Before Alaska: Vancouver

I’ll let the photos do most of the work this week. One key thing to keep in mind about the Vancouver airport is that our flight was delayed by three hours, so we landed shortly after midnight in that time zone – 2am in our home time – on little sleep. Despite that, the airport was distinctive enough that we stopped repeatedly to admire it and take photos. On top of that, when we stumbled into the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront at wee hours of the morning, they moved us to a port view room with a stunning view.

  • A pair of woven hangings featuring native designs hanging in the Vancouver airport.
  • A native wood carving hanging in the Vancouver airport.
  • Two wood carved people at the Vancouver airport.
  • The view of the Port of Vancouver from our hotel room, including a gas station in the middle of the water and a line of sea planes.
  • The view of nearby buildings from our hotel room, with many trees around and on the buildings.
  • A giant crab in a fountain outside the Museum of Vancouver, with our visiting plush: a light green bear with brown spots and a blue-footed booby.
  • An awesome tree that we passed after visiting the Museum of Vancouver.
  • A duck that approached us as we left the Museum of Vancouver.
  • A colorful Canada Post box that we saw near the Museum of Vancouver.
  • A sea plane landing in the water at the Port of Vancouver.

Yes, we took photos in the Museum of Vancouver, but I feel most of those would require extensive explanations as to the lovely exhibits we visited. The plush are named Menta and Henrique (I’ve been told that the H is sometimes silent).