Downtown Vancouver is tightly packed into just 3.7 square kilometres in a typical North American grid formation, with glorious Stanley Park at the ocean end, Gastown and Chinatown at the eastern end, with the financial district, Coal Harbour, West End, Davie Village and Yaletown in between. Downtown is a heady mix of glittering skyscrapers and…
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Last of the Summer Wine in Sydney
As most of us are aware, Sydney is often referred to as ‘The Emerald City’. But on a warm autumn day, like the day we arrived, it has to be ‘The Sapphire City’ – for the light and the sapphire blue water positively sparkled. To co-opt the title of a favourite BBC show of yesteryear,…
Travels With My Ant 