Water

Day 2 in Vancouver we took advantage of our two block walk to Stanley Park and headed towards the Vancouver Aquarium. We stopped for a few photos at a welcoming tree that accommodated us with loving arms for a few photos. It was here where we met a kind person who offered us three 20%off tickets to the aquarium. Arriving early at the aquarium, R had a chance to explore a nearby playground. And then the aquarium!  Another kind person, a volunteer at the aquarium, offered one of us free admission. We saw Jellyfish, stingrays, piranhas, sharks, fish of every stripe. We also saw poisonous frogs, snakes (Eric's fave - the anaconda), bats butterflies, sloths and marmosets. We enjoyed the beluga show, the finale being the part where one beluga spat water which splashed us again and again, even getting in Rosalee's eye!

We experienced our first 4D movie experience where we learned about the salmon run while being splashed by water, blown by wind, and surrounded by the scent of cedar. A definite highlight.

After the aquarium we took a miniature train ride and heard a First Nation story about the spirit bear.

In the afternoon we went to the swimming pool, where we spent several hours swimming, and where R revelled in sliding down her first water slides. 

Ant to top the day off , dinner at the banana leaf restaurant for a nine-course tasting menu featuring fine Malaysian food. What a day!