TUESDAY - LAST DAY IN VANCOUVER

Pretty quiet day today. The photo above is of the Sea Princess which happened to be leaving port as we passed by today. It is presumably a sister ship to the Island Princess on which we will be sailing.

The promoted features of Vancouver which we hadn’t yet seen were Granville Island, China Town and Gastown so we did those today.

Glanville Island was really interesting. It is an area under the Glanville Street bridge which was dredged up out of False Creek and developed as an industrial area and, having outlived its usefulness, was then abandoned and neglected for many years. It’s old industrial buildings have been rejuvenated into a very popular market, craft and shopping complex. One gets there by crossing False Creek on what, at home, we would call a party pontoon but here, they are used as ferrys.

China Town and Gastown were worth a look but I wouldn’t hurry back. The most interesting aspect of China Town was the shops, particularly the seafood shops, with various types of live creatures in tanks waiting to be purchased. It was certainly fresh seafood.

Gastown was quite smart, in the same manner as Yaletown but mainly consisted of restaurants. It is no doubt quite lively at night.

We have booked at site at Whistler for our motorhome tomorrow night. The blogs should get more interesting from here on.

What I haven't mentioned is the weather - brilliant - shorts and tee shirt weather and a delightful bonus is that it doesn't get dark until 8:30. Great time of year here.