Canada Trip Day 7: Vancouver's Chinatown

19 June 2010 - Today's itinerary in British Columbia is another list of many visits. We started the day with breakfast at Maxim's Restaurant that serves a Hong Kong style cuisine in Chinatown, followed by a walking tour around Chinatown. There, we also visited the famous Dr Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden, which was quite a gem hidden in the busy city of Vancouver.

Chinatown is bustling with activities in the early morning. Frequent goers and tourists alike had something to do there. Unlike the modern settings of Yaletown, Chinatown is populated with gaudy red brick buildings, mostly decades old, some have weed and mould growing in between the bricks. The Chinatown has existed since the 1980s with many immigrants from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Keefer Street, Vancouver's Chinatown


Curry fried noodles, salted fish fried rice and crispy fried noodles at Maxim's Restaurant that come in huge servings


A kitchen staff reading Chinese newspaper


Shop selling dried Chinese food such as dried scrimps, salted fish, dried small fishes and so forth


Chinatown Supermarket selling fresh produce


Rambutans which cost about 1-2 Brunei Dollars (which come up to about a Canadian dollar) for the same bundle is sold for Canadian dollars 5.99 per pound.


Supermarket selling fresh seafood


Lady selling Canada souvenier t-shirts


Nutra Trading at Pender Street selling dried food while shoppers walked past


Chinese lady selling some fish


Grocers picking out fresh vegetables


Keefer Rooms, one of the oldest building in Chinatown


Phlomis Italica, a white furry plant with small pink flowers that makes it look wintry


Monument in recognising the contributions of the Chinese Canadians to Canada's economic and social growth.


Plaque at the base of the monument noting of Chinese Canadian's contributions
Chinatown Plaza building


Chinese cultural centre


Vancouver sighseeing bus making a stop as Chinatown in Vancouver is one of the many popular attractions in British Columbia


Senior Chinese Society of Vancouver


Millenium Gate of Vancouver's Chinatown


Passing by an old red brick building


Entering one of the malls in Chinatown with a food court at one end of the building


Many elderly people gather to meet friends


Busy Chinatown street


Another busy Chinatown street


Inside the Flea market building, in front of a malfunction escalator


Crystal jewelery store at the Flea Market in Vancouver Chinatown


Other stalls selling jewel accessories at the Flea Market