Here are some of my favourite things along the 8.8km long Sea Wall walk in Stanley Park, Vancouver:

1. The Girl in a Wetsuit statue: reminds me of the little mermaid statue in Copenhagen. Elek Imredy was the sculptor and it dates from 1972.

2. The figurehead of SS Empress of Japan: the Empress of Japan used to ply the waters between Vancouver and Hong Kong, a journey that used to take ten days. The figurehead, depicting a fire-breathing dragon, was donated to the park in 1927 and replaced by this fibreglass copy in 1960.

3. Siwash Rock: the 50-feet outcrop has its own legend. A plaque nearby tells the story of Skalsh, The Unselfish, an Indian brave who was transformed into the rock by Q'UAS The Transformer to stand forever as an monument to the young man's generosity of spirit.

4. The mountains of yellow sulphur on the North Shore docks. Despite all the rain Vancouver gets, they don't wash away... Why is this?

5. The Lions Gate Bridge: you pass right under this busy bridge. It was built by the Guinness family, of black stuff fame, as a private road connecting the British Properties in West Vancouver to downtown. It was a private road. Very grand indeed.

6. The inukshuk at English Bay at the very end of the walk: inukshuks are stone sculptures in the shape of a man with his arms outstretched. This one was built by Alvin Kanak of Rankin Inlet in Nunavut.

You can walk, cycle or rollerblade around the wall. It takes about two hours to walk it.

This is a great website with a link to video:

http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/par...andmarks.htm