Vancouver, BC

..from our recent trip to Vancouver. This is from Stanley Park looking north across the Burrard Inlet. Vancouver is a wonderful city, I love visiting. We stayed up on the 22nd floor of the Coast Plaza Hotel on Denman in the West End with views of Downtown and English Bay. The Coast Plaza is a great hotel because the hotel rooms are suites. We had a two bedroom, 1-1/2 bath apartment with a full kitchen and expansive views. And the price is pretty reasonable.

This part of the city is great with many, many interesting attractions including Stanley Park nearby and a lot of great places to eat. Right near the hotel is a place selling cupcakes that we loved. Two restarants I would highly recommend are Gyoza King and Hon's, both on Robson. Hon's is this gleaming bright, huge, lively Chinese place. The food is good and cheap. Gyoza King is this small, kinda-funky no frills Japanese place where you can sit at the bar, or on the floor. Both are very authentic, unusual and fun places. Vancouver seems to be full of htese sorts of places. It has a very vibrant Asian community.