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So this circular building with the shiny king crab welcoming all visitors is the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

There may also be a museum or something in there. I’ve been there before the last time I went, but the times are too far back in my life to remember. I really only spent 15 minutes inside before I found it much too boring to continue looking around.

Don’t get me wrong. Space and astronomy is really cool. I love it, but I guess the way they show and display things and how dark it is in there makes it somewhat boring. I do believe people usually call it the Planetarium; at least, that’s what I call it. One of the cool things in the Planetarium is the motion simulator ride. However, it didn’t seem to be open the day I was there, so who knows what’s going on with it.

Now, there’s the False Creek Ferries. It offers commuter and sightseeing service at various parts of False Creek, such as Yaletown, Science World, Granville Island, and Vanier Park (which is where the Planetarium is). I don’t have a photo of the ferry, but I do have photos of what can be seen while on the ride. First, a few photos of Granville Island.

Granville Island is a little island in False Creek across from Downtown’s peninsula. There’s a public market where you can buy groceries, lots of funky stores selling funky things, and theatres and hotels among other things.

It sits by the Granville Street Bridge, pictured here.

The Burrard Street Bridge can just barely be seen near the middle-bottom left of the photo. That was what I rode on during my Big Bus ride. The high rises are facing the West End (could be Yaletown for all I know) and the large crowd of people is part of Granville Island. Now for the ferry views…

BC Place (white roof) can be seen as well as the Cambie Street Bridge.

Science World is seen here as are 2 Aquabuses (one is closer and by the rock of the viaducts; red top and colourful; the other is farther and a bit to the left of Science World, not the flat boat below Sci World). Aquabus Ferries are similar to the False Creek Ferries but are just more colourful. I don’t really know the difference. (Wow. Blogging about Vancouver really makes me realize just how little I seem to know.) I rode on the Aquabus once last summer.

I do believe this is the Olympic Village, still under construction. Apparently they need even more money or something.

I snapped this soon after I got off the False Creek Ferry. There were a million people there for dragon boat racing. You should know what the buildings are by now.

Upcoming…

I couldn’t think of a good question, so I’ll just tell you that the next feature is a hotel that is on Bayshore Drive (most heavenly street name ever). Wanna attempt a guess?

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