Oh my, what an exciting day we had!!! We went to the Whistler Blackcomb again, this time with Mum and Gwen – their first destination in B.C.
The weather forecast was there is 60% probability that it will be raining in Whistler. We took our chances and went. Reached Whistler Village at about 10.30am and [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Whistler Blackcomb Again!!
Posted in UBC Exchange Program on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Posted in UBC Exchange Program on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are, at one of the must-go attraction in Vancouver – the world famous Capilano Suspension Bridge.
First of all, the entry fee is rather steep!! While there’s student price, its still very costly; around CAD20 bucks.
So we first entered, we went to get the map cum passport of Capilano Suspension Bridge. On this [...]
Burnaby Village Musuem
Posted in UBC Exchange Program on June 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So we’re at Burnaby Village Museum. This museum shows how British Columbia would have looked like in the 1920s. Upon entry, we saw British flags. But this is Canada eh? History lesson 101 – Canada was once under the British colonial rule.
Anyways, this buildings here are pretty cool. The country styles that some people [...]
UBC Botanical Garden
Posted in UBC Exchange Program on June 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a post targeted mainly towards nature lovers and botanists.
At the UBC botanical gardens, there are around 7000 species of plants from all over the world. Due to the mild climate in B.C, a lot of plants can thrive here.
When you first enter the garden, you will come across the Asian flowers first. [...]
Seattle, Washington, USA
Posted in UBC Exchange Program on June 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Seattle, Washington, USA is our destination. We headed out to Seattle with some friends from the exchange programme. There’s a total of 9 of us, so we rented 2 cars. Got a Ford and a Chevrolet. First of all, we had to get used to driving on the right side of the road. Traffic [...]
Whistler Blackcomb
Posted in UBC Exchange Program on June 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, 2nd June
We took the 11am Greyhound bus to Whistler Village via the Sea to Sky Highway. We reached there at about 1.30pm. At the visitor information centre, we booked the ZipTrek activity which cost CAD 99 each. Yep, its costly, but then again almost all the activities cost about the same price. What [...]
