Vancouver | TravellingOyster.com - Part 2

Travel Canada: February in Vancouver

WINTER ACTIVITIES IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Every winter in Edmonton, when the world outside is covered in large amounts of snow, and wind gusts blow chilly air into all the nooks and crannies that haven’t been well enough covered up, I hibernate.  The whole family hibernates.  Even the kids don’t go out to play in the snow; we bring a bucket of it inside.  Right now, I am seeing all my Edmontonian friends chuckling and shaking their heads.  What wimps we are, afraid of a little cold and snow.  But, c’mon, I’m from Vancouver.  Winter in Vancouver (more…)

Travel Canada – Video: Vancouver in the Midst of Mist

 NATURAL BEAUTY OF VANCOUVER, CANADA (VIDEO)

As a former resident of Raincouver, I can attest to the amount of precipitation that the coastal city receives.  However, due to being in a temperate rainforest zone, Vancouver and most of the Wet Coast enjoys greenery that many have compared with the Emerald Isles.   The natural beauty of B.C.’s urban jewel is highlighted in this video that is displayed in lovely timelapse.  Reminescent of scenes on Baraka, I applaud the filmmakers for making me feel homesick.  Kudos. (more…)

Travel Canada: Best Chinese Food on the Planet?

VANCOUVER’S CHINESE FOOD SECOND TO NONE

So you think you’ve had it good, eh?  Been to Beijing, you say?  Been to Taiwan?  Frisco?  Hong Kong?  Well, they’ve got nothing on Vancouver, so says Condé Nast Traveler, the hoity toity travel magazine.  Oh, you know the one, with the really thick paper and glossy covers, filled with drooly pages of places you want to visit.   Mark Schatzker, the Toronto writer for the magazine says that “… the experience in Vancouver left me trembling.”   (more…)