I woke at 6:30am and although I was hoping I might have adjusted to the new time zone, decided I was still feeling slightly jet lagged.
We decided to use our vouchers for the sightseeing buses today and have a look around Vancouver and get our bearings. We thought a tour of the city would be a good place to start so made our way to the harbour-side in front of Canada Place. A 'city' bus appeared and we hopped on - however , as we pulled away we quickly realised we had made a mistake. The driver (who we nicknamed "Mexican Pete") had a very 'thick' accent which made him almost impossible to understand, and what little of his words you could make out, was uninteresting and banal. As if that wasn't irritating enough, he spent most of the time trying to persuade you to get off the coach and use the money off vouchers you had been given with your sightseeing bus ticket.
After a frustrating hour or so rumbling around Vancouver city we arrived back at Canada Place and were relieved to get off. We walked to the "Gastown" area of the city to see the steam clock and statue of "Gassy Jack" then had lunch at a nearby coffee bar.
We went back to Canada Place to pick up the sightseeing bus that does the tour around other areas of the city such as Stanley Park. A 'park' bus arrived and a nearby rep asked if we were getting on. I had already seen "Mexican Pete" was the driver so I (diplomatically) explained we had struggled to understand him and were happy to wait for the next one. The driver of the next bus was Canadian and so was much easier to understand. And he was much more knowledgeable too, so his commentary was useful and helped us understand a bit more about Vancouver.
After the 'park' tour we walked around for a bit visiting places like Bute Street before making our way back to Canada Place. We scouted around the various pubs and restaurants and eventually ended up eating at Mahoney and Son once again :-)
After the meal, we walked back to the hotel - we were both feeling very worn out (jet-lag!) and had an early night.
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