Lynn Canyon

In Vancouver there's this tourist attraction called Capilano Suspension Bridge, which charages people thirty dollars to cross a really long, really high bridge. There's some other stuff offered too, but the bridge is the main attraction, and indeed it does attract hundreds of tourists every year. I myself was playing around with the idea of checking it out, until my family told my it was overpriced and overrated.

Instead, I was pointed to Lynn Canyon, a similar adventure for no cost. It was a single bus ride there and back too, so around midday yesterday I met up with Rob at the quay and we made our way over there. The bus took us very close to the actul park and we only had to walk about ten minutes.

The bridge was pretty high I guess. It didn't seem that high when I looked at it, but when I looked down I did get a bit of a rush. It was very beautiful regardless.

Once you cross the bridge, there's a couple of pathways that lead you downwards into the woods.

That's Rob there.

Eventually there's a lake you come to. It's very secluded, and apart from the dragonflies and bees, there's really not much life down there. I was very conscious of the lack of native bird calls. The woods are much quieter here.

As a free attraction, Lynn Canyon did not disappoint, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who visits Vancouver. At the moment the only real thing Capilano has over it is that Matt Damon was spotted there a few minutes ago (goddamn it).

So today was another kind of quiet day. I went to Costco for the first time in my life and bought a book called The Help, which has recently been made into a movie starring the lovely Emma Stone. I don't know about the movie, I think the trailer makes it look pretty cliched and predictable, but the book got good reviews and I figure if nothing else I can write about it in Craccum. We also went to a gelato place called Le Casa Gelato, which has 218 flavours in store at any one time and over 500 created. Some of the more interesting optionsincluded lavender, garlic, lemon-mint and peanut butter curry.

This was my eventual choice, after many smaples. The top flavour is Chocolate Raspberry Truffle and the bottom is Vanilla Peanut Butter Cups. DECADENT!

 

 

 

 

 

I've also been trying some other stuff not available in NZ. The other day I had some peach and wildberry nerds, which were a bit gross actually. I still ate them, because they were nerds, but I don't think that's going to be a favourite flavour.

 Tomorrow: To UBC!