Vancouver

I'm in the same boat as you lambi01, I'm heading off in three weeks time to Vancouver. I've lived two years in Melbourne and got around everywhere on public transport, by foot and bike. When are you heading off?
I'm glad to hear so much feedback that Vancouver is easy to get around on public transport, foot and bike. Not many seem too impressed with the pubic transport so I too will opt for biking it around.
bagbagbagpuss, did you have many hassles getting a share place? Where do you live and how far is it from the city? Do you live with other Kiwis?

I've recently come back from spending a year in Vancouver on a working visa.

I specifically wanted to live in a shared place as a way of meeting more people, but even if I hadn't I would have probably had to because rent on an apartment can be steep. I paid $500 incl for a large room with separate entrance in a shared house in an area called Kitsilano. This left me plenty of spare cash for all the going out, sightseeing etc I wanted to do because I knew I was only going to be there one year. It was 15 mins walk from the beach, 2 mins from Broadway and about 5 minutes from 4th Ave. These are the two main shoppings/eating, cafe/bar areas in Kits.

I worked downtown and travelled in by bus which took about 25 mins and I never had any problems. The buses almost always ran on schedule and there were a number of different connections I could have made in case I missed the first one. The transit system tickets are valid for 90 minutes each so you can make any number of connections with in that time on all bus, skytrain and seabuses, or get a monthly pass and do whatever you like.

since this is yet another thread called Vancouver - here's a link for an upcoming event. I'll probably be going to Silk Road, but missing out on the rest

For all fellow travellers/relocators to Vancouver/Whistler or anywhere in Nth Am, check out vancouver.craigslist.org (and fellow city sites) for apartments, jobs, furniture etc. It's an unreal free classifieds site that everyone uses.

Edited by: carcher8

Hi,
Im travelling to Vancouver on the 20th October,got my visa to work
Im 24 so im looking to do a bit of work and party,
Where should I look for reasonable accomodation?
and what area,
Im a qualified Civil Engineer with 2 years experience,
id probably like to work as this or not?wat are Engineering jobs like to get?

What is an absolute must when there?
What should i do more than anything else?