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Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: SaburoS 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.

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: MOSQ 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/ (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/ (http://www.butchartgardens.com/)

Be sure to bring sweaters and raingear!

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: Habu 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.

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: AWMac 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.....

:rofl

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: pugg666 on October 28, 2004, 04:49:19 PM

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They almost had a submarine.....

hilarious.

*******

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: Torque 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

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: Nash 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.

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: Pongo 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.

Title: Ok, you Canadians....
Post by: Thrawn 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.