One of the highlights of summer in Vancouver is the annual 'Celebration of Light'. Similar to Skyshow, it's fireworks set to music. Where it differs from Skyshow is that it's a competition between 3 countries. This year's competitors being Spain, China and Canada.
The beaches around English Bay were all packed with hundreds of thousands of people which is amazing considering it was a Wednesday night and due to the long days of summer, the show wouldn't start until 10pm. The bus ride home after work was a bit of a nightmare as thousands of people left their cars at home and took the buses downtown. The buses here are not air-conditioned. The next show is on a Saturday night so it's going to be insane.
Spain was the first competitor and did a good job. Their show lasted about half an hour and they used a wide variety of fireworks. One of the most spectacular was one that exploded into a huge golden 'weeping willow tree'. More photos of the show here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_mcdonald/
Had some friends over and we made pizzas for tea then sat back and enjoyed the show drinking beer and wine and laughing at the poor suckers crammed down on the beaches.
We're going to do it all again on Saturday night.
