Saturday I was leaving Vancouver and had a 2.30pm flight. Hotel check out time was noon so I had lots of time. The Brexit vote had just happened Thursday so I was spending lots of time watching BBC news.By 11am I left and went to look for some breakfast and food for the plane. Pizza is cheap in Vancouver, $2.50 for a slice and no tax.For the airport train I was confused. You need a two zone ticket for $4 but the machines were only selling one zone tickets. I had ...

Friday my last day, I had rented a bike online from a bike rental place near my hotel. There was steady drizzle again this morning and I hoped it wouldn't downpour as it had done yesterday ruining my biking day.Originally I planned to bike from the south along English Bay but having walked that a couple of times I wanted to bike along Coal Harbour where I had arrived my first dayFirst I took Cambie Bridge across False Creek back to downtown. I recognized some of ...

Today was the first of three full days exploring Vancouver. First stop was to the large Safeway supermarket for some breakfast and to buy the day pass for the transit system for $9.75.I walked down along English Bay beach towards where the ferry terminal was. I thought the pass included the ferries but they said it was only for the SeaBus to North Vancouver. For the False Creek ferries I could either buy a ticket based on number of stops or a day pass for $15 whi...

Now arrived in Vancouver first stop was to Gastown and the Steamclock. This was easy to find a block or two east of Waterfront Station. There was older brick architecture and cobbled paving in the oldest and historical part of the city.Crowds were gathered by the steamclock which blows every 15 mins. I then planned on walking a few blocks to Chinatown. What hit me was a big surprise!!!The street was full of drunks or drug addicts just passed out on the sidewalk o...