I woke up feeling a bit better, probably 75%, so I decided to get out of hotel room for a while. I dosed up on medications and then headed out to the Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. It took me an hour to get there as I walked past the waterfront, and then stopped for 15 minutes to watch a junior soccer game around the corner. Some waterfront photos.

There were also lots of condominium blocks that I passed along the way.

The Garden was very well set up with three different gardens, two with ponds but set up with different trees and plantings.

It was very relaxing and I enjoyed sitting in the various contemplation rooms and enjoy the surroundings. It rained whilst I was there and so I spent more time indoors, including having some Chinese tea and trying my hand and Chinese writing.

On my way back to the hotel, I diverted to the False Creek, where a number of the condominiums were. It’s quite a nice area with a waterfront area for joggers and some rocks to sit on.

I then got in a queue to take a small ferry down to Granville Island at the other end of False Creek. My hotel is on Granville Road, so it would be a shorter walk. Below is the Ferry I took, along with a couple of other photographs I took on the way. The last (colourful) photo is of an operating Cement Works.

When I got to the other end of the trip, I found out that the Vancouver Boat Show was on, right where I had disembarked. So I paid my $15 and went to have a look. There were some real beauties.

Of course, even if I had that amount of money, it’s unlikely that I would buy one. It would be great on the water, but probably wouldn’t get much use. Certainly not compared to just going on a fishing expedition every 6 months.

After leaving the Boat Show, I walked back across the Granville Bridge to my hotel, getting a few photos along the way. I picked up a Subway roll for dinner and then headed for bed.