Day 7: Long Drives + Night Market | AB-BC Trip 2023 Series

Vancouver + Richmond, BC • August 5

This is going to be a short one but still interesting dahil ang sasarap ng kinain namin nung gabi. Magpapaalam na kami sa bulubundukin ng Alberta at maghe-hello sa masasarap na pagkain ng British Columbia. Mahaba-haba nanaman ang drive ni Kenneth kaya ine-expect kong mabilis nanaman syang ma-bad mood. Almost 10 hours ang byahe from Banff to Vancouver pero hindi naman nakakainip dahil sa mountain and forest views. Sabi ni Kenneth nakakatulong din daw sa mood nya yung magagandang views. Naalala ko nanaman yung sinabi ni Mary Oliver na:

How wonderful that the universe is beautiful in so many places and in so many ways. Its intonations are our best tonics, if we would take them. For the universe is full of radiant suggestion.

Mary Oliver

Long drive to Vancouver

Breakfast muna at nag-bagel ako ulit. Kasama ko na si Kat this time at nagustuhan nya rin yung bagels dito. Same lang ulit ako ng inorder, yung BCLT na walang tomato, tapos nagpa-add ako ng sausage. Type of bagel lang ang nabago. Mas gusto ko yung rosemary kesa sa everything.

Some snaps during our 10-hour drive:

10 hours later

Ang complicated ng pagcheck-in namin sa Airbnb namin na ‘to pero ang ganda naman ng view.

🍽️ Richmond Night Market

Imi-meet dapat namin dito sa night market yung mga pinsan ni Kenneth from US. Kaso na-delay yung flight nila so hindi na sila nakahabol. 10PM ata kami nakarating dito at expected namin na super daming tao, pero ang konti lang pala. Ito siguro yung perfect time ng pagpunta. Mabilis lang ang pila at mabilis din kami nakauwi. Hays di pa rin ako maka-move on dun sa mango sticky rice huhu.

Hays sobrang nakaka-crave. Siguro dahil walang mabibilhan ng mango sticky rice sa Winnipeg kaya yan ang winner ko.

AB-BC TRIP 2023 SERIES

Preamble: Bakasyon

Day 1: Calgary | Exploring Downtown + Meeting My Blog Pal + Shoppinggg

Day 2: Drumheller | Badlands + Best Poutine + Shopping Part 2

Day 3: Calgary | Downtown Core + My Favorite Library

Day 4: Banff | The Bulubundukins + Mystical Boat Tour + Bye Calgary

Day 5: Yoho National Park | Yoho Diaries + Yummy Food

Day 6: Banff | Heaven on Earth + Bye Banff!

Day 7: You are here

Day 8: Vancouver | Sweet Tooth + A Famous Clock + Sleepy Cats

Day 9: Richmond & Vancouver | Richmond Delights + 17,500 Steps

Day 10: Whistler & Squamish | Bungee Experience + Beautiful Whistler + Another Gondola Ride

Day 11: Vancouver | Rainy Forest + Foggy Mountain + Happy Hour

Day 12: Hinton | My Least Favorite Day, But the Mountains Made Up For It

Day 13: Jasper | Back to the Mountains + Wild Animals + Lake No. 5

Day 14: Jasper | Winter in Summer + Last Day

Epilogue: Jasper & Saskatoon | Official Last Day + Thoughts on Nature