Every week, UK travellers post on Reddit or TripAdvisor asking the same thing: “We’re planning our first trip to Canada and we want to see as much as we can, but we’re overwhelmed with the planning! Help us!” It makes …
A Love Letter to the Okanagan Valley: Sunshine, Wine, and Contemporary Cool Vibes
What’s not to love about the Okanagan Valley? It’s a complete change of scenery from Vancouver and the BC coast. It’s only a five-hour drive inland but it feels like a world away. It could be Tuscany, South Africa, California, …
Gastown and Chinatown: Tips & Warnings
Here’s a public service announcement for all the Alaska cruise ship tourists visiting Vancouver this summer. Your cruise is promoting Gastown and Chinatown as must sees, but they’re not setting you up with the right expectations. So I will. Gastown …
An October visit to the Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast lived up to its name yet again. This past weekend I made the short trek over to the Sunshine Coast specifically for the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl – an event where 130 artists open up their studio …
Vancouver’s Chinatown isn’t Pretty
Vancouver’s Chinatown isn’t pretty, but no one can deny that it has character. One of the oldest neighbourhoods in all of Vancouver, it’s steeped in local history. For a photographer, there are few urban spaces in Vancouver that deliver the same sense of stimuli. If …
Christmas & cooking in Langley, BC
Last Saturday, I joined up with local Vancouver and Fraser Valley bloggers to spend a Christmassy afternoon in Langley. Tourism Langley organized the trip for us, to introduce us to their #langleyfresh campaign, and aspects of Langley we might not …
How Big is British Columbia?
How big is British Columbia? It’s big. Vast. Bigger than most US states, bigger than most countries. This Canadian province is so huge that most people who live there rarely see it all. It’s so vast that you’d need well …