Vancouver, Canada

Our original plan was to stay in Vancouver for 2 nights...but we quickly learned we could not afford Canada. Gas was over $5 a gallon, thanks to the awful exchange rate...big cities means expensive restaurants and expensive sleeping accommodations (even when camping!) both of which we were not prepared for on our budget. So we explored the best we could while we were there but had to leave sooner than expected.

We splurged on a delicious lunch at an all raw, vegan and organic restaurant called Gorilla Food. We were both thoroughly impressed with the food and our stomachs were very happy. Vancouver had quite a few vegan restaurants to choose from and we both can't wait to go back and try the other ones (when we have a steady income!)

After lunch we explored the downtown area of Vancouver on our bikes, tried a delicious house beer at a bar in the Gastown area and then drove around the beautiful University of British Columbia campus. We ended our time in Vancouver at a nude beach just down from campus...the beach was beautiful and the people were very entertaining!