{"id":4396,"date":"2020-01-20T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primarythinking.net\/wordpress\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:14:09","slug":"day-17-vancouver-01-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/?p=4396","title":{"rendered":"Day 17 &#8211; Vancouver &#8211; 01 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9e13f37a8a9c65cc40d77c8f7969b3f\">What a morning. Got up at 09.45 and just made it to breakie. Good job the lounge where breakie is served is right next to our room. Lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66ad40c6fdecd1a196485c5d7bfb9389\">Despite the rain, we walked down to Stanley Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/stanley-park.aspx\"><strong>click for external link<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200-1024x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200-1024x143.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200-768x108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200-465x65.jpg 465w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_124200-695x97.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-737de9268f8d7b63dd4cfffc76b489af\">Stanley Park is a 405-hectare (1,001-acre) public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada and is mostly surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547-498x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4968\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547-267x550.jpg 267w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547-243x500.jpg 243w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_122547.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa8f2a9f74b919710f7d3ef1f039dd47\">The land was originally used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before British Columbia was colonized by the British during the 1858 Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4990\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1201572-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d85f1bec66a98d41a528804417b3ae0f\">Stopped off at the Stanley Park Pavilion (<a href=\"https:\/\/stanleyparkpavilion.com\/\"><strong>click for external link<\/strong><\/a>) for some warm refreshments, before heading off to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300-498x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4963\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300-267x550.jpg 267w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300-243x500.jpg 243w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_133300.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19c43bbff9095621445eb6b918b5d3f8\">Discovered the Vancouver Acqarium (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanaqua.org\/\"><strong>click for external link<\/strong><\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6610c2d25afe588bea61e10e552003d2\">The Vancouver Aquarium (officially the Ocean Wise Conservation Association) is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_151451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_151451-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4986\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_151451-1024x498.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_143100-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_143100-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_143100-465x226.jpg 465w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_143100-695x338.jpg 695w, https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200120_143100.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29c7196d668a7e7a582efea9f3adae1b\">In addition to being a major tourist attraction for Vancouver, the aquarium is a centre for marine research, conservation and marine animal rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f42cea82c213fd3cf227b6755c848741\">Took a dry walk back and discovered a Korean food joint (Damso Modern Korean Cuisine &#8211; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/damsoonbute\/\"><strong>click for external FACEBOOK link<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a morning. Got up at 09.45 and just made it to breakie. Good job the lounge where breakie is served is right next to our room. Lucky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,203,239],"tags":[261,260,289,207],"class_list":["post-4396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","category-canada-2","category-vancouver-canada-2","tag-aquarium","tag-stanley-park","tag-stanley-park-pavilion","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4396"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6087,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions\/6087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}