The morning that we arrived back into Vancouver onboard the Disney Wonder on our cruise from Honolulu in Hawaii, we both woke up at 5:30am as we wanted to be out on deck as we sailed under the Lion’s Gate Bridge before docking at Canada Place. After quickly getting dressed, we headed up to Deck 9 where we got a much needed hot drink before grabbing a blanket as it was very grey, overcast and cold and walking up to the front of Deck 10. There was already a few people out on deck and we were quickly joined by many more. (more…)

One night in Jasper whilst on holiday recently I was scrolling through Facebook and saw that George Takei had posted a link to a story about an abandoned floating McDonald’s in Vancouver. Normally I would just read the story and maybe take a mental note for future reference but as we were on a road trip and were going to be in Vancouver two days later I knew I would have to find out where it was and go and see it for myself. (more…)

As is normal when I know I have to wake up early in the morning, I barely slept on our last night of the cruise. I had set my alarm clock for 5.30am as I wanted to be outside on deck as we sailed into Vancouver. After getting dressed I checked the map on the television to see where the ship currently was and then headed up to Deck 10 with my cameras where you could already see Vancouver in the distance. (more…)

We had started our trip on the Friday afternoon when we left London and headed to Los Angeles. Our flight was great and sitting in Upper Class and having a flat bed to sleep in definitely made the journey a lot more comfortable. The only downside was we landed just after the Air China flight which meant despite being first off the aircraft, we queued at immigration for nearly an hour and a half. At least we didn’t have far to go that night as we stayed at the Four Points by Sheraton at the airport which is not only a great little hotel but a bargain as well. (more…)