Victoria, Butchart Gardens and Vancouver I took a ferry to Vancouver Island and visited the world famous Butchart Gardens as well as the city of Victoria, the provincial capital.

Entrance to Butchart Gardens. The Sunken Garden. The Sunken Garden behind me. Sunken Garden. Sunken Garden pond. Fall colors. The Ross Fountain. Ross Fountain behind me. Sunken Garden. Unusual evergreen tree. Some kind of flower (I have no idea). Fall colors in the Japanese Garden. Japanese Garden. Butchart Cove. View of Butchart Cove from the Japanese Garden. Japanese Garden. Unusual tree. Statue of Mercury in the Italian Garden. Italian Garden. Waterwheel at entrance to gardens. Victoria's Inner Harbour. Statue of Queen Victoria. The world famous Empress Hotel. The British Columbia Legislative Building viewed from Inner Harbour. BC legislative building behind me. Me and Empress Hotel. The BC Legislative Building. It was very impressive. Palm tree along the harbor. Fort Victoria marker. Darcy Pub. Had a pint and some great West Coast chowder here. Hot waitresses! Me at the Inner Harbour. View of the Empress Hotel from the Inner Harbour. The Royal London Wax Museum. Statue of Captain Cook. Dusk at the Inner Harbour. Darth Vader taking a break from playing classical violin. See his mask? Sheraton Hotel Vancouver. Fairmount Hotel, Vancouver. Mountain view from Granville St. False Creek and city from Granville St. Bridge. Vancouver skyline from Granville St. bridge. View from bridge. Across False Creek from Granville Island. Granville Island Public Market. Me at Granville Island awaiting Aquabus. Sheraton Hotel. I thought it was a cool building. Robson Street. Stanley Park. Stanley Park. Skyline from Stanley Park. Lord Stanley statue. The Stanley Cup also is named for him. Japanese Nettles at the Vancouver Aquarium. Moon jellies. A barking sea lion. Beluga whale. View at dusk from my hotel. View at dusk. View at dusk.