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1. Don't point out the raccoons scuffling outside the restaurant window to your waitress and excitedly ask "have you seen the raccoons?!" She has, every evening since she started working there.

2. In Stanley Park, if you are confronted by black squirrels and think "aw, how cute" and aim your point and shoot camera at them from 30 feet hoping that a four-by-four pixel image of them will satisfy you later, desist. Instead, wait a while - they are so human-habituated they will come over to you and may even, as they did to me, climb up your leg - result: better pictures.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6489 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6426 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6426 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6276
Yes there are shopping centres galore but that is really the only good thing to say about downtown Vancouver. Don't let Canadians big it up - the news channels reveal a different picture and make London look like a fairytale palace.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6276