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kleinbl00  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: [Trip Report] Three weeks in Canada

Seriously? No shots of UBC? I've literally scheduled trips around their Japanese garden.

C'mon. You got something. that place is beautiful.





rezzeJ  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was a beautiful place, you're right. I especially enjoyed the skywalk over the swinging suspension bridge, made all more fun by my brother's dislike of heights. I personally didn't get any shots as I got tired of taking pictures on the last few days. However, the rest of my family were snapping away diligently so there is some.

I didn't actually know of that Nitobe Chinese Garden, so I didn't check it out unfortunately. We just went to the main centre further down the road. Something for next time.

kleinbl00  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah! Yeah, you missed out. Definitely worth the time. Me? I've never been to Capilano.

Dunno if you had a car or not, but the road from Nanaimo to Tofino over on Vancouver Island is not only Canada's most dangerous, it's possibly North America's most fun. At least, if you have something fun to drive.

rezzeJ  ·  3875 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dang. We had a hire car up until Edmonton, but ditched it there. It was all public transport for the last week. Capilano was interesting, but predictably very busy. It's kind of hard to get lost in the adventure of a big suspension bridge when there's hundred of other tourist trundling along it with you. Still, it was an informative place and generally well done. Good value too, I'd say.

forwardslash  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn man, all I got from going to SFU was a concrete campus on a mountain top. We don't have japanese gardens (at least I don't think we do) but some of our stairwells have stalactites!

kleinbl00  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I went to UW and WWU. Neither of them have Japanese gardens. Actually, that's not true. UW has an arboretum with a japanese garden, but it's never open.

UBC was a field trip for me, always.