After going to the supension bridge, we walked around until we hit Gastown - an area of Vancouver. There was a lot of homeless people in comparison to Calgary all around town and they were a lot more talkative also. On the way to gastown we took the map out - and a guy ran across the street to "help" us with directions. They can spot tourists a mile away! Just 10 secs after this photo, another gentleman, insisted we take a photo from another spot and also gave us directions to chinatown to avoid the dodgeys (ahem..). Shan could not stop talking to him. 5 minutes later after telling him we had no change, he didn't waste another breathe and walked the other direction!
Anyway - Gastown. It is a beautiful spot - with cobbled streets, old buildings. The place has restaurants, art galleries and lots of cool boutiques. The clock which Shan is standing in front of is fully power by steam and apparently only a few steam clocks exist (5 in total). Another one - in oz - is in Berwick, Victoria. Although the clock looks quite old - it was actually built in 1977. The clock apparently weighs 2 tonnes.
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