River Rock Casino Resort

TUNNELS & HELL'S GATE ON THE FRASER CANYON DRIVE

by balhannah

As I come from Australia, the drive through the Fraser Canyon was pretty amazing!

There were 7 Tunnels that we passed through.
Heading to Hope from Lytton where the Fraser & Thompson rivers meet, we came to our 1st Tunnel, China Bar. Its name came from the gold-bearing sand bar in the Fraser River. Hardworking Chinese made a fortune by reworking an area that others believed to be exhausted, lucky them!! At 610m long, China Bar Tunnel is the longest Tunnel.

Then there was Hell's gate, Ferrabee, Alexandra & Sailor Bar Tunnels. The 146m long Saddle Rock tunnel, named for the saddle shaped rock in the Fraser River nearby was next, with the Yale tunnel being last and the nearest to Hope.
It was quite an experience for us!

At Hells Gate, there are huge towering rock walls of which the boiling waters of the Fraser River, rock and roll through a narrow passage only 35 metres wide, I surely wouldn't want to fall in, or have the Airtram plunge into those waters!

The website for the Airtram is......
http://www.hellsgateairtram.com/see-do.html

We didn't do this, but did stop and have a look.

the second hong kong

by shopgal

"chinese as second language?"

richmond is a suburb south of vancouver, and 50% of the population is asian. you can find any asian food here. the best dim sum, sushi, taiwanese dishes, xiao lung bao, and m'sian dishes as well. instead of french, most of the restos list their menus in chinese. store fronts and malls also have chinese characters on their main entrances. asian groceries are everywhere and you can definitely find japanese "cheap" product "daiso" here.

"the water"

richmond is surrounded by water, and steveston is a v. popular area esp. in the summer. you can buy fresh seafood here, straight from the boats. there are also several cafes and restos that you should check out. we tried blenz, the canadian coffee and i totally love their dark belgian choco cafe mocha ;)