I ended the day by strolling through Gastown and Downtown Vancouver. Vancouver was born in Gastown. Named after John "Gassy Jack" Deighton, who wandered through the wilderness in 1867 and set up a saloon here.
The building accross from the Gassy Jack statue.
Old Gassy Jack himself.
The Steam Clock is a popular tourist site.
Now out of Gastown and on to the newer sites.
Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet waterfront. It is home of the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Pan Pacific Hotel, the Vancouver World Trade Centre and hosted the world's first IMAX 3D theater. It's also the main cruise ship terminal for the region, with most traffic going to Alaska. There was a hockey event that day and everyone was watching the giant monitors.
Views from Canada Place to the northern suburbs.
The Lookout Tower as seen from near Canada Place.
Random buildings as i walked south.
This mural went on for the whole block. It commemorated celebrities with a Vancouver connection. I was unaware that Jimi Hendrix had one. He was from Seattle but lived with his grandmother in Vancouver for a time.
They take medical marijuana seriously in this city. They even have totally glitzy delivery vans like this one.
The gateway to Chinatown. Vancouver's is one of the largest in North America.
That was it for this day. The sun was going down and i was quite tired! I had to get up early and head back down to Washington to pick up the stuff i came up for.
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