Things to do in BC

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 4/1/2006, 2:50 pm

Other than seeing MG and OLP, what should i do when i'm in BC? Specifically Vancouver/Victoria/Kelowna?
thanks

goleafsgo · Post by **goleafsgo** » 4/1/2006, 2:53 pm

Snowboarding.

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 4/1/2006, 2:58 pm

haha. nope. 1) not enough time. 2) I don't want to kill myself.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 4/1/2006, 3:18 pm

Ohh! BC Aquarium! Thats like the #1 thing I have to do as soon as I get there.
(I know, I'm a dork)

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 4/1/2006, 3:24 pm

is that in Vancouver?

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 4/1/2006, 4:51 pm

Yep, or Stanley Park or somethin like that.

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 4/1/2006, 5:30 pm

you can go find some skulls in stanley park

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 4/1/2006, 8:03 pm

You sound so happy when you say that Loru.

Lets go skull huntin'! yeehaw!!

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 4/1/2006, 8:19 pm

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 4/1/2006, 9:24 pm

1. Get really stoned
Umm yeah.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 4/1/2006, 9:36 pm

BC420!!

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 4/1/2006, 9:38 pm

hahaha ew i'm not that hardcore

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 4/1/2006, 9:39 pm

^ that was the first thing that popped into my mind, haha (this was to Sinead's first post)

The skulls thing was back in the 1980s. or 70s, i forget. ... basically, they found some human skulls buried in stanley park, and they think it's murder (the skulls were 2 childrens', i think. the crime case has never been resolved.

but yes!!!! YOU SHOULD GO TO THE VANCOUVER AQUARIUM (in stanley park)

vancouver:
1. jogging/walking around stanley park... if the weather is good, you will REALLY enjoy it.
2. vancouver aquarium
3. walking along West 4th and its uber-artsy expensive shops
4. the beaches (kitsilano beach, jericho beach)
5. 2nd/3rd beach in Stanley park
6. the museum of anthropology (in UBC) --> i haven't been there since grade four but it's a cool place.
7. shopping on the shops around West Broadway... plus they have some really good restaurants.
8. looking at the art galleries all along Granville st.
9. the Vancouver Art Gallery (i have no idea what exhibition will be up in april, though)
10. Emily Carr Institute and its galleries (ECI is an art school and you can go in the galleries for free most of the time. they exhibit students' works. and i might be wrong, but if you go in april, it's the end of the schoolyear, so there might be quite a bit of stuff to display; ECI is in Granville island, which is an awesome place to go)
11. Granville island - you can actually take a look at hat shops, bead shops, sculptures, markets, lots of handmade artsy thingies, and the kids market.
12. random shops on downtown - there are tons of crazy fun shops. vintage clothing shops, costume shops, used cd shops, poster shops, book shops, and a shitload of clothing stores, as well as big department stores and HMV and A&B Sound, etc.

victoria:
1. seaplane
2. shopping in quaint little shops
3. wax museum!!!
4. buchart gardens, if you have the time. :drool:

late april is the PERFECT time to go.
5. the museum with JOHN LENNON's CAR.

i have zero knowledge of kelowna, but i doubt there is much to do, compared to the above. :lol:

that's all i can think of at the moment.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 4/1/2006, 9:41 pm

closeyoureyes wrote:hahaha ew i'm not that hardcore

for real?... i didnt think you have to be hardcore at all to 'celebrate' 420...

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 4/1/2006, 9:47 pm

I thought there was some theme park in Vancouver....though now that I think about it, I have no idea why I thought that.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 4/1/2006, 9:49 pm

^Oh yes, the PNE + Playland. but it doesn't open in April? I dont know. i hate that place because it's so full of people but most people love it.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 4/1/2006, 10:01 pm

Hahaha, okay. I was a little worried for my mental health for a second there.

I would say that I should go there in July... but trying to have fun with my family in those situations doesn't always work out. :freak:

They don't seem to get that theme parks are like 90% lines. :lol:

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 4/1/2006, 10:13 pm

i love kelowna

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 4/2/2006, 12:49 am

Hope wrote:victoria:
1. seaplane
2. shopping in quaint little shops
3. wax museum!!!
4. buchart gardens, if you have the time. late april is the PERFECT time to go.
5. the museum with JOHN LENNON's CAR.

6. the Royal BC Museum
7. Chinatown (especially the smallest alley in the world or something)
8. the Miniature museum thing (can't remember what it was called, but it's built right into the side of the Empress Hotel), if you like cute little models of everything on the planet.

9. the little floating bathtubs boats in the Harbour (also can't remember what they're called, but you'll see them.)

edit: beware - the town is run by little old ladies in their 80s (well, maybe not, but it seems like it). you have to do anything and everything before 4:30pm - 5pm. the entire south island shuts down EARLY.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 4/2/2006, 1:10 am

Ohhhh Yeaaaaah. the miniature museum. i remember that.