Lori Henry's Travel Blog

Across Canada: Vancouver to Deer Lake, Newfoundland on Nov 7, 2009 in Newfoundland Across Canada aeroplan points Air Canada Calgary carry on luggage corner brook Deer Lake halifax ottawa travel accessories vancouver Vancouver International Airport Canada is a big country. It’s obvious by looking at a map, sure, but more so when hopping on a plane and flying cross-country as I did today. Coming from my home in Vancouver, I boarded an Air Canada flight at the Vancouver International Airport at...

The Listel Hotel Vancouver: Robson Street Hotels in the West End on Oct 9, 2009 in British Columbia Travel bc Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Downtown Vancouver Eugene Alfred First Nations Hotels in downtown Vancouver Judy Cramer Listel Hotel Northwest Coast artists Robson street Robson Street Hotels Susan Point UBC Museum of Anthropology vancouver Vancouver west end Vancouver west end hotels West End I had spent the day playing tourist in my own city, visiting First Nations art galleries and the Stanley Park totem poles, and the Bill Reid Gallery. The next day I was covering the Dalai Lama event, called the Vancouver Peace Summit, so I chose to s...

Martine Reid Discusses Haida Art at the Bill Reid Gallery on Oct 3, 2009 in British Columbia Travel Bill Reid Bill Reid Gallery CBC footage CBC radio announcer Continuum Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast downtown core Haida Art Haida artist Haida culture Haida Gwaii James Hart jewellery Martine Reid totem pole “Bill [Reid] is taking you by the hand and taking you through his gallery,” Martine Reid tells us as we step into the Bill Reid Gallery in Vancouver. She was the wife of Bill, celebrated Haida artist and CBC radio announcer (1920-1998), who descr...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Vancouver, BC on Oct 2, 2009 in British Columbia Travel Archbishop Desmond Tutu bc canada Dalai Lama Centre Eckhart Tolle His Holiness Dalai Lama Mattieu Ricard Reverend Mpho Tutu Sir Ken Robinson vancouver Vancouver Peace Summit For the second time in the last three years, his Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Vancouver, Canada and I’m lucky enough to be here at the Vancouver Peace Summit. (The first time was the Dialogues in Vancouver session at GM Place in 2006.) It’s impo...

First Nations Art Galleries and Totem Poles in Stanley Park on Oct 2, 2009 in British Columbia Travel aboriginal artwork Art Galleries bc Coast Salish Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery First Nations First Nations Art Galleries First Nations culture First Nations tourism first nations vancouver Gastown Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Khot La Cha Gallery south Granville Street Stanley Park Totem Poles vancouver Today was a day to play tourist in my own city, checking out some First Nations tourism spots in Vancouver, BC, mostly art galleries and the totem poles in Stanley Park. There’s a great little First Nations gallery in North Vancouver called Khot La...

Cuban Dancing with Chen Lizra of Latidos Productions on Sep 22, 2009 in British Columbia Travel Afro Cuban dance Chen Lizra cuba Cuban Cha Cha Cha Cuban dance Cuban Dancing Cuban music Cuban Salsa Latidos reggaeton spanish sueltas I’m fine with the hips, having learned to shake my bootie when I was two years old and learning Hawaiian dancing, but isolating my chest? It’s like learning to puck handle after a childhood of playing soccer, a completely different type of coordi...

Cycling in Vancouver, BC: False Creek, Canada on Sep 20, 2009 in British Columbia Travel bc canada Cycling in Vancouver False Creek Granville Island hockey team Main Street new condos Ontario Street bike route seawall Team Canada Vancouver 2010 Olympics waterfront I’m back home in Vancouver after a full summer of travelling through Canada. It’s been mostly my head buried in my laptop so far, getting caught up, hitting deadlines and trying to reconnect with friends who have almost forgotten me. I did get a...