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Travel Canada: Taste and Sights of Vancouver

DINING WITH A VIEW AROUND VANCOUVER, BC

It was late in the day when we set out from Burnaby.  He wouldn’t tell me where we were going, but from his casually dressy attire, I guessed somewhere special.  We drove out towards the mountains.   (more…)

Travel Canada: Sweet Vancouver

THE STORY OF THE END OF A MEAL AN ERA

The night is warm as we leave downtown.  To the right is Chinatown and some of Vancouver’s poorer neighbourhoods, dark and quiet.  To the left is a deserted field.  We wouldn’t be stopping here but for the little store ahead that shines like a lighthouse in the dark of night.  (more…)

Travel Canada: Regional Food In Vancouver

WHAT AND WHERE TO EAT – VANCOUVER, B.C.

The combination of a thriving fishing industry, a location in a lush coastal rainforest, and a burgeoning immigrant population makes eating in Vancouver, B.C. a one-of-a-kind experience.  (more…)

Travel Canada: Free and Cheap Things To Do In Vancouver

FREE AND CHEAP ACTIVITIES – VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA

Travelling to Vancouver on a budget?  Although Vancouver, B.C. is one of Canada’s largest and busiest cities, filled with culture and life, it is also one of Canada’s most beautiful outdoor cities. Embedded in a coastal rainforest, surrounded on two sides by mountains, and situated next to ocean waters, Vancouver is blessed with (more…)

Family Travel Story: Nightmare Inn

 A TRAVEL HORROR STORY

After having woken suddenly and without reason in the middle of the night, I was finally drifting back off to sleep.  Then I heard something.  It sounded like voices in the distance.  Tracking the direction, it sounded like it was coming from the clearing in front of the rusty, abandoned trucks we had seen earlier.  My heart began to beat faster.  My mind raced.  I pictured rituals including blood sacrifice.  Maybe she was chanting spells.  Through slitted eyelids I glimpsed flickering light.  How did it get so close?  The voices had seemed far away… (more…)