I love Vancouver! That’s what I kept on saying over and over during our trip. Of course, I’m one of those people who wants to move to every place that I vacation in, so take that with a grain of salt. But, it is a spectacular city that is beautiful, green, clean, modern, friendly and diverse. It’s not that big of a city, so getting around was pretty easy. We took a combination of public buses, taxis and did lots and lots of walking. Aesthetically, I compared it to a jumbo sized downtown San Diego. I was just in love with all the residential buildings in the city. Scattered around the city, there was an awesome variety of super tall apartments, cool medium sized lofts and really nice 2 and 3-story condo units. Overall, it’s one of those cities that does a good job of mixing in the new with the old. I still felt the history of the city with the beautiful old structures, while the new buildings do a great job of freshening up the landscape.

We also did something that was new for me. We were able to squeeze in some paintball action on Friday afternoon and it was a blast! I was a little hesitant at first because I’m a big chicken and I’m kinda scared of guns, but I’m glad we did. My adrenaline was pumping and it was so much fun. I wish I had my camera at the time, because the paintball course was right out of a video game. It was a crazy sight! I found this album of field photos on Webshots.

Having a large Chinese community, Vancouver is also known for their awesome Chinese food. So, we just had to eat Chinese food a few times, and it was pretty good. Most everything was on the same level as the good stuff in LA, but I did have the best Peking Duck and Spare ribs that I can recall. One thing that I do love about Vancouver is how everyone really is super friendly and very open to diversity, something that I always appreciate.

Here’s some photos that were taken while going out and about.

We were stranded for a little bit when we had to transfer buses from the airport. Looking kinda homeless, we decided to walk the last few blocks!

Did some sightseeing. This is on the way down to the Gastown district, the cool retro part of town.

This was the evening view outside our room.

This was Robson street, where we lived like kings for four days!

I had some fun with my wide angle. I pretty much shot at 17mm the whole time. Makes me want to get the 14mm.

More wide angle fun.

The next few are just some fun patterns that I spotted walking around Gastown and Chinatown.

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