The Powell Street Festival brings together people of different generations and different culture to celebrate the Japanese culture and its presence in Vancouver. There are many kiosks filled with Japanese merchandises, art, services and organizations, on stage there are performances of dance, drumming and martial arts and best of all many food stalls!
Drumming and flute demonstration
Food stall for Takoyaki!
Japanese Dance
Origami Cranes
Newly installed water well in the playground
Little girl in Kimono
They even had a sign to warn us that this trail was NOT a walk in the park... clearly we had to go see it for ourselves.
This was our first obstacle, on top of this rock are the stairways to the trail up the Chief... we should of known from then on that it was going to be tough.
This is the type of rocky terrain we had to go through, climbing, ducking and shimmying pass rocks and trees all the way up.
Look at the view that greeted us up at the very top.
Newly installed saucer swings
Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Caution! This trail is NOT a walk in the park!
Shawamus Chief Park in Squamish, is a long 3 hours hike with a spectacular view of Howe Sound at the top. There was a lot of climbing on all fours and cursing along the way but it was worth it. Going down wasn't as easy and almost outright dangerous, thank goodness we made it home safe and sound after a few tumbles.
They even had a sign to warn us that this trail was NOT a walk in the park... clearly we had to go see it for ourselves.
This was our first obstacle, on top of this rock are the stairways to the trail up the Chief... we should of known from then on that it was going to be tough.
This is the type of rocky terrain we had to go through, climbing, ducking and shimmying pass rocks and trees all the way up.
Look at the view that greeted us up at the very top.
View of Hwy 1 back to Vancouver
We shared some of our snacks with the chipmunks.
We shared some of our snacks with the chipmunks.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Beaty Museum
Biodiversity: The variety of life, the diversity, the distribution and genetic variations of organisms in the enviroment.
There is a new biodiversity museum opening in Fall 2010 at UBC; the Beaty Museum. It's main attraction is the skeleton of a blue whale, the largest in North America.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Sun, sand and skin
Wreck Beach, oh what a paradise! The mountains, the ocean and the sky makes a spectacular view! It's a clothing optional beach which makes some first time visitors a little uncomfortable, however, there are secluded areas where you will find less people to get into the nude. Initially I was there to watch the naked butoh dance performed by the Kokoro dance group. It was a little odd but definately really cool. There was also an attempt to break the world record of having 500 people skinny dipping altogether. That was definately a sight to see, a bunch of naked people all huddled together in a group. (open the picture in another window to see the picture bigger) I'll absolutely will need to come back again!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Have you seen our bicycles?
We've been riding around town and have been parking them everywhere!
Can you guess where we've stopped?
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