Vancouver

It was a very picturesque ferry trip from Victoria to Vancouver, weaving between islands and pods of orcas. We're staying in East Vancouver in a nice condo and just around the corner is Trout Lake, a small lake next to a community centre with a gym, tennis and basketball courts and playgrounds. The swimming beach is really nice, we swam across to the pontoon and met two nice Irish guys, one attended Girton in Bendigo on a student exchange. This is the swimming area

nice and safe which is just as well as I wasn't confident the lifesaver would be getting out to help anyone in distress quickly.........and this is once the row boat was actually in the water.