Favourite 2016 travel photos. Vancouver, BC. September 2016.
Million dollar view
Coal Harbour
Back from the (other) coast
I’m just back from a few days spent in Vancouver. Vancouver has always held a special, almost mythical place in my heart. Growing up on the east coast, and having spent a good portion of my adult life within walking distance of the harbour in Halifax and never too far out of sight of the Atlantic Ocean, the coast on the other side of the country always appealed to me. I didn’t make it out to Vancouver until I was 39 when my wife and I stretched out a work trip and spent a week falling in love with the city. Even before that trip, I had often dreamt of Vancouver. Truth is, I was in love with Vancouver before I had even set foot in the city.
Coal Harbour
Favourite 2015 travel photos. Vancouver, BC. April 2015.
Hiking around the seawall
One of the few benefits of flying west across the full breadth of Canada is that it gives you a natural early morning wake up call to help you make the most of your first full day on the other coast. Waking up well before daylight had the common sense to break, I readied myself for an only in Vancouver type of experience – a morning hike around the Stanley Park seawall. I picked up a scone and a coffee in the lobby of my downtown hotel and took a short cab ride to Stanley Park to start my hike. At about 6:00am, the skyline of the city was perfectly reflected in the calm waters of Coal Harbour.
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