Day 22 - Vancouver

In the morning we walked around the downtown area of Vancouver. Downtown Vancouver is basically a peninsula surrounded by water North, South and West and Stanley Park being the north-western tip of this peninsula. The northern shore is the most sought-after place, here is where countless high-rise apartment buildings overlook the Vancouver Harbour. The buildings look very similar to the Toronto harbour, only here there are much more of them.

In the afternoon we went to the Vancouver Aquarium. This place needs a lot of time to explore as there are quite fantastic exhibitions and lots of them. We have seen the Beluga whale show and seen how much posing these animals are willing to learn for food. It was sad to see that without the show they didn't seem too enthusiastic although they have been born in captivity. The animator asked during the show if anybody had the chance to see these animals in their natural habitat. Guess who was raising his hand there proudly. The seal on the other hand was a poser, when you came by he was jumping out of the water and was flipping his head from left to right to look perfect for those pictures, unbelievable. At home I realized I didn't take a single picture about the Aquarium but used my camcorder only. Anyway there will be videos available later on then.