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I happened to be in Vancouver on a particularly beautiful late summer day, so I decided to rent a bike and explore the city by own force. I started out close to the airport, which is south of the city, and after a quite dangerous part on a semi highway, I was able to choose a smaller road through the suburbs and parks of Vancouver. This eventually took me to the beaches on the southern shores of the city's bay, which offered splendid views of the city's skyline as well as the distant mountains on which snow could still be seen.
Continuing on a bicycle path along the coast, I finally arrived in the real city, and had to cross a bridge to be able to reach Stanley Park. This is situated on a semi-peninsula, and is quite big for a city park. The centre of it is covered in woods, and the shores have more nice beaches, and a bicycle path and walkway. When one continues, you finally arrive at the end which is the Lion's Gate Bridge. Unfortunately, this was closed and I had to take a shuttle bus with the bike to reach Northern Vancouver.
The weather continued to be very nice when I crossed this part of the city, but I unfortunately was on a road with no views on the other side of town. When I finally crossed back to Southern Vancouver, I had to ride a few kilometres on another highway, but I was fast to take a small side-street which finally took me back to the hotel.
