CAN: Vancouver Waterfront
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Offering a breathtaking scenery, Vancouver Waterfront is a place of attraction not to be missed. From Canada Place with its fabric roof that creates the impression of a sailing vessel to Jack Poole Plaza that's home to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games cauldron, there are many things to see as you stroll around the area.
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Designed in a Neoclassical style, Waterfront station is a major intermodal public transportation facility in Vancouver.
My BFF and I spotted a cruise ship docking at Canada Place. We also saw some boats and ships passing by.
Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre is a seaplane terminal that was built as part of the redevelopment of Coal Harbour's public assets for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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| Harbour Air prides itself in being not only the world's largest seaplane airline, but also North America's first carbon neutral airline. |
Take a look at the short video clip of a seaplane landing on water.
To mention more about Canada Place, it was built in 1927 on the land that had originally been Piers B and C of Canadian Pacific Railway to serve shipping lines trading across the Pacific Ocean.
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| Opened in 1986, Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel is housed inside Canada Place. |
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| Those sails have certainly made the building a prominent landmark in the city. |
Along the west promenade of Canada Place is The Canadian Trail that's divided into 13 equal sections representing the 10 provinces and 3 territories.
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| Jasper and Banff were our next destination after Vancouver. |
It was more pleasant to take a stroll in the evening after the sun had set with the evening breeze caressing my back.
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| FlyOver Canada offers an exhilarating virtual journey across Canada from east to west in 8 minutes. |
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| It's easy to spot Vancouver Lookout, an observation deck with its iconic 'flying saucer'. |
After that, we made our way to Vancouver Exhibition Centre.
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| I was instantly reminded of Final Fantasy VII upon seeing that. |
We found ourselves back at Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre again.
Digital Orca is a sculpture of a killer whale by Douglas Coupland, a local artist and novelist, which was installed in 2009.
Finally, here are two photos of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games cauldron. It was unfortunate that only three of the four arms actually managed to rise due to a malfunction in the hydraulic system. Because of that, speed skater Catriona Ann Le May Doan, one of the four torchbearers, was left out in the lighting of the cauldron.
It all ended well at the closing ceremony that began with a tongue-in-cheek homage to the malfunction of the cauldron, featuring mime Yves Dagenais repairing and finally raising the fourth arm. That was when Le May Doan lit the cauldron to much fanfare from the audience.
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