Here we are, at one of the must-go attraction in Vancouver – the world famous Capilano Suspension Bridge.
First of all, the entry fee is rather steep!! While there’s student price, its still very costly; around CAD20 bucks.
So we first entered, we went to get the map cum passport of Capilano Suspension Bridge. On this ‘passport’, there are 6 stations which we can get stamps to complete our journey.
So after taking a few pictures here and there, we started out on the bridge itself. On first sight, the bridge is rather impressive. Seems very long and high up. Probably because we did the ziptrek at Whistler before, so the heights weren’t that intimidating. In fact, I thought this is rather similar to the treetop we have back home at MacRitchie. If I remember correctly, the one at MacRitchie is more steady while this one is more rocky esp when people run on the bridge. And one main difference is this one at Capilano has a river rushing through between the trees.
So, with the trees and river taken together, we got a rather splendid view. And since we got here in the evening, it started to get quite cold. Anyways, as we made our way through the bridge, we thought there’ll be nothing much. But we forgot that Canadians care about their resources alot. On the other side of the bridge, there are several routes to take to look at the vegetation and to get educated on the forests.
We saw Nurse trees; they are something like fallen trees and do not grow – however, they give life to other trees. Somehow, another tree can grow out from this fallen tree. There’s a picture with the caption of ‘Nurse Tree’ – didn’t take the full height of the tree that grew from the nurse tree. This ‘new’ tree is rather thin compared to other trees but it is tall. Isn’t this interesting? Well, its fascinating to me! Nature continously gives life, how great is that?!
Mainly, the predominant trees in B.C are the Douglas Fir (if I’m not mistaken). FYI, the age of trees are measured by how wide their trunk is. It turns out that one Douglas Fir in Capilano is about 300 years old and it can live to a ripe old age of 1000 years!! So, as it grows, the boards that surrounds the tree (where we can stand to hug the tree) will have to be adjusted for the increasing diameter of the tree.
Then saw a longgggg tree (note: long) which was on the ground. This tree fell when a hurricane brought it down. It is real long. It was split into 2 parts and the sign there challenged us to find the end of the second part. Of course, we lived up to the challenge (I hope)!
What we have come to see is that Canadians always try to educate tourists. So there will always be posters and stuff to do just that. And I must say, with their brightly and well-decorated posters, they are doing a good job.
Then we walked back to the side of the bridge whereby the entrance is. We must say, the souvenirs here are so attractive. However, the price is a tad too high. So we decided to do the souvenir-shopping at Gastown. I love the Black Bear!! They are so cute and awesome! So many stuff here we can buy to decorate our house (which we haven’t bought yet, by the way) and it will look just as good as our place in Kitsilano.
Unfortunately, we haven’t spotted any exciting animal in B.C yet – only saw the Great Blue Heron, which sounds impressive eh? Well it is a big bird…saw it at the beach & Stanley Park…but didn’t dare to go closer, in case it decides to peck me. Now we know who’s the brave one 
So we completed the passport with all 6 stanmps of course and gave it to the lady at Guest Service. In return, we got We Made It certificates which entitles us to 2 LONG YEARS of BRAGGING RIGHTS!
