Day 9: 18 May 2017, Thursday It’s our last full day here in Montréal and KP generously gave us some of his time to show us around the city he had been calling home for the past 11 months or so. For breakfast, KP brought us to his favourite dim sum place called Restaurant ChinaTown […]
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North American Sojourn Day 8: Montréal / Quebec City
Day 8: 17 May 2017, Wednesday Today, we drove from Montréal to Quebec City for a day trip. The distance between the two cities is 255km and it took about three hours to get there. It was quite a tiring drive but thankfully, Quebec City was worth it. Quebec City is the capital city of […]
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North American Sojourn Day 7: Ottawa / Parc Oméga / Montréal
Day 7: 16 May 2017, Tuesday After one night in Ottawa, it was time to move off yet again. We checked out of our apartment just after 9am and drove 82km to Parc Oméga, a safari park located roughly in between Ottawa and Montréal. KP had brought his family here before and they enjoyed it, […]
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North American Sojourn Day 6: Algonquin Provincial Park / Ottawa
Day 6: 15 May 2017, Monday This morning, we would be leaving Algonquin Provincial Park for our next destination, Ottawa. However, before that, KP and I found time to go for an early morning run. It was 6 degrees Celsius when we started our run at 7am. We didn’t have any fixed route in mind […]
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North American Sojourn Day 5: Algonquin Provincial Park
Day 5: 14 May 2017, Sunday It was a chilly 5 degrees Celsius when we woke up at around 7am this morning. The weather forecast showed a 30% chance of rain at 10am, 70% at 11am and 90% at noon, so we were eager to get the day started before the rain set in. Our […]
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North American Sojourn Day 4: Toronto / Algonquin Provincial Park
Day 4: 13 May 2017, Saturday This morning, we had a relaxed breakfast in our apartment before checking out at around 10am. I had enjoyed staying at the lovely Airbnb apartment for the past two nights but it was time to move on to our next destination – Algonquin Provincial Park. Located some 267km away […]
Day 3: 12 May 2017, Friday It’s Day 3 of our trip, and we have a full day in Toronto today so we basically went on a walking tour around the city. We set off at about 9:45am. It was a chilly and cloudy day, with the temperature hovering around 11 degrees Celsius. From our […]
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North American Sojourn Day 2: Niagara Falls / Toronto
Day 2: 11 May 2017, Thursday Today, our agenda in the morning was a simple but exciting one – to ride the Hornblower Niagara Cruise to get really up close with the Niagara Falls. For breakfast, we popped by the T.G.I.F. restaurant beside our hotel. It was the typical Western breakfast consisting of eggs, toast, […]
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North American Sojourn Day 1: Singapore / New York / Buffalo / Niagara Falls
NORTH AMERICAN SOJOURN 2017 – THE PLANNING How It All Began In mid 2016, my very good friend, KP, got posted to Montreal, Canada, for work. As he would be there for a year, he asked if I would like to visit him in Montreal sometime in 2017. That was when he would be more […]