Visit To Whistler, Canada in 2008.

Visit to Vancouver prior to XXI Olympic Games was thrilling, satisfying and marking our 36th Wedding  Anniversary. Travelling just two hours north of Vancouver and along the scenic Sea to Sky Highway, our journey to Whistler was an experience in itself.

Leo Obstbaum (1969–2009), the late director of design for the 2010 Winter Olympics, oversaw and designed many of the main symbols of the Games, including the mascots, medals and the design of the Olympic torches.

The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005, and is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq is the Inuktitut word for friend. The logo was based on the Inukshuk (stone landmark or cairn) built for the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo 86 and donated to the City of Vancouver after the event. It is now used as a landmark on English Bay Beach.

Everybody we met, was praying for heavy snow fall in the following winter so that the Winter Olympics can be enjoyed perfectly. People were so proud of their small town and waiting to do any thing for. the success of the Games.

                                  

          

The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were designed by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design and introduced on November 27, 2007.

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Full of Flowers

Winning an Olympic Gold Medal (fake)

Harvinder's Gold Medal

                                    Bobsleigh to be used in  XXI Olympics in Vancouver 

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a Winter Sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. The timed runs are combined to calculate the final score.

She is the niece of Australian Cricketer Adam Gilchrist. Being introduced as Australian travelers, we quickly jumped to my favorite sport topic Cricket. The gentleman immediately reacted to inform that accompanying lady was closely related to the great Australian wicketkeeper.

Flower lane

                      Wearing a official jacket with Olympic logo of ensuing Winter Games in Whistler

Scary Ropeways

                                                                      Ropeways

On top of the Whistler Mountain

                                                        A feel of Snow on a sunny day,

On top Of Mount Whistler

              The statue of llanaaq as it it stood on mount Whistler, a landmark on English Bay Beach.

      Excellent Anniversary dinner served by an Indian Restaurant, Royal Taste Of India. The owner himself introduced to wait on us.

          On way back to Vancouver and enjoying the surreal ambiance on Sea To Sky Highway

Vancouver Skyline as seen from the coast

In the preparation for Winter Olympics in Vancouver 

This place is undoubtedly Heaven on Earth!