trip to vancouver

the trip to vancouver was awesome. good food, meeting some of my parents' really cool school friends, catching up with some old friends, more good food and great memories to keep forever. here's the photo recap..


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our first meal in vancouver, just as we exit the airport. hehe.


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this is auntie linda with the family. auntie linda is THE EXPERT on all things food related. she studies the food section of the newspaper religiously EVERY day, she throws the rest of the paper away immediately. she also knows exactly where to get the best and the sweetest fruit!


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really good tea smoked duck at a great shanghainese place off of westminster.


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this is the most delightful and interesting fruit. a mangosteen. the flesh is deliciously light and sweet. each fruit is so small with only a little round bundle of sweet goodness. jonathan is eating mine. i'm sooooo sad.


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the family (minus ryan and michelle, we missed you!!!) eating at a place known for great "bolo bao"(sweet chinese bun with a sweet yellow crust on top) a tray of new bolo bao would come out and within seconds it was gone, customers would shout out for them.


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cool aunti sophia is with us, she also has the same hunger for good food like autie linda. they were food buddies when they were in their twenties. i don't know how she can stay so skinny! i must have gained about 5 pounds in canada


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me and dad, jon is too busy eating...


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us with most of my parent's school friends. auntie michelle and uncle johnny are standing next to my mom. they were our wonderful hosts and welcomed us to stay in their home.


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dom my lb friend and his gf corn were sooooo good to us. dom showed jon and i all the great things to do in vancouver. jon wants to live in vancouver now. haha


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me and jon at watermark in kitz bay. jon had a kobe burger and i had the blueberry brioche. dom took us there for good "sightseeing" for jonathan. notice the glass railing next to us which allows for a very good view of the beach. people in vancouver are all in really good shape! many tall tan hotties.


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dom took us bike riding around stanely park so that i could get my "active events" in.


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cool rock stacks along the beach, some people have a whole lotta time and patience.


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my parents with auntie josephine. she was riding in our car as our own personal gps system. my parents were soooo thankful for her generosity.


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jon, mom and dad at the salmon hatchery. soooo beautiful there.


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misty river next to the hatchery


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jon loves getting pics taken, there are a million of him doing silly things. makes the trip interesting..haha


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family at the suspension bridge. auntie josephine showed us a longer one, and it was free! the other touristy one cost 25 bux a person, what a ripoff!


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don't jump jon!


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our sound of music impression. dad doesn't know how to frolick in the grass properly, he just runs with one arm raised. hahahaha....



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mom, jon and me by the sunken garden.


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picture of a monkey in a tree


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such unusual plants in the sunken garden


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loveboat friends annie and dominic(dom)


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golfing at the university golf range


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greek festival with dom, annie and friends


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jon and i are able to do a magic trick. we can squeeze an orange so it's sides are protuding, and no juices are coming out!


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saw the famous chinese personality 沈澱霞. that's her in the background.


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mmmmm soupy dumplings


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bye uncle johnnie and auntie michelle! they were the coolest people. so fun to be around and so generous! thanks soooo much for letting us stay with you!


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look! they still have free food and wine on flights! we flew austrailian, no wonder. the flight was stopping over in sf before heading to sydney.