FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CANADA | Vancouver Travel Vlog

We had NO IDEA how awesome Vancouver, Canada is! Great food, Asian influence, strong coffee, kind people, and today it was all topped off with beautiful fall weather! We spent the entire day biking around the city for the first time. We drove from our campsite in the middle of Vancouver to Stanley Island and drove along the beautiful coastline. Next we went to the Granville market for lunch and had a scary encounter in Chinatown. Lastly, we quickly checked out Gastown, then booked it home before the sunset on our bikes!

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Travel vlog 560 | Vancouver, Canada | Country #82/100 | This beautiful fall weather was filmed at the end of September :)

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married June 2013 and quickly caught the travel bug! We started “travel hacking” and taking more trips together and finally decided we wanted to travel for one year. After 2 years of saving $ and travel hacking over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016. We started this YouTube channel to share our experiences with friends and family, then decided we really liked vlogging and traveling. So we extended our 1 year trip to THREE years :) Now we have a goal of traveling to 100 countries before 2020! We are incredibly thankful to do something we love every day. :)

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When he said ‘We’re going to China town’ I was just like oh no

[auv_guavs]

"We're going to Chinatown!"
*Immediately knew you guys are gonna end up in East Hastings*

[FromThePrairies]

Ha! You landed in East Hastings - yep, it’s sketchy but the drug addicts are pretty friendly! Chinatown isn’t really a thing anymore in Vancouver. Go to Richmond if that’s what you’re after.

[rickt]

East Hastings. You managed to find one of the top two sketchiest neighborhoods in Canada. You weren't in any danger, just not a place you want to hang around for very long. Looking forward to the rest of your travels in my home and native land.🇨🇦😁

[tumbalong]

Welcome to Vancouver! You've done what every tourist does when they go to Vancouver, accidentally wander into Downtown Eastside and immediately try and get out of there! hahaha

[ericabeatson]

If you want to see a cool Chinatown come to my hometown of Victoria BC we have a small but beautiful Chinatown (and it's also the oldest one in Canada)

[FlynnsFishForum]

Clicked on this video so fast.... Vancouver is my hometown 😀

[FireCracker]

Oh... and you know I'm SO EXCITED to see Vancouver!!! Seriously, one of my top places in the world. Could it be any more beautiful, with the ocean, mountains and scenic city scape?

[FoodandFootprints]

Love the views from Stanley Park with the water, skyline and bridge. Beautiful city!

[jennachristiansen]

It's so cute watching this knowing that in a few years they would own a camper van of their own and nate bikes the Colorado trail

[livinginthemoment]

Yay! Always a proud subbie here since 2k subscribers! Congratulations!!!!

[Kio.the.sound.alchemist]

Come to Montreal/Quebec!! So happy to see you guys made it to Canada :) Vancouver is an amazing city!!

[PlanesTrainsEverything]

I was brought up in Sydney, Australia, and I agree about the comparison with Vancouver. Vancouver is my favourite Canadian city and you did a fantastic job of promoting it.

[dsmbishi]

[PAUSE LIFE]
Congrats on hitting 400k! I like that you guys are adding the month that you are in each place in the description now. Please continue to do that if you can (or throw in a date at the beginning of the vlog perhaps?). Helps in considering places to visit at certain times of the year (weather, crowds etc.). Keep up the great work y'all!!
P.S. Heading to Italy in 2 months!

[JulianSki]

I hope you enjoy your stay in Canada - from a Canadian ((btw you guys should definitely go to the mountains in British Columbia and Alberta

[albertguntinas]

Hey Nate, I love your own definition of Vancouver. (Maine+ San Fran + Sydney + Hong Kong). Great perspective !

[geographylover]

Congrats on 400, 000 subs Canada is a beautiful country 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[siobhAAAAN]

Hey guys! As someone who has grown up in Vancouver my entire life I am happy you got to experience the city on a nice sunny day. It truly is a wonderful place filled with a great community of people. But yes, we do have some lower income areas that you seemed to stumble apon. Vancouver's DTES (downtown east side) is one of the largest strips of poverty in all of north america. However it is a functioning community that has a relatively low crime rate and a strong sense of family. The reason for this area is largely due to other areas in Canada simply being too cold for homeless people to survive, therefore Vancouver's climate makes it somewhat livable. Just wanted to give a bit of background on the area, which I know can be a shock to tourists! Happy you got to visit this wonderful part of Canada.

[grrrltraveler]

Congrats on the 400K Wow!!! Thanks for this video too. I'll be flying into Vancouver and was curious what the vibe is there. Great video- 99% pristine, 1% sketch

[mariahwalker]

Been following you guys for about a year now, but didn't realize you'd hit my home town. Lovely to see it through the eyes of world class travellers. So weird to see you two in places so familiar to me. Love watching you guys and keep up the great content!