10th May 2003 12th May 2003

11th May 2003 - Vancouver to Whistler and back

10:30am: Picked up the hire car. They gave us an upgrade to what they call a "full size" car, a Chrysler Intrepid (superior handling? compared to what?). It's about the size of a Commodore or Falcon. Gutless, relatively sloppy steering, but it has two cup holders :-)

11:05am: Turned on to West Georgia St, heading for the Lions Gate Bridge. Came to a stop 100m later.

11:20am: Got off the other end of the Lions Gate Bridge. I don't know how this copes with peak hour traffic ... actually, according to this page, it doesn't (... the more traffic moving in your direction, the higher the probability of having only one lane.).

2:20pm: Arrived in Whistler. Had lunch at a cafe, sitting outside in the sunshine. By the time we'd finished, it was raining. We couldn't go up the mountain - they'd closed the chairlift because it was hailing at the top. So we wandered around for a while then drove back to Vancouver, stopping at a couple of places along the way.

6:30pm: Got back to Vancouver. Drove back to the hotel, wandered down to the other end of Robson St (the livelier end). Found a tapas-style bar called Zin where we had dinner. We started dinner at about 8:45pm and finished about 10:15pm, then we walked back to the hotel. Too late to upload today's photos - the internet cafes near the hotel close at 10:00pm.