Vancouver Travel Blogs - Page 3

It's 5:40am and I'm sitting at my gate waiting for my plane to be ready to board, I don't even know if it's here yet.  Geez, I'm too sleepy to figure it out.  I have about an hour and 20 minutes more to wait.  What to do what to do?  I don't wat to wat any airport food, no way, …

So I made it and it has been one hell of a week. I have only been here 7 days and in so little time I have accomplished so much. I have a job lined up for my local starbucks, but things get a bit tricky since I am not permitted for a working visa due to my stay only being 4 months, (supposedly you …

Vancouver's excellent aquarium is in the middle of gorgeous Stanley Park. I had a great day there and was doubly pleased to hear that the animals are all rescue ones (I'm not a fan of dragging animals out of their natural habitats for our amusement). The beluga whales were particularly adorable :D

32 states in the US and 8 in Canada. Travelled Canada and the USA from coast to coast within five months. Travelled mostly by train, sometimes by coach. In total 33.000 km (20.000 miles). Started and ended in Toronto. Some other highlights: Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelpia, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, El Paso, LA, San Fran, Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas, Vancouver, Jasper. Experienced temperatures varying from minus 25 degrees Celsius to +30 degrees Celsius. Only shot 6000 pictures.

I have long heard of how nice Canada is, how friendly the people were etc etc....mind you a lot people tell you a lot of things...LOL!....but Canada turned out to be the very thing they ALL said it would be. It is indeed a very nice place (we are talking in reference to Vancouver for now), cle…

Returning back to Vancouver I spent some more time with my cousin Marieke. Her husband is a petrol head and owns a muscle car which he decided to showcase during the Langley Cruise-In, one of the largest car shows in BC. So off we went to spend some time oggling at vintage cars, 50's chevies, …

Once again I was “hungry” to get below water.. when in Seattle we had a few days of rain and I actually enjoy diving in the rain so I was wandering if I could do it in Vancouver  after all we had a few days to kill over there.. So online to search for dive shops/ clubs and or trips.. and …

Vancouver is one of those places that takes you by surprise.  Of course, it has been recognized as one of the "Best Cities to Live In" from various publications.  But it isn't as overtly obvious as a destination like San Francisco (when you think of the NW part of North America).  Ra…

I was met at Vancouver airport by my lovely, rowdy relatives: my aunt and uncle and four cousins, ages 6 - 16. Summer in Vancouver feels only slightly warmer than winter in Sydney (I'm half serious!), but I could tell it was a beautiful place to live, lots of trees, calm drivers, mountains in the d…

It looks like I am not the only one impressed with the international departure area in the Vancouver airport. There are two little housesparrows flying around fighting each other inside the terminal. They walk around on the carpet picking up peoples crumbs and land in the trees planeted in giant po…

This trip all started with my best friend asking, "You know what we should do sometime?" I responded with a whole slew of suggestions like watch the stars come out at night, have a picnic, nap at the beach, fly to a foreign country, go on an adventure etc. I wasn't exactly wrong. She replied with h…

English version can be found below! We gaan weer naar huis. Echt gelegenheid om nog iets te ondernemen hebben we niet dus nemen we alle tijd voor douchen, ontbijt en inpakken. Rond half elf kwam de taxi om ons naar het vliegveld te brengen. Dit ritje was nu midden in de ochtend en duurde toch wel…

    Sooooooo....Vancouver is pretty interesting. Got myself checked into a hostel and started to explore the city. Now let me tell you.... This city has got some crazy people in it and if you want to party till you die then i would definately advise you to travel here and meet with t…

One heavy night and hangover too many. Not a lot achieved in two weeks. A lot of money spent. One simple solution, stop drinking like a tool and start doing something a bit more positive with your time.So I have just had my first night out minus alcohol on my big giving up journey. I have sunk two …

goemoggel zondag vandaag het is08.30u en we gaan breakfest doen jaja te gek hier en dan gaan we met de bus hopp on hopp off door Vancouver crossen dus daar horen jullie later weer over Chris ik heb het systeem nog nie goed door de foto s lukken niet nog niet maar wie weet kan er nu ff geen tijd mee…