Jumping the Border to Vancouver
Vancouver Jumping the Border “What is the purpose of your visit?"? asked the man in the...
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Tag: Vancouver
Kitsilano: Vancouver’s Lovely Western Suburb
Kitsilano, or 'Kits' as locals know it, used to be the Vancouver version of San...
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Vancouver Museum and Planetarium
On the edge of Kitsilano, near Vanier Park, is the Vancouver Museum, one of Canada's largest...
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Vancouver’s Commercial Drive
The lively 16-block area of Commercial Drive (between Broadway and Venables) is an enormously...
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Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Festival
The Bard on the Beach Festival takes place under two tents in Vanier Park by the lovely English...
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Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver
If visitors have had enough of the crowds at Granville Island, then simply catch the number 50 bus...
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Vancouver: 1st in One Ranking, 29th in Another
Once again, Vancouver has been ranked as the world's most liveable city by the Economist...
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Between Vancouver and Mumbai
As I’m currently in a space living between Vancouver and Mumbai, I can’t help but...
Read MoreNew Skytrain Fare from Vancouver Airport
People arriving at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) who wish to travel on the new Canada Line Skytrain to either Richmond or Vancouver should be aware that there is a new additional fare now in operation called the Canada...
Read MoreVancouver, Skytrains and Buses
Vancouver's public transport system is all about getting people downtown in quick time. The Skytrain is the driverless mass-transit train, which has three lines. One is the Expo line that runs in 39 minutes from King George...
Read MoreThe Winter Olympics, Getting Around
In Vancouver, transit officials believe that the traffic restrictions in place for the 2010 Winter Olympics will lead to an increase of 20 percent in the number of people using public transport. Currently, 800,000 people use...
Read MoreWinter Olympics News, Traffic Restrictions
The Winter Olympics are being held between Feb. 12 and 28, 2010 in Vancouver and Whistler. The road closures in Vancouver begin on Nov. 1 when a section of 1st Avenue will be closed so that the area around the Olympic Village...
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