Showing posts with label [Travel]. Show all posts
Showing posts with label [Travel]. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2012

溫哥華-上海-台灣

10:30到機場劃位的時候才知道我們 12:30 的飛機只剩20個位子
大部分人 9點就到...所以我們只好被擠在中間 QQ...


座位方向圖:
x x   x x x x   x x
x x   x o o x   x x
x x   x x x x   x x  ...(o o = me and mom)

if you want to get stretchy seat like the "first row," you'll probably need to be one of the first few customers XDD





















didn't know there is a small aquarium in YVR now!?



今天搭乘的東航是全新的飛機,最近才換的
商務艙...可以橫躺看起好蘇胡
飛機型號 (A330-300)












普通人民的經濟艙也很不錯




















超大螢幕...但因為座位距離變小...大螢幕看久了反而會頭暈
座久也會背痛

entertainment-wise they are really prepared
(even have USB plugin for you to charge your device!!)

這趟 13小時的 flight 看了三部電影 (I'm Number 4, Tron, and Robin Hood)

選項包括

電影 (25部以上 including hollywood, bollywood, taiwanese, chinese, korean, and japanese)

遊戲 (mahjong, tennis, alien attack...plus all the 益智遊戲)

電子書 (more like pdf e-books)

音樂 (different genres but not many artists in each)





















餐點上大致都不錯...晚餐有牛肉麵,豬肉飯 早餐有雞蛋火腿,海鮮麵

途中遇上不少亂流, 滿顛坡的...maybe that's why the flight was delayed by another hour


and here comes the best part~

after sitting 7 hours straight, we can't bare it any more and had to move around

we deicide to walk to the end of the airplane..and stay they for awhile to stretch and chat

there is a kitchen in the rear end... and for some reason, we noticed that a lot of passengers just walk in and start fiddling around in there like making coffee, juice, and instant noodle XDD

因為班機上去 Delhi 的朋友多些

而且他們家庭又龐大 (一家12口子?)

看到一位太太到廚房後半小時沒出來...

在飛機搖搖晃晃中泡著滾燙的即溶咖啡12杯

在分兩次拿小盤子出去

我們看得傻眼, 空姐空少也沒阻止

才瞭蓋中國班機 open kitchen's culture...

不過要是燙到自己,或撞到人打翻燙傷怎麼辦 ><

nevertheless, i do believe that long hour flight should have open space for people to stretch and stand on board

we chatted with passengers form different culture for 2 hours until we decided that we can settle down again



Monday, August 15, 2011

[歷史課] 原來娃娃兵帽子和鈕扣可以分析部屬

changing of the guard ceremony

簡單流程 (30min):
1. 禮兵進來
2. 樂兵進來
3. 長官閱兵
4. 長官檢查槍和儀容
5. 禮兵拔後腰小刀,插到槍上
7. 離開

London - Buckingham Palace ★★★★☆
Time: Check dates online, 11:15am
Highlights:
♔ Old-fashioned carriage entrance






Quebec - Citadel ★★★☆☆
Time: Daily at 10am
Highlights:
♔ Regiemntal Mascot - Batisse, the royal goat (陣陣羊騷味飄過 XDD)
♔ 娃娃兵眼睛看不到 (OS: 我也想要毛毛帽)



♔ 戰地記者(?) 好帥! >///< 害倫加一直分心


小插曲:
♘ 閱兵時長官必需一個個抽查儀容和膽量 (by grabbing their guns w/o any notice)

而長官有次握小兵槍的時候手落空 XD|||



Ottawa - Parliament ★★★☆☆
Time: Daily at 10am




小插曲:
♘ 有位女樂兵昏倒. 當天天氣不熱, 大概是好朋友不好吧



Note:
♟ 每個 regiment 的禮服都不太一樣
vancouver 的禮服是 RCMP style


♟ 如何來分辨 軍隊部屬



Sunday, August 22, 2010

練習曲不簡單

清澈的好美
canoeing
my bike

光一個小小的 Bowen Island 就把我們全家整死了啦

我爸說環島的公路還比較平...Bowen 的太陡
這趟腳踏車行沒騎到太多的腳踏車 XDD
光是推著車走上坡都汗流浹背的
一到下坡就趕快跳上車溜下去
照理說 2KM 就可以到 Eagle Cliff 了
結果還沒撐到 Eagle Cliff
我們就已經被忽高忽低的路線給整死了
半騎半推了一小時...我們才走了 0.2KM Orz...(台:么秀)

最後 stop by Eagle Beach
還看到一個9歲(?)小男孩駕著船載著他爸和朋友
之後又去開沙灘車載他爸和朋友
...島上的小孩從小就可以接觸到海上生活...難怪衝浪都不怕海

離開前繞到 Whytecliff park 走一趟
想到五年前在這玩的大逃殺
沒想到經過五年後,這邊的小路我都還是記得很清楚
也有不少有趣的回憶呢 =]

回家繞道 Samurai 吃生魚片
mmmmmm YUM!!!!!

Friday, August 20, 2010

衝浪初體驗

上禮拜五和爸媽去了 Tofino

這個暑假真的是一歹到機會就趕快出去玩個幾天

因為九月份開始就要上全職的朝九晚五的班啦 XDDD

上班真的好累喔..不能偷懶


tofino 的著名紫色海灘真的好漂亮!

pink waves

而且因為心想...提到 tofino 就會想到衝浪

於是第一次去 tofino 就嘗試了 surfing!

stepping in!

okay 繩子綁好了

衝浪真的是一個蠻危險的運動...因為要跟海浪搏鬥

三個小時的課

除了一開始花了些時間穿上臭臭又很厚的衝浪衣 + 鞋子以外

五部曲

花了一小時在海灘上, to learn about waves

- which direction it will take you further/away from the shoreline
- make note of the surrounding landmarks incase you get washed away
- how to escape from rip-current
- how to protect yourself when falling off the boards (real surf board is made out of wood and it's fin is made out of metal, 所以在海裡翻滾時一定要雙手抱住頭 + 用手鐲保護臉)
- why only one person can ride a wave at a time

初學著的話一開始是騎 Party Wave, meaning several ppl can ride on the wave at the same time (party time!! XD)

等真正下海的時候....一開始要克服大浪迎面而來的恐懼
(the wave is really strong... it can still push me back eventhough my feet are touching the ground)

升呼吸

surfing 手的臂力要很強

因為手要不停用力的滑.."paddle harder...paddle like you mean it...YOU WANT to ride the wave!"

而當你騎在浪上的時候

要靠臂力馬上把身體撐到站起來


三個小時的課只有成功站起來兩次 (不到兩秒) 就又滾入大海裡

最後衝完後感覺喝了一公升的鹹水
(早餐喝的甜伯爵奶茶在肚裡翻滾後..覺得變鹹的了 Orz)


這三天的行程:
1. Tropical Rain Forest @ Pacific Rim

crawling greens

2. Sand Dollar B&B - 有自己的的廚房, 房間很舒適~ 有趣的是...竟然是一對 Slovakia 的夫妻開的 XD...這次去完歐洲後很奇妙的碰到很多 Slovakia 的人
3. Surfing @ Pacific Surf School
4. whale watching: saw orcas and gray whales

finally a tail shot~

5. cooking fresh crabs for dinner(3 for $30) + eating raw oysters (99cent each)

dinner

6. Cathedral Grove (MacMillan Provincial Park): over eight-hundred years old 神木..比 pisa 鐵塔還要高

八百年神木
感覺會碰到 princess mononoke

7. Coombs Country Candy: 他家的 camarmel popcorn 超好吃的!!! 濃濃的奶香
8. old country market @ coombs: 說真的...沒什麼好玩的耶 XDD
9. Back to Nanaimo under 36 degree sun: saw two seals at Nanimo Harbour (牠們游到手可以摸到的距離...等著釣螃蟹客拿新鮮 salmon 魚餌給牠們吃 XDD)

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

alaska 遊記 (下) : 肥來了




Day 5's Skagway is interesting


we took a train pass White Pass Summit (which marks the divider between US and Canada)


一路上的風景很漂亮 (不過代價是站在外面吹風兩小時 XD)








we ride all the way to Fraser BC


(which can also be considered Yukon BC, coz if u want to travel back to BC by a car.. u will need to go up, pass Yukon first, and then drive down to BC)


Day 6's Juneau is the best






though we didn't have time to visit their town
we went for challenging ourselves by hiking to the Mendenhall Glacier in rain from the bottom parking lot
(i heard we were the only tour group that day for the 6 hours hiking)

but iz really really amazing... walking with spiky crampons, ice axe, helmet, and safety belt

真的是名副其實的...翻山越嶺

我們從平地開始走...


到穿梭在森林小路,




到跳石頭跨小瀑布...


到攀岩石 (很刺激) 囧||





走在冰河上時腳步要開...要像行軍一樣用力踏






(基本上穿上這個鞋就可以到處爬冰河了 ex. ice climbing too)

不過我們走的時候要一直線 (怕旁邊的冰會鬆..整塊掉)

回到停車場後整個人虛脫...感覺這禮拜的食物全消化掉了 XD



這趟旅行吃..真的很不錯..有龍蝦, 很嫩的牛排, 很多燻鮭魚...不同好吃的甜點.. cheescake, tiramisu, mousse..

Alaska 的燻鮭魚比 溫哥華...更多..更便宜

船上有健身房, 游泳池 (鹹水...還很冰..大概是直接過濾海水), jacuzzi, 乒乓球桌 (很多高手), 圖書館, 撞球桌 ( Gyro Pool Table... 很有趣因為海面上浪很大...所以建造了一個 Gyro Pool Table 讓球可以保持在水平線...不過有段時間海浪大到這個桌子都反應不過來 XDD...球整個滾一邊), Casio Royal (我贏了 15 USD XDD), Tropical Theare (很多精采的 musicals: combination of chicago, hairspray, west side story..etc)

grabbing random video from youtube:
"Revoluntionary Pool Talbe Adjusts At The Speed Of Light To Offset Anyy Ship Motion And Maintain A Stable Playing Surface!"




有次在船上跟個小弟弟 Jerry 鬧 "你比較怕爸爸還是媽媽?"

"不要這樣問"

哈哈 快笑死我們了...小孩真的是越來越聰明了 XDD


ps. 一回家秤了一下...真的肥了 2kg 啦 QQ
ps2. 回來大感冒...還好不是 唉去萬恩萬...