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Library on Robson Street |


After a really long day the previous day, we awoke at 7.00am to rain. During the morning we walked up Robson Street, one ofVancouver's bustling streets. In the afternoon we had booked a City Tour which lasted 3 hours and sadly began in torrential rain. The tour began in Stanley Park, so we felt very lucky to have seen it resplendent the previous day. As the tour progressed we visited Granville Island, a haven of artisan crafts, market stalls, theatre and the like. Sadly the tour only allowed us 45 minutes and this was to be a great disappointment. We carried on in the rain, with our courier trying to be very positive about it all and what we could not see! Next Vancouver’s Bloedel Conservatory which is a year-round indoor tropical garden in Queen Elizabeth Park.This “park within a park” is an enclosed triodetic dome
filled with 500 different exotic plants and flowers, koi fish, and more
than 100 free-flying birds.The Conservatory sits beside the beautiful Quarry Gardens and has a panoramic view of the city's skyline and mountain backdrop. Next on the tour was Chinatown and Gastown.
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Steam Clock, Gastown |
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Gastown |
Like all tours, information came flowing and we were told that Vancouver is Canada's 3rd largest city, with a population of 45,000. Canada Place is the most densley populated and Chinatown is "locked" at 6p.m. as there are 2,000 people sleeping on its streets.
We were lucky enough to see the Olympic Village and the torch that it housed at Canada Place.
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Gastown |
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With Gassy Jack |
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Chinatown |
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Urban Art, Vancouver |
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