The Country of Maple Leaves 1 ~ Spring in Vancouver

We had our second honeymoon to Canada, the country of maple leaves. This was not just a honeymoon trip to us; the main purpose of the trip is to visit Victor’s grandmother in Toronto, and to offer tea to her after we got married. We had a long tiring 18 hours flight from Kuala Lumpur to Vancouver, landed in Vancouver International Airport at around 9pm in the cold spring night in May 2009. We stayed with Vic’s sister, Joyce in Vancouver. She lived in Kerrisdale, 15 minutes away from University of British Columbia (UBC).


This is my favorite corner in the apartment. I love the fire place coz we won’t be having this in Malaysia =P





















Vic, the couch potato and his pet.

















We woke up very early in the morning the next day, mainly due to jetlag. It was already very bright in 5am. Nothing to do at home, Vic took me for a walk around the neighborhood.

















Vic brought me around to familiarize with the place he spent his 4 years of university life. It is a very convenient neighborhood. There are plenty of shops, restaurants, convenient stores, banks etc in walking distance. This is my first time traveling in spring. Some people said that the most beautiful place to experience spring in Canada is Vancouver, and this is perfectly true indeed. The weather in Vancouver is incredible, that’s the reason why it is one of the best city to live in the world. There are different kinds of flowers blossomed everywhere on the street. I love the tulips especially, they were just so colorful.






































The neighborhood


















































































The blue sky and the blossom flowers.





















Another corner in the city.
















The proud cat guiding her territory.



















After the walk, we went to a Hong Kong restaurant to have our first breakfast this trip. Vic told me that Hong Kong food in Vancouver is compatible to those in Hong Kong, because there are many good chef migrated here. The size of the dim sum here are very big, 2x or 3x compared to Malaysia. Here’s some delicious dim sum we tasted:

Shrimp dumplings 虾饺


















Can you see the steam coming out from ‘Siu Mai’?
















‘Jin Chong Fan’ 煎肠粉
















Steak 牛小排