http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , British Columbia , Vancouver en-us Fri, 27 Nov 09 19:27:36 +0000 Fri, 27 Nov 09 19:27:36 +0000 27 Oct 2009Went to Vancouver for a first time. Despite of the cold weather and rainy days it didnt stop me to explore a little bit of Vancouver city. I went to Stanley Park Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park and Gastown. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/YVR/blog-453404.html The city of Vancouver is so beautiful when its sunny The problem can be that there seem to be mroe rainy days than sunny days. When the rain does fly there is still lots to see and do thats indoors. besttripdeals.blogspot.com http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/Stanley-Park/blog-451237.html Happy Halloween bbis womer eifach wirkli muen erlbt ha in Nordamerika isch Halloween die wohl grssti Partynacht da. Gschnitzti Chrbisse Gspnstli u Spinnwabe berall Chind wo dr d Quartiere laufe u Sesses sammle. So richtig agfange hets aber ersch woni ufe Bus bi fr Downtown zgah. Sogar de Buschauffeur isch verchleidet gsi u so bini de imne als Zombi dekorierte Bus mitemne Zombibusfah http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-450590.html Today our last day in Vancouver was a warm sunny Sunday. We picnicked with Ally then spent the afternoon wandering around Stanley park capturing all the beautiful autumn colours as the sunset over the city. Last night was halloween so we followed tradition and carved some pumpkins dressed up in gory outfits and bought the biggest baddest box of fireworks we could find. The city was screaming http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/Stanley-Park/blog-450071.html Hello everyone we've flown for sixteen hours around the world and landed in rainy vancouver... and guess what it feels like the pilot is playing cruel joke and dropped us back off in Melbourne. No there's differences for example don't cut corners or jaywalk until you known what direction the traffic flows from. Spent the first night in a hostel in 'downtown' Vancouver found a great brewery a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-448203.html A fun day trip with Tina and Lachlan at Grouse Mountain about an hour and a half from home. We will definitely come back during the winter but the summer activities included some nice walks chairlift action some mediocre films about the mountain's history and a couple of very cute grizzly bears. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/North-Vancouver/blog-446257.html Vancouver BC http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/Stanley-Park/blog-446237.html Day 110 Saturday 080809 NJJThe wind and rain kept us awake much of the night. Checked out of the resort. Sat in the restaurant for a time. Had delicious lunch. Lay on sun loungers for hour. After saying bye to everyone our boat left the island at 2pm. Jamie stood for majority of the trip as it was so bumpy that it kept jarring his back. Minibus took us to Raffles where we could use the faci http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-446219.html On October 1st I left Vancouver to take the ferry to Vancouver Island. On my way to the ferry I made a visit to Lynn Canyon. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/North-Vancouver/blog-445688.html Today I awoke as I expected I would to the pitter patter of rain drops on my tent and with 100km to the ferry to go there was little time for sitting around so I was up and off by 8.45 and the rain had even stopped. Bonus.My first 10km today was all uphill. Noone had told me that the highway climbs from sea level up to 350m on Vancouver Island wow thatrsquos a way to wake up. Being used to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-445575.html Grouse Mountain is the location of a very popular hiking trail known as the Grouse Grind. It is an extremely steep and mountainous trail that climbs 853 m 2799 ft over a distance of 2.9 km 2 mi with an average grade of 30 degrees. The trail nicknamed Mother Nature's Stairmaster is notoriously gruelling due to its steepness and mountainous terrain. Hikers who often time themselves on the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/North-Vancouver/blog-444521.html A month is already over... Es chunnt mer zwar einersiits vor als wri erscht gad gange aber anderersiits hani o ds Gfehl i bi scho ewigs hie wiu i fehl mi da wirkli afe drheime. En Viertu vo mire Ziit da in Vancouver isch bereits ume chum zum glaube.Vorletscht Wuche hani de mis erste Erfolgserlbnis im Use of English gha u mittlerwiile bini o chli zueversichtlicher dass i die Prefig im De http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-444163.html It felt a bit strange taking myself off the blackberry server at work today. Feeling a bit free I'd say. No work for 2 12 months Here's a picture of Cath trying to fit everything in her new backpack. Take out the hairdriers Blog entry by Dean. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-443692.html On September 24th I finally arrived in Vancouver where I ended up for a whole week staying at Geoff and Randy's place two amazingly generous hosts. Vancouver is a nice and laidback city in a beautiful situation surrounded by the pacific ocean. Some things I did in Vancouver biking exploring enjoying beautiful sunsets at wreck beach a theatre festival listening to street musicians parks http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-443608.html Cath and I are mostly moved in now to our new place. It's been a bit stressful moving in and then moving out plus planning a wedding. We are pretty much set for Saturday departure. Cath organized all our food for the Dhaulagiri Trek. Janet my sister and Cory just had their second baby Ewan on Oct 6th. We are very happy to see the baby before leaving.We are headed down to the Whip Restaurant to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-443277.html Well wersquove made it. Its 5.20am on a Sunday morning there is no public transport running havenrsquot slept for 24hrs and taxirsquos are as scarce as hens teeth. When we finally get a taxi we arrive into our hostel via the seedy morning streets of Downtown Vancouver and I could be mistaken that I am back in Amsterdam. We are staying on the outskirts of Gastown. One of the oldest area http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-442478.html Beautiful English BayGranted the Travelling Canucks are not beach babes but we love sitting like blobs on a log at the beach walking or cycling along the seawall or just driving by the beach to enjoy the scenery You might find us at the beach watching the sunset beachcombing for shells or shutterbugging you just won't find us in bathing suits With approximately 18 km11 miles of beaches su http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-441909.html Old Meets NewThe tale of two Chinatowns is one of old meets new. Vancouver's Chinatown being old and Richmond's Asian Golden Village being new. While we would not recommend visiting Vancouver's Chinatown for either Chinese dining other than Wild Rice a fabulous restaurant on Chinatown's outskirts an evening destination or a contemporary shopping spree if you appreciate architecture tra http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-440596.html Hi everyoneSo I arrived in Vancouver over a week ago and have had glorious weather for the whole time. This meant that I could get out hiking and cycling and take full advantage of the beautiful scenery around Vancouver.I've been staying with Prem a Uni friend who is now living in Vancouver and so have had my own personal tour guide On friday we had a leisurely day walking along the sea wall to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-440364.html Travelogue Day 2Vancouver British Columbia CanadaHello everyoneFriday September 18 2009 continuedhellipFriday in Vancouver continued for us after we all rested a bit and then went down on to the lovely outside patio overlooking the marina and the pool here at the Westin Bayshore where we played some Euchre and the guys have now taken the overall lead in games 32. Christie and I will h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/North-Vancouver/blog-440229.html