We arrived in Vancouver on the 11th and spent a few days shopping for snowboarding stuff (lots of bargains to be found!) before heading up to Whistler. Apart from the shopping and Stanley Park we didn't discover any other highlights in Vancouver just lots of mice (which lived in our hostel room!) and hobos. We may give it another chance after we've finished boarding in Whstler. We headed up to Whistler on the 14th to be welcomed by Donuts (a uni friend) and some rain..... which eventually turned into snow. We stayed with Donuts for a few days, in which time we wandered round Whistler hobnobbing with the rich Yanks and Ausies. We got a couple of lift passes and headed up the mountain for a test drive of Di's new board boots and bindings. They
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