This afternoon I had a meeting with an employer who’s location is very near the ScienceWorld Skytrain Station. This very Skytrain station happens to be right across the water from The Village for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. There’s a walkway that leads from ScienceWorld and takes you all the way along the water to Yaletown. I took a right before GM Place (it won’t be called that much longer. It’s official name during The Games will be Canada Hockey Place) and walked up to Chinatown. But, back on the walkway, there are tents set up and and it looks as though ScienceWorld is being rented out for a Russian display area of sorts. The whole area along the walkway is filling up with huge tents for displays for Ontario and Saskatchewan. And right along the water are all sorts of Inukshuks. I’ll go back with better footwear – my clogs were not really good for climbing around the rocky patches with a camera.
My choice to take public transit for this meeting was a good one. There are quite a few road closures now and it seems nearly impossible to drive closer than 5 km close to downtown Vancouver without a lot of waiting and detouring. So, public transit, it is.
Here’s The Village in all it’s glory:
I haven’t been to that side of the water yet where all the buildings are. I’m not sure how close I can get, but it’s a quick trip on the Skytrain, so I’ll go there soon.
And the big Welcome Globe was inflated and there is no shortage of security. Notice the helicopter up there? There’s plenty of security measures being implemented – 0fficers at the Skytrain Stations, checkpoints, secured areas…After all the years of planning, construction and getting ready, it’s really happening.
More photos here, if you like that sort of thing.
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Cool photo