| UBC Student Lounge, Vancouver, Saturday,
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| | Banks and kept cycling eastwards past
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| August 6, 2005, 10:10 pm
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| | Locarno Beach and Jericho Beach which is
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| Hello from Vancouver (1) - Arrival in
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| | a recreational paradise. The water level
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| Vancouver
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| | was quite low, however, and people had to
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| I left beautiful Victoria early yesterday
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| | walk out quite a while over the sand to
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| morning at 8 am and took the Pacific
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| | reach deeper water. After a couple of
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| Coachlines bus/ferry combination back to
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| | hectic days I figured I deserved about an
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| the mainland. It was another gorgeous day
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| | hour of downtime and bought myself an
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| and I spent the entire ferry ride on the
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| | icecream which I savoured sitting at a
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| top deck soaking in the scenery and the
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| | bench while observing the action on the
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| sunshine. At about 11:30 I exited at
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| | beach.
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| Broadway and Cambie as the bus driver had
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| | Of course after this little respite I had
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| advised me and caught the 99B bus to the
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| | to cycle all the way back up, which ended
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| University of British Columbia campus and
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| | up not being as bad as expected. The
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| arrived about a half an hour later. First
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| | campus of the University of British
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| I found the student union building where
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| | Columbia (UBC) is a beautiful facility.
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| I picked up a bus map and a campus guide.
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| | It is very expansive with a large number
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| Then I asked my way to the student
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| | of mordern buildings interspersed by
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| residence where I was staying and checked
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| | green zones and parkland. UBC is home to
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| myself into a comfortable reasonably
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| | about 45,000 students and it is the 3rd
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| priced student room that is part of a
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| | largest university in Canada. The UBC
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| 6-unit apartment at a very affordable
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| | Campus is also the home of the
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| C$38.00 a night.
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| | world-renowned UBC Museum of
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| After dumping my luggage and getting
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| | Anthropology, the Nitobe Memorial
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| changed I had a few hours until check-in
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| | Gardens, the UBC Botanical Garden as well
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| for the Servas conference and I decided
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| | as the Rose Garden & Chan Centre. The
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| to use the time by renting a bicycle at
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| | First Nations Longhouse serves as a
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| the local university bicycle co-op to
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| | gathering place for native students and
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| explore the area on 2 wheels. I rented a
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| | features sculpted log poles and various
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| mountainbike and started heading west to
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| | pieces of First Nations art. UBC also
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| North West Marine Drive which is the road
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| | houses the largest university bookstore
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| that is parallel to the coastline, but
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| | in Canada as well as the Astronomical
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| the view to the ocean is obscured by
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| | Observatory, located beside the UBC
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| dense forest. In various areas trails and
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| | Geophysical Observatory which monitors
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| steps lead down to to Spanish Bay.
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| | earthquake activity.
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| I then cycled eastwards and found a
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| | My first outing on the bike gave me the
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| beautiful lookout spot from where I could
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| | lay of the land and a first glimpse at
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| see the mouth of the Burrard Inlet and
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| | the Vancouver skyline which certainly has
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| the mountains of North Vancouver. The
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| | one of the most stunning locations of any
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| university grounds in this area have
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| | large city I have ever seen. I am glad I
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| several mansions that are surrounded by
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| | had a bit of a chance to explore it
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| gorgeous flowers and this is a just a
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| | before I return back to the student
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| superbly scenic area. From there I took
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| | residence to get ready for the Servas
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| NW Marine Drive down towards Spanish
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| | Conference.
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