So, I saw Star Trek on Friday - AMAZING! I kept expecting to be disappointed, bored, but it was all good. It was exciting, the casting was great, there were a lot of little things for die hard Star Trek fans & I am positive I saw a tribble (sp?). I will have to verify the 'tribble' when I go see it again - and I WILL!!! Tracey, you're crazy for not wanting to see this movie.
As for the Tourism Challenge, I have till the end of May to visit a select group of tourist destinations in the area and if I can get at least 15 stamps from 12 places (some places give you 2 stamps) then I can get a free pass for 11 months to all of these places. Some of them don't charge anyways but despite living here for 9 years (holy crap!) I still have not gone to the Aquarium or Science World, and a bunch of other places so this is a good opportunity. I get a free pass in and can bring a guest so even if I don't get all the stamps I can still enjoy visiting all these places I have wanted to for FREE. As usual I procrastinated with starting, though I have been legitimately busy, so I stopped at Xa:ytem (there's a bunch of symbols in there too but I don't know the keyboard shortcuts, sorry!) on the way home from the Zoo on Saturday and that was really interesting. I highly recommend stopping there if you're ever in Mission. It's easy to see everything in about a half hour but they have an interesting display of the artifacts found on site and then you can go into the re-built pit houses which is really cool. I have to say I wouldn't mind living in there, as long as I can still have my computer hooked up, and a fridge. There is also a glacial erratic on the site that the Coast Salish people believe is from one of their origin myths and is their elders turned to stone because they did not teach their people the written language and their great spirit (sorry I can't remember the name) was angry & wanted to punish them. I also went to the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, amazing collection of totem poles, house posts, and potlatch 'dishes' (gigantic serving bowls the size of a grocery carts...) and more. They also happened to have a photographic exhibition on Samoan traditional tattooing. Now, I saw the Polynesian tattoo episode on Miami Ink so I really want to do that if I ever visit Hawaii BUT this style is with the same tools (which is painful and by the photos takes 3 or 4 people to hold people down while they're getting them) and is all over the thighs, butt and lower back. It's amazing but I think I would pass out or barf or something. Maybe if I could do it over several months, but all in one shot? Wow! Then I went to the UBC Botanical Garden, which was really nice. It's a lovely walk and they have quite a few trees and plants I had never seen before. You can also go on this tour up a metal walkway into the trees which I didn't have time for so I would like to go back and try that. And, I also stopped at Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park. I have been to a few Conservatories like it so it's not really much different. They did have quite a few parrots and other unusual birds and the Park itself was beautiful so I would take a visitor to see it but I don't know if I would pay for it. Though if you have never been to anything like that I would recommend going at least once.
http://www.xaytem.ca/
http://www.moa.ubc.ca/
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/
vancouver.ca/parks/bloedel
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