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| The show began with a big red boom |
After two years of the pandemic shut down large gatherings, the Celebration of Light, a fireworks competition is back on in Vancouver.
Three countries compete, and this year it's Japan, Canada and Spain in this order. Last Saturday it was the Land of the Rising Sun, and today it's Canada's turn.
We had the opportunity to go to a family friend's apartment right by the water in the West End where we could get a totally unobstructed view of the barge. However, that meant getting there very early as the police close the roads.
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| Lovely sunset this evening in the West End |
We brought dinner with us and heated it up, chatted for a while and then had our meal of ribs, rice with Chinese sausage, chicken and mushroom, and stirfried vegetables.
Then we had to wait and wait and wait for the sun to go down -- for the show to start at 10pm.
We were not disappointed! As there has been no fireworks in Hong Kong (OK except for tiny ones on midnight January 1 this year), I've been looking forward to seeing this show.
There's two barges attached to each other lengthwise, hardly like the three to four barges in Hong Kong.
Nevertheless the crowd seemed much more appreciative here, with people hollering and boats in the area blowing horns.
There were a few fireworks I hadn't seen before, including half circles, and even a rectangular-shaped one! The Canadian team made good use of the low-flying fireworks as an opportunity for the skies above to clear a bit, and some red fireworks even landed in the water and continued to glow for quite a while.
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| Enjoyed the view from up here |
After it was all over, the crowds started leaving, but we had to wait until the area was cleared, which meant waiting at least another hour and a half. So we cut up a sweet watermelon and enjoyed several slices before finally the roads were cleared and most people had gone.
Late night but it was still worth it for the view!
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