Doing touristy stuff in downtown Vancouver!
Stanley Park - its so big, you need to bus or drive round it - its about 10km in circumference and you can walk it, within the park are restuarants, an aquarium with Beluga whales (havnt been yet), returants, totem poles, cycling paths and so forth.
Gastown - this is a historic area with great old buildings and a clock which runs on gas - again lots of tourist shops and resturants.
Eating is definately a selected pasttime here, i havnt had so many bagels and cream cheese and tarts and just yummy stuff, needless to say i am now just eating fruit as am starting to pay the price of my gastronomic indulgences!
Robson street - this is the main shopping area and very touristy - all the brand shops can be found here, Gap, Lacoste, Diesel, Levi and so forth.
As i am currently staying in North Vancouver, in order to get to Vancouver downtown i have to catch the seabus which takes about 12mins across - its great as you get spectacular views of both North Van and the city.
Vancouver downtown, is the main shopping area and central hub - of course there is alot more to Vancouver but this day was focused on the downtown area. Why do i think this is a great city? Well almost anywhere in the city you can always glance up and see snow capped mountains which is so exceptionally bloody wonderful! There is something about snow capped mountains, dont you think. So what else.... 
Canada place is really a landmark where the 10 sails you
see represent the 10 provinces of Canada - the views from here are spectacular and there is an Imax theatre inside. The cruise ships also leave and arrive here.
see represent the 10 provinces of Canada - the views from here are spectacular and there is an Imax theatre inside. The cruise ships also leave and arrive here.Stanley Park - its so big, you need to bus or drive round it - its about 10km in circumference and you can walk it, within the park are restuarants, an aquarium with Beluga whales (havnt been yet), returants, totem poles, cycling paths and so forth.
Yaletown - a yuppy seaside area right on the harbour, pretty walkways.
Granville Island - basically a small island which you can walk onto and its made up of tourist shops, resturants, delhi's and a massive food market.
Granville Island - basically a small island which you can walk onto and its made up of tourist shops, resturants, delhi's and a massive food market.
Chinatown - this is apparently the second largest in North America and it runs for 4 or 5 blocks - will be doing a detailed trip here in the near future. 
Gastown - this is a historic area with great old buildings and a clock which runs on gas - again lots of tourist shops and resturants.Eating is definately a selected pasttime here, i havnt had so many bagels and cream cheese and tarts and just yummy stuff, needless to say i am now just eating fruit as am starting to pay the price of my gastronomic indulgences!
Robson street - this is the main shopping area and very touristy - all the brand shops can be found here, Gap, Lacoste, Diesel, Levi and so forth.
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