Blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 2

I am little a obsessed with whale, always have been. On our visit to Vancouver we decided to join a whale watching tour. We choose Sea Breeze Adventuresin Stevenson not far from the city. They had two different boats going out that day. We chose to take the Zodiac, a big blow up boat that seated around 10 people. We were pretty lucky quiet because early on at our tour we spotted three humpback whales. Usually they won’t stick around very long as our tour guide told us, but these guys seemed to enjoy our company and were really curious too. The whales were waving their tales and popped their heads up several times. We even discovered that day that whale poop is pink. And there was a lot of whale poop swimming on the waters ... read more

Le 23 août 2021, Il est déjà temps de quitter Ucluelet pour gagner la belle ville de Vancouver. Mais on devra d'abord repasser par ZE route... Celle ouverte à peine quelques heures par jour et ne permettant le passage de la circulation qu'une seule fois par heure pendant la période d''ouverture... Et il nous faudra en plus être dans les temps pour attraper notre ferry, prévu à 13:25 tapant. Bref, nous avons un petit défi logistique ce matin... Heureusement, la chance nous sourit, le départ se fait sans anicroche et on arrive au point de passage une dizaine de minutes avant l'heure d'ouverture prévue. Bingo, on passe et on poursuit notre chemin jusqu'à Cathedral Grove, où un court sentier nous permet de nous balader au beau milieu d'arbres cpmplètement gigantesques. La petite pause de 30 minutes ... read more

Road Trip to Vancouver Part 1 - Squamish. Squamish calls itself the “Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada”, today Finn joined his dad as we strolled around this pretty town. They town had recently been the location for a Christmas movie which is why we saw snow and Christmas trees laying around. The community garden looked well looked after. The Stawamus Chief, officially Stawamus Chief Mountain (often referred to as simply The Chief, is a granite dome located adjacent to the town. It towers over 700 m above the waters of Howe Sound nearby. It is often claimed to be the “second largest granite monolith in the world”. The indigenous people from this area, consider the Chief to be a place of spiritual significance. The great cleft in the mountain’s cliff-face in Squamish legend is a mark ... read more

Vancouver Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada, our tour started overlooking Burrard Inlet with sea planes landing and taking off. The inlet separates the City of Vancouver and the rest of the Burrard Peninsula. Vancouver is often called The Crystal or Glass reflecting the dominant steel-and-glass architecture of the city's downtown. Canada Place was originally built as the Canadian pavilion for the Expo ’86 world’s fair & is now part of Vancouver’s main convention centre. Designed in the form of a giant sailing ship which I well remember as 20 years ago we sailed from Vancouver to Alaska. No cruise ships in the port today. During Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2010 there were two Olympic torch cauldrons in the city, including the one by the Convention Centre. I guess that’s why I ... read more

We had visited Vancouver some years back on a tour which included a cruise along Inside Passage and at the end we spent several days in Vancouver, so this heygo tour brought back memories of the time we walked from our hotel to Stanley Park. Stanley Park was created in 1888 and is the oldest park in the city of Vancouver, spanning 1,000-acres, it’s the third largest public park in North America and today with Moises it was only possible to discover just part of this wonderful area. The 28 km Seaside Greenway is an uninterrupted pathway, including the Stanley Park Seawall which we walked along during our tour with magnificent views across the water to the city. What everyone wanted to see was the famous totem poles and Moises ended the tour in front of ... read more