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6 June 2010
Expecting traffic and immigration woes we headed back to Vancouver early to avoid being late for our Alaskan cruise departing at 1700. Supposedly, it is a requirement for passengers to be checked-in and boarded two hours prior to departure, with a strict close-off at 90 mins. So, we had to be at the Cruise Centre in […]
3 June 2010
We met up with an old school friend Hong Tee for lunch today. I hadn’t seen her since school … errr … some 20+ years ago. It was a nice catch up over a yum char lunch at Chinatown nearby. The quality of their har gau (prawn dumplings) and also the prawn-and-scallop ones were top […]
2 June 2010
Above: Homogenised milk at a cafe; for one to add to coffee or tea. We arrived at 1415 on the same day we left home, thanks to the international dateline. The queues at Vancouver airport for the arrival formalities were long. The officials were thorough in the questioning of visitors. We managed to clear all […]