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7 June 2010
Above: On the Celebrity Mercury. Today we were at seat making our way towards the Inside Passage off the coast of Alaska. That gave us the opportunity to fully explore the ship and all it had to offer. It’s an endless buffet on board … apart from restaurant meals, there’s buffet meals at the cafe […]
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 […]
5 June 2010
Pike Place Market Jet lag was on our side today and we were up before the crack of dawn. First stop was the Pike Place Market … home to Seattle’s fish market. Wow! The ginormous scallops, lobsters and prawns were tempting even though we weren’t hungry … but we weren’t tempted enough to actually eat […]
4 June 2010
The weather took a turn today. Shortly after lunch we picked up our Avis rental car and headed to Seattle. The drive itself was under 3 hours but the border crossing took about an hour due to queues with the usual photographing and fingerprinting. We took a detour to our motel at the character-rich University […]
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 […]
27 September 2009
It is the last Sunday in September and that means it is Folsom Street Fair … the biggest gay event in San Francisco, especially for those into leather, fur (not of animal origin but on chubby human) and bondage/discipline. It seems to have evolved and there were many women and heterosexual couples dressed up (or […]
26 September 2009
Above: I couldn’t believe my eyes. We shifted into a hotel within San Fran itself today … all part of the plan to be more accessible to everything after a night of luxury. We grabbed lunch with a friend of Kim’s who was living near the Castro area (nothing to do with Cuban leader). Tomorrow […]
25 September 2009
As it wasn’t going to be a long drive today, we spent the morning shopping in Monterey. Many of the stores are the same nationwide and they offer the same good value and quality not found anywhere else in the world. This is a very blessed country in many ways. We checked into the very […]
24 September 2009
We explored the San Luis Obispo area briefly this morning before heading up the Pacific Coast Highway to do a sight we had previously missed out due to lack of time. This was the Hearst Castle which is located about halfway between LA and San Fran. We had previously done most of the attractions in Monterey and […]