Thursday morning I had a bit of downtime. I had planned to spend two nites in the airbnb apartment in the west end of downtown Vancouver. The last two nites I was spending at another hotel by False Creek to try another part of the city and alternate views.The Airbnb apartment I was sleeping in the living room as the bedroom views were ****. Overnight the rains had moved in and it sounded heavy at times this morning. I bought my day pass and took a trolley bus to ...

This afternoon I was venturing to the southern Vancouver suburb of Richmond set on its own island. The skytrain will cross a bridge and terminate in downtown Richmond.Richmond is an ethnic suburb known for its Asian community and I would be visiting more of that tomorrow. Today at the southern tip is a tourist village Steveston with some historic sites. Several buses from the station will terminate at Steveson.There is a large harbour area where many fishing traw...

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...

This morning I was leaving Victoria and taking the ferry to Vancouver on the mainland. The two morning ferries were 9am and 11am but its at least an hour to the ferry terminal from Victoria. I planned on taking the 11am ferry for the 90 min ferry ride.I left the place I was staying, walked the 15 mins to where the bus would pass by, after stopping by 7-11 for some food to last me to Vancouver.The double decker buses 70, 71, 72 goto Swartz Bay where the ferries de...