Canada / USA 2006 Part I
The whole journey last 17 days, visited two countries, three counties and millions of towns and cities. Please refer to my photo album at Picasa Web (picasaweb.google.com/moksimon) for more photos. Here I'll just select some interesting ones to show you (mostly food :P) Here we go:
Day 01
Why is my mouse lying at HK airport??
This is breakfast onboard JAL flight to Tokyo and yes! it was Singaporean fried rice noodles! It was surprisingly delicious!
View out of window from my seat from Tokyo to Vancouver on B747-400. Two things worth noticing here: 1) I sat in front of the wings; and 2) I sat above the wings by quite a lot! No I wasn't travelling on Business Class (I wish!) JAL does use its 747's upper deck for economy class. I was on upper deck for two legs of my journey and drew one conclusion: it was quieter, no baby crying, little bit more spaceous (due to the extra storage underneath the window still) and that's it! It was still economy, still with tiny, shitty PTV entertainment and food was still crap. Pilot and FO were both Japanese and none of us understood what he said apart from 'Thank you for flying Japan Airlines'. One HUGE advantage in flying JAL thou... cabin crews were mostly JAP!!! muahahahahahaha
A Hertz rental Chrysler SUV for the trip. Looks quite shit from the outside to be honest but it was very comfy... leather seats, dual-zone climate control, front seats seat-back heating etc etc... However it drank gas at a rate of 7.3km/L... quite a lot really.
Day 02
Lunch @ Granville Island. Shown here is Piadini chicken wrap. CAD$15
Mediterranean platter - CAD$26
This is probably the BEST seafood caesar salad I've ever had! CAD$21
... and this restaurant was Bridges @Granville Island, YVR.
For those who can read - Grouse Mountain Admission Fee (mainly for the gondola), at a rate of CAD$30 + tax per adult!!!
This is what you'll get for CAD$30... (speechless)
Day 04
Taken in Seattle, an African restaurant right in the city centre. Trust me, I was starving at that moment!
I'm proud to introduce: African cuisine. This is my portion: beef with tomato and other veg. and wrapped by a layer of skin-like bread... very good food and cheap also: USD$8!!
This is what my mum's ordered: chicken with a creamy, fruity sauce with rice. Very good also. USD$8 too!
Now we move to another part of the world: Mexican. This one is seafood rice. Big portion, too creamy really. This one is little bit more expensive: USD$13.
I'm sure the Mexican stole this from China! Mexican-style stir-fry beef, prawn and chicken...
... with rice, bean mixture (taste like mixture anyway) and salad. USD$15.
That's it for now... to be continued.......
Day 01
Why is my mouse lying at HK airport??
This is breakfast onboard JAL flight to Tokyo and yes! it was Singaporean fried rice noodles! It was surprisingly delicious!
View out of window from my seat from Tokyo to Vancouver on B747-400. Two things worth noticing here: 1) I sat in front of the wings; and 2) I sat above the wings by quite a lot! No I wasn't travelling on Business Class (I wish!) JAL does use its 747's upper deck for economy class. I was on upper deck for two legs of my journey and drew one conclusion: it was quieter, no baby crying, little bit more spaceous (due to the extra storage underneath the window still) and that's it! It was still economy, still with tiny, shitty PTV entertainment and food was still crap. Pilot and FO were both Japanese and none of us understood what he said apart from 'Thank you for flying Japan Airlines'. One HUGE advantage in flying JAL thou... cabin crews were mostly JAP!!! muahahahahahaha
A Hertz rental Chrysler SUV for the trip. Looks quite shit from the outside to be honest but it was very comfy... leather seats, dual-zone climate control, front seats seat-back heating etc etc... However it drank gas at a rate of 7.3km/L... quite a lot really.
Day 02
Lunch @ Granville Island. Shown here is Piadini chicken wrap. CAD$15
Mediterranean platter - CAD$26
This is probably the BEST seafood caesar salad I've ever had! CAD$21
... and this restaurant was Bridges @Granville Island, YVR.
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For those who can read - Grouse Mountain Admission Fee (mainly for the gondola), at a rate of CAD$30 + tax per adult!!!
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This is what you'll get for CAD$30... (speechless)
Day 04
Taken in Seattle, an African restaurant right in the city centre. Trust me, I was starving at that moment!
I'm proud to introduce: African cuisine. This is my portion: beef with tomato and other veg. and wrapped by a layer of skin-like bread... very good food and cheap also: USD$8!!
This is what my mum's ordered: chicken with a creamy, fruity sauce with rice. Very good also. USD$8 too!
Now we move to another part of the world: Mexican. This one is seafood rice. Big portion, too creamy really. This one is little bit more expensive: USD$13.
I'm sure the Mexican stole this from China! Mexican-style stir-fry beef, prawn and chicken...
... with rice, bean mixture (taste like mixture anyway) and salad. USD$15.
That's it for now... to be continued.......
posted by cx251 at 20:32
3 Comments:
Neat blog great pics.Mmmmm very tintillating hungry now looking at al that good food. but 26$candian i feel is exorbitant. had plans to visit Canada if that is the soryt of money a meal costs it would take atleast 4 more years of working for me to be there. Heard of C$10 hostels?
Well there were loads of fast food chain restaurants everywhere and priced at around CAD$3-5 per meal so you do have more choices there. I was travelling during summer peak season so hotel/motel were charging more than they normally did. However, I've never heard of CAD$10 hostels in Vancouver.
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