Vancouver maintained its batting average with another beautiful day Tuesday. I started the day by heading to the Vanier Park. Here I walked around the area and visited the Vancouver Museum, which told the story of Vancouver over the years. One of the best exhibits there was a proper 50's/0's jukebox which you could use and play music of the time on. Another impressive item was at the end of a special exhibition on Stanley Park, where they had two screens of photos of the park streamed from the internet, and some "viewpoint" looking stations which you could use to select the picture you wanted to see in more detail and have it come up on a big screen.
After lunch I headed across town and caught the seabus to North Vancouver. From here I took a bus to Grouse mountain. Here you took a cable car up to the top of the mountain for views of Vancouver and other attractions. Getting to the top, the views weren't that clear (despite signs to the contrary at the bottom) as the city itself was quite hasy. However, the actual area was a big letdown. They had the builders in (preparing for ski season no doubt) which meant that a lot of areas were fenced off and those that weren't had diggers etc working around them. Whilst I appreciate that it is off season, to not even be able to walk to the peak due to building was a bit much, particularly as it was still full fare (nearly £18!)! Still, managed to look around a bit, take some photos, see two bears who were living on the edge of this building site and watch a film of aerial photography before running out of things to do and heading back to town.
Vancouver maintained its batting average with another beautiful day Tuesday. I started the day by heading to the Vanier Park. Here I walked around the area and visited the Vancouver Museum, which told the story of Vancouver over the years. One of the best exhibits there was a proper 50's/0's jukebox which you could use and play music of the time on. Another impressive item was at the end of a special exhibition on Stanley Park, where they had two screens of photos of the park streamed from the internet, and some "viewpoint" looking stations which you could use to select the picture you wanted to see in more detail and have it come up on a big screen.
After lunch I headed across town and caught the seabus to North Vancouver. From here I took a bus to Grouse mountain. Here you took a cable car up to the top of the mountain for views of Vancouver and other attractions. Getting to the top, the views weren't that clear (despite signs to the contrary at the bottom) as the city itself was quite hasy. However, the actual area was a big letdown. They had the builders in (preparing for ski season no doubt) which meant that a lot of areas were fenced off and those that weren't had diggers etc working around them. Whilst I appreciate that it is off season, to not even be able to walk to the peak due to building was a bit much, particularly as it was still full fare (nearly £18!)! Still, managed to look around a bit, take some photos, see two bears who were living on the edge of this building site and watch a film of aerial photography before running out of things to do and heading back to town.
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