14 Nitobe and UBC botanical gardens

Nitobe Memorial Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located beside the UBC Asian Center. An authentic Japanese garden.

It honours Japanese author, educator, diplomat, and politician Nitobe Inazō (1862–1933), who died in Victoria, British Columbia (now the sister city of Nitobe's home town Morioka), and whose goal was "to become a bridge across the Pacific."

University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens.

Next : MOV : Museum of Vancouver

13 Capilano Park

Kiäpalano Park.
Capilano Park.

Suspension bridge.









Above the canopies.

Tourist shop in Capilano. 

 A neighbour post box.

Bridge over Capilano river.




























Salmons jumping up the steps. Good strength against the current !!

Beware of "dog"
Can you see the "dog"?





Next : Nitobe and UBC botanical gardens

12 Stanley Park

Stanley Park has 9 kilometers of perimeter, great walk  in a beautiful week end.

"Chief of the Undersea World", Bill Reid sculpture.













In front of the aquarium.

 RMS Empress of Japan, also known as the "Queen of the Pacific", was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP).[ This ship -- the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1922. (wiki)

"Girl in a Wetsuit" bronze sculpture by Elek Imredy.

Lions gate bridge.

May this sculpture inspire laughter playfulness and joy in all who experience it.

14 bronze statues of laughing men.

"A-mazing Laughter" is a work from Yue Minjun as part of the bi-annual public art exhibition during the 2010 Olympics.

Next :  Capilano Park