The Wandering Entrepreneur in Vancouver
I arrived in Vancouver last week and thankfully with my nose, ears and throat functioning as they should, I could enjoy all the delights that Vancouver offered – and wow, did it deliver!
Balancing rocks at the beach on Stanley Park
Vancouver is an amazing city and by far my favorite destination on this trip so far. As I demonstrated in a recent video, I rented an inner city apartment on coal harbor, complete with Internet, cable TV, full sized kitchen, great views and close access to everything I could want from Vancouver.
Organic Food Paradise
I’m not the kind of guy to spend money on many frivolous things. I don’t drink and I’m not really into clothes or cars or gadgets (I’ve had the same laptop for over three years now – a good old trusty Asus), however there are two areas I will spend good money on with no regret – food and shelter…err, accommodation.
In Australia I shop organic as much as I can. New organic shops open up regularly in Brisbane, but nothing compares to the full blown grocery store called Capers in Vancouver – devoted entirely to organic produce.
Okay, these aren’t organic but they look tasty
I spent the early part of my first day in Vancouver walking around Capers with wide eyes, shopping for food. This turned out to be the beginning of a trend and I have to say with no hesitation – Vancouver is the best city for good healthy and tasty food I’ve ever been to.
Maybe it’s because of where I was staying (in the West End of Vancouver – strangely enough my favorite suburb in Brisbane is West End too), but I had a lot of trouble finding many overweight people, quite the contrast to Brisbane. Vancouver, the land of healthy eating and healthy living it seems!
One guilty pleasure for me is chocolate and again, Vancouver spoiled me for choice. Australia just doesn’t do dessert the way North America does, which is a good and bad thing.
My favorite place for chocolate in Vancouver is a boutique shop called Mink, where I am presently sitting typing this article (Vancouver has to be one of the best cities for Wi-Fi net access – even laundromats have it!). I just finished consuming a rich dark chocolate Fondue, with cake and fruit pieces. They also have the most amazing rich dark drinking chocolate here that frankly, is better than sex – honestly!
Nature’s Glory
Vancouver Meet-Up and A Look Inside My Apartment
If you are in or around Vancouver this Tuesday night I’m going to have a little informal gathering while I’m in town.
I haven’t cemented a location yet but it will be somewhere close to or in the city as that is where I am staying.
If you can make it around 7pm on Tuesday and want to meet me and some of the other EJ readers from Vancouver, please email supportATblogmastermind.com with the subject line “vancouver meetup” and I’ll email you the final details.
I hope to see you there!
How Much Rent Did I Pay For My Apartment In Vancouver?
A couple of people asked in my previous posts on traveling business how much I was paying to rent the apartments I stay in.
To give you an idea, I recorded a short video of inside the apartment I am renting presently in Vancouver. I recorded it using my standard Sony snapshot camera, which is not designed for video, so it blurs a bit briefly, but you get a good look inside my temporary home. If you watch to the end I tell you how much the apartment costs to rent.
The apartment was located through VRBO.com.
This second video is a bit silly. I was out exploring downtown Vancouver today and walked through Canada place down on the harbor. If you haven’t been to Vancouver before you wouldn’t know about the giant Seagulls they have here – they’re huge!
I shot this very short video of a seagull eating what I think might be Australia’s favorite spread (not my favorite though – too salty).
I’m Off To Canada!
This is the last post from Australia for a while. This afternoon I am catching a plane to Hawaii where I will spend a couple of days training a person, then I’m off to Vancouver for another few days training someone else and finally landing in Toronto next weekend where I will be staying.
During this week I may not have regular net access however I will of course have my laptop on me. Depending on how much free time I have I may do some blogging, I’m not sure.
Either way – I’ll speak to you all from the other side of the planet soon!
Yaro
