Capilano Suspension Bridge

I have a family friend visiting here over the weekend and a rather reluctant tour guide I am, I tried to optimize the labor cost by visiting regional attractions I haven't been to myself. So instead of visiting Lynn Canyon again, we took a seabus to North Van and visited Capilano suspension bridge, a 130m-ish bridge made of wood planks and concrete cables and hanging not so much as 70m above a dried up canyon.The canyon saw its first formation back to the ice age and gradually deepens as glaciers retreat.

Public transit direction:Take Seabus from downtown Waterfront Station to Lonsdale Bay in North Van (roughly 15min) and then Bus 236 en route Grouse Mountain.The first stop would be the suspension bridge.

The seabus is a mini ferry of 150 passenger capacity.


The bridge isn't as grand as it looks. It's wider than Lynn Canyon bridge and not as exciting to cross. We were discussing whether it sways more at the connecting ends or towards the gravity of the arc and we suspect they need frequent maintenance to replace the wood.


The purple fruiting bodies look like blueberries (they're in fact called Oregon grapes) and taste like something you wouldn't like to taste again. Altogether I tried out 3 types of wild jungle berries when I chanced upon them. They are meant to be admired from zoom distance only. Anyway I wasn't poisoned and there's no sign of diarrhea yet.


After we crossed the bridge still feeling a bit wavy on still ground, we joined the treetop adventure where they constructed bridges in between tall firs and visitors can walk among canopies. Here's a set of antique measuring instruments like barometers, thermometers, humidity meters (geez I forgot the term) whatwhatmeters. Ah!Brings me back to high school geography, and medieval instrument designs by the upper class =D It's rather classical and enchanting!


Water skippers skidding on watery clouds


Been-here-seen-this egoistical scribble of mine


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