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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…)

Travel Canada: Visit Olympic Vancouver in 2010. Join millions!

Travel Vancouver, BC – LET THE OLYMPIC GAMES BEGIN!

At 7:30 PST yesterday I had a burst of olympic spirit and sat down in front of the PC to check out the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympiad.  Having some technical difficulties, my family and I frantically surfed until I located a couple of live streamed telecasts.  Finally we were ready to go, and enjoyed the next few hours of wonderfully synchronized skating, poetry, music, and aerial acrobatic super slalomers and snowboarders.  It was a very heart warming celebration punctuated by

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