Experiences labelled with 'vancouver'
Vancouver Canada is set to play host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, where the best of the worlds athletes will take center stage and battle it out for the chance to go for the gold! Entry to some of these historic events cost as little as $25 - $100 Canadian. It has been 20 years since Canada last showcased the Olympics, and this time around will play stage to over 86 different winter sports . The various sports can be categorized under, ice sports such as luge, hockey and bobsled, alpine with events such as skiing and snowboarding, and lastly those referred to as nordic, such as the biathlon, ski jumping and cross country skiing. The motto for the games was taken from the Canadian ...
Festooned with giant Douglas-fir, Sitka Spruce and Western Red cedar trees, it seems only fitting that Vancouver's Stanley Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world. Each year over eight million visitors come to Stanley Park to be explore over 200 km of trails webbed between the forested area. Located only minutes from downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park has something for everyone. A seawall runs almost 14 miles around the park perimeter, which is popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists, especially in the summer. Spanning from Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, through Stanley Park, around English Bay Beach and False Creek, the Stanley Park seawall is actually apart of the world's longest uninterrupted waterfront walkway. A walk along the Stanley Park Seawall is ...
