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Today we embarked up the huge Grouse Mountain… An absolutely amazing view after going up a rather fun cable car, drifting up over the huge trees.

We spent most of the day there, watching fun things like a lumberjack show and grizzly bears they were rather cute, splashing around in the water.

The pictures are better here, available here

After that we went on a fun in-car trip around Downtown Vancouver, which was an odd experience, it was like nothing I’d ever seen before. We went to Chinatown too which was eye opening… The number of homeless people everywhere, it was like a different world.

The Vancouver fireworks, which I’m told used to be a quiet affair a few years ago, were on tonight… And even 4 hours before they were due to start the beach was packed! People everywhere, with their food and chairs ready for the wait. We decided not to bother in the end, with so many people everywhere. Got a glimpse of them on TV though, they looked pretty amazing

Also on the TV was Pemberton Festival, which Last.fm are sponsering, and it looked pretty damn dusty! We were pretty close and had the oppurtunity of free tickets but it was very hot and they said anyone with allergies had a hell of a time, so I’m glad we didn’t bother!

For tea we headed out to Boston pizza, which was awesome, tasty platter for start, proper pizza and brownie for dessert. And glad to be back at the hotel at the end of another tiring day!