Panoramania Part V

Hello again folks! Hope everybody's recovered from the glutton and drinks a few days ago and start the year afresh.

Anyways, here is the last batch of panoramic shots taken during the trip across the North American continent last year.

Pacific Ocean as seen from the top of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Tower at Santa Barbara, CA:

Overlooking the celebrity-filled Monticello from the same place at Santa Barbara - two hours before the place made world headlines for the wildfires started by a bunch of spoiled kids:
Night shot at the bottom of Coit Tower, San Francisco, CA:
Front Park, Pittsburgh, PA:
Pacific Ocean from a rest area within Camp Pendleton, CA:
Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma City, OK:
The S-shaped road just outside the visitor's centre north of Branson, MO:

Millennium Park, Chicago, IL:
Chinatown Los Angeles, CA:

Maps of the Grand North American Road Trip in Higher Definition

Leg 1: from Vancouver to Toronto with a detour to the Atlantic Ocean

Leg 2: A bus tour to the Boswash Corridor


Leg 3: From Toronto to Los Angeles via Route 66

Leg 4: from Los Angeles to San Diego before heading back to Vancouver

Panoramania Part IV

North of Kremmling, CO from Leg 1 of the trip:
Inside the concert area/alcohol zone at the Power and Light District, Downtown Kansas City, MO, also from Leg 1 of the trip:
South of Jenner, CA along CA-1:
Hoover Dam overlooking Nevada on lower elevation:
Hoover Dam again from the Arizona side on higher ground:

Panoramania Part III

Again due to the resolution restrictions on facebook I have no choice but to put the stretched-out pics here.

Otherwise, enjoy!

The barren landscape at Holbrook, AZ:
Grand Canyon, AZ:
Golden Gate at sunset, with Alcatraz to the east, San Francisco:
Golden Gate once again, this time as seen from Lincoln Park:
Off the lighthouse at Pigeon Point, CA:
Downtown Albruquerque, NM:
Train station and bus terminal, Albruquerque, NM:

Panoramania Part II

Hello everyone,

Yet it has been a while since I've posted my last entry. Without further due, here is the second set of panoramic pics that are too big for facebook to handle.

Yale University, New Haven, CT:
Wyoming Roadside (1):
Wyoming Roadside (2):
Wheeling, WV:
Twin Falls, ID:
Steamboat Springs, CO:
Providence, RI (Giggity-Giggity-Giggity):
Pittsburgh, PA:
Indianapolis, IN:
Gettysburg, PA (Town Square):

Gettysburg, PA (Cemetery Hill Battlefield Site):
Flaming Gorges National Recreation Area, UT:
Flaming Gorges National Recreation Area, UT:
Denver Downtown (Union Station):
Denver Downtown (New Developments):
Delaware River Valley at Delaware Water Gap Nat'l Recreation Area, PA:
Roadside shot north of Silverthorne, CO:
Roadside shot south of Kremling, CO:
Atlantic Ocean as seen from south of Newport, RI:

Newport, RI:
Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, WA:

Photos of Vancouver (Downtown, Jericho Beach, W 4th, and Kerrisdale) - December 2006 - Part III

Here's Vancouver's version of Toronto's Union Station: Waterfront Station - a huge transportation hub of SeaBus (ferry service to North Vancouver), SkyTrain (a medium-capacity metro system), West Coast Express (commuter train service that links Downtown Vancouver to the Tri-Cities, Ridge Meadows, and Mission), and conventional and rapid bus (98 B-Line - which will be replaced by the Canada Line subway line in 2009) services.

Terminal City Club Tower, a mixed-use residential and hotel complex, on W. Hastings and Hornby (A Chanel store is located right across from here)












The addition of extra floors (and office space) at Bentall 5 on Burrard and Dunsmuir has not finished as of December last year.













The Shaw Tower (with Jean Claude Van Damme having a penthouse suite) overwatching the tireless cranes that are used to construct the convention centre extension (scheduled to be completed on time for the Olympics).








A window to the City of North Vancouver (Lonsdale, where the quay and SeaBus terminal are located).




I don't know what is the point of having the a house along the northern seawall overlooking Stanley Park, but I think it's better than nothing.


An early evening shot on the expensive apartments dotting along Coal Harbour.







An angle shot along Denman St. outside King George high school. Props to the planners who made West End a neighbourhood that is friendly to all people, not just empty nesters and seniors.

Hell has certainly frozen as this is the first Starbucks that lost out to competition.







Even the bus is getting into the festive mood by having decorations on it!







Davie west of Bute, outside of Rogers Video (for those of you who are not familiar with Vancouver, Davie is the city's answer to Church St.) on a quiet Friday evening when everyone heads home for dinner.

A glimpse of Yaletown... which becomes a ghost town except for the numerous restaurants located in the area. Should this be the model for downtown redevelopment in other areas? I don't think so.

The Granville St. Entertainment District between Robosn and Davie, a few hours before hordes of clubbers flood the scene on a beautiful Friday evening.

One more glance at the intersection of Robson and Thurlow (infamous for having two Starbucks at the NE and SW corners) before heading home.