Blogs from North Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 5

¡Vamanos a Perú! Hola amigos! I'm going traveling to Perú from January 27th until February 12th, 2011 and have decided to resurrect this travel blog and post some updates during the trip! This is my Mom's year-long teaching sabbatical, and she's been across the US, to Vancouver, Mexico, Guatemala, and more. Peru is our trip together and we're both really excited! Tonight I'm going to do a practice run of packing my backpack since next week is busy with work conferences and I fly out of Vancouver late on Thursday night to Toronto, meet up with Mom there to catch our flight to Lima. We have plans for Lima, Arequipa, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu, some festivals, and more, so if you would like to hear some stories and see some photos, please subscribe and we ... read more

A sad day because we are going home. Day started with a long walk down to the park. Watched people chilling out on the first day of the weekend. Then back to the hotel. Stretched limo arrived on time to pick us up to go to the airport. Plane was delayed but we were soon on our way home. An 8.5 hour 5000 mile trip back to Heathrow. Another adventure is over.... read more

We are now in Vancouver on the last two nights of our holiday adventure. We have said goodbye to our driver Steve and are preparing to go on a fairwell dinner cruise tonight. Then it will be time to say goodbye to our guide John who has been fantastic. Yesterday started with a walk down to the harbour and boarding a 60ft boat to go whale hunting. We were soon off and setting out into the Pacific ocean. Pam was very brave but her nervousness was soon forgotten when to we spotted our first group or killer whales. They are majestic and I have fulfilled one of the great ambitions of my life. We saw many wore including young then headed through the fog bank to the island outcrops where seals and sea lions were basking ... read more

Monday morning already, only 2 more days until we fly home. We headed off for a day of tourist activity. Went with Joe, Naomi and Jon to Lynn Valley Suspension Bridge. In the heart of the city the suspension bridge hangs over an amazing river at quite a height. Under the bridge young people swim in the river, being dare devils and leaping from rock ledges into the pools below. We wallked for about an hour and then headed for some lunch. We found a nice restaurant with a wide variety of foods and the 5 of us enjoyed our meal. Once we had deposited the boys at home Jim, Naomi and I went out to Grenville Island for some shopping. Again a hidden village in the heart of Vancouver, full of shops and fun things ... read more

Well we are packed and ready to go, taking Canada Line to airport so that should be fun. Avery needs to take care of a blister or will have tough time at parks walking around, need to find some good flip flops if such a thing. Plane leaves at 10:30 to Seattle then connector shouldn't be too bad. Will update when I can connect with a computer doing bicycle tour of Chicago Saturday should be fun, Six Flags on Friday should be funner. T... read more