July 26 Vancouver

On July 26, Marty and Mae took a bus to Stanley Park to tour the Vancouver Aquarium. The admission price was quite steep. The aquarium was nice in the aspect that it educated the public about the beauty and importance of protecting our ocean life. The facility was packed with people which made moving about difficult. But we found Nemo, along with his family and friends.

The main reason why we wanted to go to the Vancouver Aquarium was to visit the BC Cetacean Sightings Network office. Since the beginning of 2010, we have been logging into a new logbook produced by the Cetacean Network. We met Iain Smith, one of the coordinators. He gave us a tour of their office. We were the first one to bring in the new log books with information. We had five pages of sightings. This made Iain's and our day!

For the rest of the day, we looked around Stanley Park and other sights in Vancouver. Along the way, we came across seven painted bronze statues along the waterfront. The statues were in a circle formation with all the statues facing each other. The display of statues was called the “MEETING” from WANG Shugang, China. On a plaque, it stated, “These statues were first exhibited during the G-8 summit meeting in Germany in 2007 where world leaders held a 'meeting'. The placing of the figures in static positions with cupped hands is not without irony, nor historical and cultural significance.” The display is on temporary exhibition of the Vancouver Biennale 2009-2011. Many people posed to take photos with the statues, so Mae joined in. Guess which one is Mae???

We again met up with Mae’s brother, Jet in Chinatown. We bought barbeque duck and pork, baby bok choy and garlic shoots for dinner…yum…yum.