This is a Diversion
If you have the time, the museum is definitely worth a visit. But even just visiting the museum grounds, admiring the long houses and the view, is worth it. VancouverPlanner has some good info about the Museum of Anthropology.
If you only have a few days to spend when you visit Vancouver, here are some of the great things you should definitely do and see.
DISCLAIMER: I am an IT geek, and not a travel writer, nor a travel agent. It is up to you to check that all the info is still up to date. But I love sharing things that bring me joy, in the hope they will bring you some joy too! (again, pictures are mine unless otherwise attributed).
Vancouver's Waterfront station at 601 West Cordova and opened on August 1, 1914. It was the Pacific terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway's (CPR) transcontinental passenger trains to Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario. [Wikipedia]
The Vancouver Marine Building, at 355 Burrard Street, is an art-deco building completed in 1930. As you would expect from such a building, both the exterior and the interior are highly decorated while the structure itself is graceful and simple.
St. Andrew’s United Church at 1044 St. George’s Avenue in the City of North Vancouver was built in 1912. The architects were Alexander and Brown. However, the first St. Andrew’s, which at that time was a Presbyterian Church, was located on East 6th Street facing Victoria Park and built in 1904. The “new” church built in 1912 is the one we see today, a shingle-clad adaptation in the Gothic Revival style.
From the City of North Vancouver: "The equestrian sculpture and historic water trough pays homage to those who trod before us. Horses ascending from the waterfront on the left side hauled supplies up the steep incline [of Lonsdale Ave] to developing commercial and residential sites.
A delightful evening at the Sun Yat-Sen Garden at the "Will Travel for Food" event on February 26. I hadn't been at this Chinese Garden for quite a while, and never at night - and it was magical. Walking through the lantern-lit garden at night was lovely and sampling the various vendor foods was delicious. Sam Shem brought us some special ice-cream that reminded me of green tea icecream but was more fruity. The lovely Olivia served amazing Hawthorne cocktails to those discerning enough to choose the alcoholic drink.
The first one.... you barely notice. Just like any other mark identifying the path as designated for bikers, hikers, rollerbladers.Then.... hold on... wait a minute... uno dos... it's time to go.... backtracking and checking, resolving the cognitive dissonance between the expected and the seen.
Barely visible, in a corner of a North Vancouver strip mall, hides a sizeable (1.5 acre) botanical garden with an astonishing history of over 50 years, which is free to the public. Flanked by the Starbucks and the JJ Bean (which has a very nice patio on the garden side), you can enter the gardens through the arched enclosure. The circular paths make for great wandering, the plants are labeled and there are a gazillion pokemon stops!
So get yourself a coffee, and explore!
