Full Circle
Day 236: Seattle to Vancouver

It's early evening by the time we reach the forty-ninth parallel and our eighteenth national frontier. A portrait of the Queen hangs on the wall of the immigration shed and ahead of us lies British Columbia, Canada's most westerly province. Vancouver, its largest city, has a population of a million and a half, swollen by a recent influx of Hong Kong Chinese who have chosen Canadian rather than Chinese rule after June 1997. A cosmopolitan, multi-racial crowd is making its way down Robson Street towards the waterfront for the last night of an international fireworks competition. There is a palpable mood of national rejoicing. Canada has beaten the USA in the Olympic 4 x 400 metres relay. I think we got out of America just in time.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Full Circle
- Day: 236
- Country/sea: Canada
- Place: Vancouver - BC
- Book page no: 309
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