Visiting Vancouver

After our stay in the Olympic National Forest it was time to pick up our son at the airport of Tacoma, where he had flown in from Europe. The three of us had decided that the first thing to do after entering Canada was a visit to Vancouver. We had heard very positive things about this town so were very curious. Visiting a big city with a camper is not really our thing, so we found a campground in one of the suburbs and could easily go downtown with the Skytrain.

Detail of a First Nations Totempole in Stanley Park

View from historic Gastown towards the Vancouver railways and harbour

'my' men trying to understand the technique behind the Steamclock in Gastown

as you may know I love murals, so this one I had to capture... it is of the Vancouver Gastown Fire Department

entering Chinatown

whenever we are in big cities like this, we try to walk, simple pleasure,

always good for simple beauty

and sometimes you just have to hold your head high,

Oh, I loved these guys!

Gastown is a historic industrial part of Vancouver, that has wisely been saved from

project-developers and has been turned into a wonderful, friendly neighborhood chockfull of (Inuit) galleries, shops and restaurants. And: flowerbaskets galore!

Vancouver fashion? So different from the Antilles!

Downtown Vancouver from the Lookout, in the distance is Vancouver Island.

We could have spent way more time there, as we enjoyed this city and its nice inhabitants very much; but we had three weeks for our stay in Canada, so we had to travel on.

To be continued...