Tag: Vancouver

  • Tuesday 8 August 2006 Highlights: Canadian Border Crossing Today I was mostly killing time before catching my Greyhound bus back to Vancouver.   Unwisely I throw out my map of Seattle and as a result got myself slightly lost when trying to find the station, which will be a lesson for me in the future.…

  • Thursday 27 July 2006 Highlights: Stanley Park The tour really began today.   The group includes 35 people (10 more will join later) with a lot of USA citizens included which is a new experience for me. We started with a bus tour around Vancouver I had seen most of the sights already but the…

  • Wednesday 26 July 2006 Highlights: Backpack finally showing up! Getting up at 7 am I found my backpack had been delivered at around 4 am that morning, which made me very happy.   British Airways gave me 30 pounds compensation for the delay (about $60 CAD). Walking down to my hotel for the Canadian tour…

  • Tuesday 25 July 2006 Highlights: Missing bag, Visiting China Town With only the spare clothes in my day pack and a promise by British Airways my bag will be shuttled to me today I set out to explore Vancouver. Fighting jetlag I visited the Chinese area of the city.   Reds, yellows and dragons are…

  • Monday 24 July 2006 Highlights: British Airways First Lounge – The amazing shower The very long day beginning at 5.20 am in the morning.  I walked to the Finnair airport bus which got me to the airport at around 6.30 am.   Using the Finnair lounge I had my first shower of the day (not…