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Offline SaburoS

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Ok, you Canadians....
« on: October 28, 2004, 12:46:38 PM »
Wife and I coming up to Vancouver in mid November for a week for a little R&R. What are the good "Gotta see sights" and what are the "Just skip it, it's a tourist trap"??
I'm bringing my camera equipment for some scenics and city-scape shots.
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Offline MOSQ

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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2004, 01:01:20 PM »
I'm not Canadian, but I do live in the Pacific NW.

If you like the mountains, Whistler opens Nov.25th for skiing. If you don't ski, or even if the slopes aren't open yet, it's still a cool place to go anyway if you have a car. http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/

Chinatown in Vancouver has great food. I think it's either larger than San Francisco's or almost as large.

A ferry ride out Vancouver Island to Victoria is a beautiful trip you'll never forget. Victoria is a small but neat place. Butchart gardens are great, but I'm not sure about them this time of year.
 http://www.butchartgardens.com/

Be sure to bring sweaters and raingear!
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Offline Habu

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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2004, 04:01:48 PM »
I think you should book a trip to Banff when you are there. Banff is old style Canadian mountain tourist railroad town.

If you ski there is good skiiing there as well.

Whistler a is new modern Interwest type place.
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Offline AWMac

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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2004, 04:13:01 PM »
Their Navy is a "must see" site.  2 Mounties in a canoe with a beaver.  But please don't feed the Mounties !

They almost had a submarine.....

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Offline pugg666

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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2004, 04:49:19 PM »
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They almost had a submarine.....


hilarious.

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Offline Torque

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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2004, 04:50:15 PM »
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=529&si=&thumb=1&page=2&sort=1&perpage=16&ppuser=&stype=


You might wanna browse thru this guy's gallery to get a heads up, some nice cityscapes.

Have fun.:aok
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Offline Nash

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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2004, 04:52:31 PM »
I just moved from Vancouver in March. Funny, I can't think of a damned thing worth doing there. I'll work harder at it - I'm sure something will come to mind.
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Offline Pongo

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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2004, 05:34:56 PM »
No sking in Western Canada in mid November.
If your driving I wouldnt spend the week in Vancouver.
The Beauty of Western Canada isnt in our Citys, its in the open spaces.
If you were driving I would sugest a route of
Victoria, Vancouver, Whislter,Whistler, Kamloops, Banff, Calgary
Victoria, Banff and Whistler are all tourist towns..but there is good reason they are.
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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2004, 05:51:07 PM »
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Originally posted by AWMac
They almost had a submarine.....

:rofl



Thank you for showing the BBS exactly what type of person you are.  
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