Short walk in Vancouver

Vancouver can be a walker friendly city. With a good public transportation network, you can almost get to any tourist attractions without driving a car.

I found the Downtown and Greater Vancouver maps very useful:
You can pick them up at the visitor center at Robson St/ Howe or 200 Burrard St.
Download is also available:

http://www.tourismvancouver.com/vancouver/travel-tips-tools/vancouver-maps/

Overlay with the public transit maps and you can paint the town.
http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Maps.aspx

I bought a day pass ($9.00) and cruised around without the need to worry about zones and time limits.

I like to take ferries. Seabus to West Vancouver was a pleasant ride. Just took the transit to WaterFront station, walked to the pier and board the seabus.

Metrotown Centre - Took sky train Expo line and got off at Metrotown station.

On the other side of Metrotown was Kingsway.

I found Red wings and Blundstone shoes here:
http://www.burnaby.redwingshoestore.com/buy-shoes-in-burnaby
They carried used boots, too. Some of styles were on sale.

I like sushi. A few stores down was Sushi Garden offering the best deal in raw fish.
Operated by a group of young Asians. The sushi was fresh and it's always full house. If you want to see a traditionally trained Japanese chef, I guess you would need to go elsewhere. But if you are just looking for good value and good food. This is my choice.

I got off at Commercial/ Broadway station. Walked a few blocks back and found AudioPile which carried quality CDs and LPs that were mostly used.
http://www.audiopile.com/

Some disappointments:
1. NCIX is a big online store, but the retail stores only carry a few items..
2. MAL used to be a big independent shop specialized in HK / Chinese CDs and DVDs. It moved to a much smaller location now and the selection was very limited.