Vancouver B.C.

Currently in Vancouver B.C. The past 24 hours have been a bit of a whirlwind. Yesterday I drove five hours from Eugene Or to Seattle airport to pick up Sheena. Then we drove three more hours to Vancouver Canada.

We stopped for free coffee at this Casino in Northern Washington after midnight. Not only did I get free coffee, I also got to see this orca in the moonlight. After free coffee and taking the casino for $16 on the  roulette table, we got out of there. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

Here's the border crossing, a bit dead but as to be expected at 1:00am on a Sunday. Canada, Eh?

After checking into our relatively cheap and extremely small hotel room, we the decided to check out the Vietnamese Spicy Noodle place across the street. After much miscommunication with the sweet but engrish challenged server, we ended up with a Banh Mi and a family sized bowl  of sweet and sour prawn soup. Note the look on Sheenas face and the size of the bowl. (It is 3:00am in this photo)

It had some rather unfamiliar vegetables floating around in it, and when we asked what it was the server replied, "it is the most expensive vegetable." We were quite impressed but also a little bit skeptical. After a bit of google research we found out the vege is also know as elephant ear or bac ha. Very nice texture and absorbed the delicious broth. Overall an interesting and delicious dining experience.

The next morning, (today) we got up and hit the streets of Vancouver. We checked out the city a bit via city bus and ended up at the Vancouver Aquarium. Here's a photo of Sheena and "Daisy" a porpoise with a purpose. 

Jellyfish have no brain, eyes, mouth, nose, or ears. But somehow they survive and also look pretty kool on a blue backdrop.

We got free admission into the aquarium's 4D theater, which was awesome. The seats shake and spray you with cold water and poke you in the back and make you think a shark just attacked you. It was fun, but no cameras were allowed, so no photos.

After the aquarium we went to china town and walked around and finally ended up at the House of Dosas (their website is a joke) for some non-stop $5.99 dosa action (monday night is customer appreciation night). The food was really good especially the soupy stuff you dip the dosa into.

A bottle of wine later I'm back at the hotel preparing to fly to Hong Kong in the morning. Vancouver is fun, rainy and cold, but awesome nonetheless.  The next time I update this I should be in Hong Kong. Goodbye America! Goodbye Canada!