Thursday, June 21, 2007
New York -> LA
Woke up super early in the morning. Time really fly so fast, we're leaving New York. Thanks to Aunt Xue's friend and Lucy whom offered to drive us and our heavy lugguage to the airport.
At the boarding gate, had a last group photo with Aunt Xue and Lucy. Really have to thank them a lot for taking care of us and providing lodging place for us. This really help us save a lot as heard that hotel in New York is super expensive. Hope we'll have a chance to visit you again back in USA. =)
At the boarding area with our boarding pass, waiting to board the plane.
Light snacks and drinks were provided on board. The biscuit is quite nice, taste like our digestive biscuit.
I drank orange juice while frances drank milk
We bought this mp3 player together few years ago. Rem tat time Best had some promotion for 1st 20 sets.
Nice view from the plane
And finally, we arrived at LA
From airport, we took this Fly Away bus that sent us free from the airport to Westwood village where we'll be staying and also UCLA located. Its free cos it just started, they'll start charging from mid july if I didnt rem wrongly.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Canada Day 4
Day 4 is a short 1. Only had 1 stop in Ausable Chasm and then will head back to New York Chinatown which will mark the end of this tour trip. Visited the Duty Free Shop before leaving Canada, and grab some last minute souvenir there. We bought Maple Syrup which til now i stil 不舍得 to open up the bottle and try. Think I'll jus keep the whole bottle there.
Had our lunch at Ausable Chasm. We shared pizza and french fries. The french fries is very nice leh, so different fr what we got in singapore.
And look at the varieties of sauces available there at the eatery. Being the kiasu singaporeans, we 'gapo' quite a lot of them, esp the jam, honey and peanut butter. ;p
And again this time, we gave up the water rafting ride to save $$. So as usual, we came out with different ideas to take photos around. We spent the most time taking the jumping photo as synchronisation is a big problem .. lol .. every1's jumping must be synchronised, and the jump must also synchronise with the camera shot
Rainbow falls, which we didnt see any rainbow .. lol
Cute road signs
Kawaii Softtoy at the restaurant. So cute!!! I almost had an urge to grab the bear and go .. lol
Taking photo in the middle of the road again .. hehe .. but its quite nice eh .. =)
This couple, Mr and Mrs Yip (haha .. realise we got 2 Mr and Mrs Yip in this photo ... lol) through this tour. They're very friendly, and was at New York visiting their daughter who is a lawyer. And so they had join this tour to walk walk. So glad to know them, and as they stay in LA, and knowing that we'll be flying to LA soon, they gave us their phone no., told us to call and visit them in LA.
Will update bout our visit to their house at later blog post. So stay tune =). Anyway, this is the end of our 4D 3N canada tour. After Ausable Chasm was a super long bus ride back New York due to traffic jam. By the time we reached New York, it was around late evening and we rushed back to Aunt Xue's house as she said she wanna treat us to a dinner meal as we're leaving for LA the next day. She brought us to this restaurant called Charlie Brown which I think is quite famous there. And though when we reached there it was quite late, its stil quite crowded. Lucy and her bf joined us for dinner too.
The menu
Salad from the buffet style salad bar
Their serving was huge and we eat til super full. Think I didnt manage to finish this piece of meat, but its really yummy
And we had New York Cheesecake for dessert, finally a decent, delicious New York Cheesecake in New York
A group photo in the restaurant. Must really thanks Aunt Xue for the meal, yummy and expensive I believe.
After the meal, we decided to walk around the area to aid digestion and also to enjoy the last night of New York air. To my surprise, I found my pink color Starbucks water bottle that I've been looking for around in New York and Canada. So its 远在天边,近在眼前, available at ShortHills, and its not the last piece left also.
After me managing to buy my bottle, we decided to head back Aunt Xue's home as we cant sleep too late, gotta pack lugguage also.
Will update bout our visit to their house at later blog post. So stay tune =). Anyway, this is the end of our 4D 3N canada tour. After Ausable Chasm was a super long bus ride back New York due to traffic jam. By the time we reached New York, it was around late evening and we rushed back to Aunt Xue's house as she said she wanna treat us to a dinner meal as we're leaving for LA the next day. She brought us to this restaurant called Charlie Brown which I think is quite famous there. And though when we reached there it was quite late, its stil quite crowded. Lucy and her bf joined us for dinner too. Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Canada Day 3
Day 3 at Canada. We first head to this place called Thousand Island. The tour guide said thousand island salad sauce originated from here .. haha .. dunno true or not. Anyway, this is really a nice place, we'll take a boat ride around to see the islands. Initially we decided not to go also, to save $$. But me and frances changed our mind on the last min. Lucky we changed our mind, thousand island is really a nice place, so wasted lor, fred and molly didnt join us. Was super windy and sunny up there on the boat, but the ride was super worth it. Really got the relaxing feel, enjoying the strong breeze and the view of the serene surrounding. So every1, if you happen to join a tour that passby thousand island, do not miss the boat ride. Taking a photo with the boat ticket and the boat we riding
At the front of the boat. See, so nice! Really love the environment here, sunny but cooling. Love the reflection of sunlight on the water surface
Sun was so bright, and i left my sunglasses on the tour bus, so i had to force my eyes open to take photos
Photo with the canada flag on board. We took quite a long time to take this photo as the wind was so strong, so we have to be very accurate to capture the flag at the right angle.
Finally, I decided to borrow frances's sunglasses
I like this photo, though a bit dark =)
This is the vice-captain of the boat .. hehe .. he quite 帅 hor .. ;p
Posing with the boat after the ride
Cute duckies floating around the river .. their really sooooo cute!!
They seems to be a family, father mother and 3 children, so sweet ..
After Thousand Island, we proceeded to Ottawa. And this photo here, the statue suppose to have some story behind it.. hehe, but i've forgotton liao. ;p
Some nice building at Ottawa
Our lunch at MacDonalds. Me and Frances shared the Crispy Chicken and Grilled Chicken burger meal, the burgers were quite delicious, and they're not available in Singapore.
This is nice!
Think this is some Governor Hall or something like that .. forgot also le
This is a famous church there, haha ... again, i forgot the name, but remember its quite up the hill.
This photo I take de, not bad hor my photographic skill ... haha ..
And this building, is like a sports hall, think its some Olympic Game Site, and this is in Montreal.
The guy in the middle is our Tour guide. He is really quite good, responsible. And he is pro lor, throughout the trip, he had to explain everything in English, Mandarin and Cantonese for the same thing.
We had our lunch here at Chinatown, which is a chinese buffet.
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