October 4 - Vancouver BC and Stanley Park, Canada

Today we took a taxi to Stanley Park to catch the Talking Trees walking tour.  Our guide was Alfonso, a member of one of the First Nations tribes here in the Vancouver area.  He took us on a relatively short walk through a forested area of the park.  He shared a lot of information on the area, the tribal customs and cultures, the impact of the white settlers on the indigenous peoples of the area and the work that is being done to restore the culture, language and customs of the people.

It was a heartwarming and sobering talk. 

On a lighter note, he brought his native drum and sang two songs for us (very good voice) and later shared some black licorice and blueberry tea with us.  It was actually very good.

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Watch video of a chant.
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This area of the park was very natural and forested...

with a large beaver pond.

We caught the city bus back into town and decided to eat at the Cactus Club again as it was good food and very convenient.  Then it was a walk back to the hotel (not too far) and an afternoon of working on photos.  Paul finished the blog on two very old trips, Southeast Asia (2016) and Indian Ocean/Ladakh (2017).  It is so good to have those done and off the list.

We had dinner at a Thai restaurant across the street and then came back to the room to repack.  We leave very early in the morning to catch the train.

We had a great sunset out of our window tonight.