Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

After I finished my fun trip in New Orleans, I flew to Vancouver. We had a connecting flight in Dallas, but due to bad weather in New Orleans, missed our connection. Unfortunately we got stranded for 12 hours, but that's a another blog in itself. Anyway, enough about the horrible side of traveling.

Canada is beautiful! If you want to travel out of the country, but still stay somewhat nearby, check it out! There is so much to do and see. British Columbia the providence that is located on Canada's west coast, right above the state of Washington. Visitors can enjoy amazing city life and gorgeous nature experiences. A couple of things that I noticed rights away, it is very clean and Eco-friendly. Everywhere I went I noticed the cleanliness of places, both in the city, suburbs, and mountain areas. Most places offered paper instead of plastic bags. To go containers were biodegradable. Trashcans were divided into plastic, trash, and paper sections. It was pretty neat to see this kind of collaboration among all businesses and people.

The cities that I traveled to were Richmond, Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler and Victoria. All of these cities had something special to offer and I truly had a great time. I got to experience Canada Day (which is similar to our Fourth of July) with my cousins and sisters, which was great! I can't wait to explore another of Canada's Providences.

Canada Day

Stanley Park

salmon bbq in Richmond

salmon bbq

My sister and I in Stanley Park

the cousins

Grouse Mountain

Capilano Suspension Bridge

Sea to Sky Highway (Hwy 99)

Alice Lake

Garibaldi Provincial Park

Trail leading to Brandywine Falls

Brandywine Falls

Shannon Falls Provincial Park

Shannon Falls Provincial Park

Whistler

Whistler

Whistler

Squamish

Fergie's Cafe--best chicken sandwich I've ever had!

Rafting on the Cheakamus River.

I highly recommend rafting! It was probably the most exciting part of my Canada trip. Although we chose to do the level 2 rafting experience, which was more for families, it was truly beautiful and fun! The sights I saw on that river were amazing! I can't wait to go back and do the level 4 whitewater experience. We went with Sunwolf and they were great guides!