live bears and more and absolutely stunning views. Back into North Vancouver and the markets for food - fabulous food. Day 101: Vancouver Island: Butchart Gardens - Victoria and the home of Emily Carr, Parliament House, Wax Museum and harbour. SEE separate blog. Day 102: Our last true holiday day out of Australia - so what ... read more

Drove North from Seattle and crossed the US/Canadian border on the 10th August. Stayed in Vancouver (British Columbia), which is a beautiful city. Apart from walking the city sightseeing, spent a day at the beach and hiked Grouse Mountain. In Vancouver we were lucky enough to enjoy a couple of nights luxurious appartment accomodation courtesy of Heather Scott, who we had met earlier in our travels (Mendoza, Argentina) and Gary had kept in contact with. We are indebted to Heather for the meals she made and the chance of free laundry, which believe me was badly needed! Revelstoke (British Columbia) was an overnight stop off on route to Banff National Park, and here we budgeted well with take away pizza and beer from the liquor store. Banff (Alberta) - Lake Louise, Moraine Lake. Hiked Sulphur Mountain. ... read more

Well 2 days in Vancouver was enought for us. Theres only so much you can do in a city when you have no money! We were meant to stay in Vancouver for 4 nights but after the first night we felt really ready to go home and made the decision to leave two nights early. Lucky we did after all the delays that happened at the airports the day we were meant to come home! What a nightmare that would have been! So we're home sweet home! I will write another blog when I get a spare 5 mins! I'll update you on the events since we've bin home and our final blog with an overview of all our travels - Ive still got so much to say! Its been such a life changing experience and ... read more

Vancouver, well for the past few days it has been really cloudy and drizzeld rain. I guess it reminds us of home a bit! The weather has not put us off though and we have been out and about visiting the sights. On the rare occassions when the Sun comes out its actually quite warm, but this hasn't happened too often. We can't complain about a few days rain in six weeks that would be wrong. We took a ferry across the water to Granville Island where they have a market with fresh food and stalls. We went for a bod abound one of vancouvers many parks and checked out views of the pacific and the harbour. They also have a microbrewery which brews up such things as maple cream ale and honey lager. (Friday) we ... read more

Yah I know that this is not the day that we accually returned but for those who are following us from abroad then I figured that I should just type this last blog for this trip. I know that we both want to do more and we will just have to see when that happens. But for now back to the last bit. Our trip to the airport went with out a hitch, we already knew the way back so all we had to do is follow it back. I ended up fixing our black bag that we got in Florence enough so that it lasted all the way home. The check-in couldn't have been easier, we made use of the express check-in and did not stand in line at all. It was so nice! On ... read more