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Canada Part 1
Canada Part 2

Done with Downtown Vancouver dan bekerja. Sekarang tiba masa untuk menjejak bumi maple dengan sesungguh hati. 😛

Next city is Quebec City. Particularly, Old Quebec.

Vancouver ke Quebec City it took 6 hrs + via flight. While mine around 7 hrs + kot(?) sebab transit for 1.5 hr dekat Montreal. Nak yang murah sikit lah price nye haaaa. Flight booked dengan Air Canada, Vancouver - Montreal - Quebec. Red eye flight. Timezone Vancouver dengan Quebec pun berbeza. Kalau Vancouver dengan Malaysia beza 16 jam, Quebec pulak beza 13 jam dengan Malaysia.

So, my journey started from Downtown Vancouver. I took Canada Line train dekat Waterfront station straight to YVR station. It cost me around CAD 4.20 and 20-30 minutes journey. Sampai je dekat YVR, ikut sign yang tulis Canada flight tak silap. Jangan ikut sign US flights. Itu dah ke arah International flight dah. Lepak airport for few hours, then flying to Quebec City.

Once arrived in Quebec City airport, comel je weh airport diaaaa. Turun flight terus ke tempat claim bag then keluar. Memang straighforward je. Takde menggagau cari exit mana apa semua. Then dari airport ke city itself, ada dua pilihan- taxi or bus. I took taxi that cost me around CAD 12 for 20 minutes journey. Taxi hantar sampai depan pintu hotel and I'm happy dengan hotel tu. Cantik wehhhh and very classic ! 😍Nama hotel ni- Au Petit Hotel located in Old Quebec or Vieux-Québec. Within the wall of Old Quebec.
View from my room
Hotel

Okay. For two days dekat QC ni, I visited Palace of Abraham, pusing around Citadelle, panjat park tepi Citadel untuk tengok view Frontenac and the river, walk around Petit Champlain. Semua ni I did in snow-ish weather. Heaven sangaaaattt. Very wonderland. sigh. I miss the view already.

"Designated a World Heritage treasure by UNESCO, Old Québec is the only walled city north of Mexico. As the cradle of French civilization in North America, it’s a living history lesson with a remarkable mix of architecture, heritage, art, and culture." 

Yes, memang living history. Dekat sini main language is French and English, tapi actually sini rasanya the main of the main is French. They greeted people in French. Akak ni pulak bukanlah reti French weh- takat Bonjour, Oui, Merci tu taulah. Memang memula tu nak berjual beli rasa macam "apemenda aku buat ni??" tapi lepas tu dah boleh adapt. Last2, akak yang greet dulu dorang. 😂😂

First, I visited Parliaments Building dorang yang located just outside the fort walls. It says this building inspired by Louvre Palace in Paris. Memang sumpah cantik weh parlimen dorang. Rasa nak jadi ahli kabinet dorang boleh hari2 masuk lol. Parlimen ni just 5 minutes je jalan from my hotel. Sebab my hotel located near to entrance of the fort, so dekat sangat lah. 



After that, I pergi jugak Plains of Abraham park. Located betul2 sebelah parlimen. Masa I pergi memang snow dah menyelubungi park tu. Boleh tahan tebal jugak, sebab bila I pijak the snow, kaki tenggelam sampai betis and I love it. So much. Plains ni macam QC punya own Central Park. Even snow tebal macam tu pun, lots of people strolling around, bawak kids play and all. It says dekat sini tempat French and British troops faced off to control the city. 

From entrance Plains of Abraham


St Lawrence River


Selain tu, I visited Citadelle of Quebec. Tapi tak masuk dalam lah sebab kena bayar and I need to jimat a lot. eheh. Citadelled ni pulak located sebelah Plains of Abraham tapi dalam area fort walls. Sepanjang nak ke entrance Citadelled tu pun dah boleh tengok lot of history about Citadelle itself. Once built for War of 1812, British pernah pegang, now home to Royal 22e Regiments. The only solely french-language regiment dalam Canadian forces. Citadelle ni kalau uols google, bentuk dia macam star. Even tak masuk pun, the view outside sangat historical. 



Entrance Fee

Okay, dekat luar Citadelle ni ada park. Nama park tu Parc Du Bastion-De-La-Reine. View dia MasyaAllahhhhh. CANTIK SANGAT. Gambar yang korang tengok ni just 0.000001% je dari the real beauty of it. I naik dari tepi Citadelle, macam kita jalan atas wall Citadelle itself, redah semua snow tebal, jalan atas tebing Citadelle sampai lah nampak view yang i dont know how to explain tau tak? cantik sangat. view Old Quebec, Frontenac, St Lawrence river. Cantik sangat. Tapi ni rahsia kita tau? I nangis dekat sini. Nangis teruk. Sebab view lawa sangat, I cant help myself but crying hard. I tak expect I akan sampai and tengok this view by myself. By the time I tulis ni pun I rasa nak menangis lagi. 😝



The Superb view. 

Bawah park ni, ada macam terrace- Pierre-Dugua-De-Mons Terrace. Sini view dia tak setinggi dekat park tadi, tapi tetap lawa. I dont know lah, semua tempat lawa dekat sini. Mana tah yang tak lawa pun tatau lah. 
Terrace view.
Pierre Dugua De Mons, French merchant, explorer and colonizer

Oh, the magnificent-est(?) view was masa I jenjalan depan The Château Frontenac with snow shower tu..fairytale weh. FAIRYTALE. ha sini pun nangis jugak masa dah nak tinggal tempat ni. kehkehekhe. 





Then I pergi Lower Town, Petit Champlain district. Sini sangat Christmas-sy masa I pergi. Dah christmas decoration dah. Nak turun dekat area ni, ada dua cara- via tangga or elevator. Tangga free lah tapi elevator tu kena bayar CAD 3. Masa turun tu, I turun tangga, but I didnt expect the road dia slope tau nak sampai tu the district itself. Ada lah few times nak tergolek sebab jalan licin dengan snow. Nasib ada handrail, jalan macam penguin dah. lol. Then ada satu tangga lagi nak turun ke kawasan tu. Nama tangga tu, Breakneck Stairs. Sebab situ memang ramai lah jatuh. Tambah2 time snow ni, berapa ramai I tengok jatuh terduduk atas tangga tu. Then time nak balik naik ke Upper Town- to hotel, I naik elevator tu. Seriau takut tergolek. 😂

The Breakneck Stairs




and done. Well, ada lah pergi jalan sesat sana sini dekat sana tu, salah masuk simpang, battery phone habis, tawakal gila traced balik jalan, lepastu jumpa bangunan unik lepastu hilang arah tujuan balik lepastu baru jumpa. It was a very nice memories. 

Here, I share few more fav pics in QC. 


till then, 
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Canada Part 1


sambungan dari post lepas.

As mentioned before, kami naik flight Cathay Pacific from KL to Vancouver. Transit 1.5 hrs in HK, then fly dalam 11 hours to Vancouver. Sampai dekat sana, sebelum immigration, kita kena isi arrival card dalam machine tu, dia akan scan passport, ambik gambar then machine tu akan print the details. After that you have to Q untuk pass the printed version to immigration officer. TAPI, mine punya machine tu fail to capture apetah, so kena isi manual arrival card macam biasa, then Q jugak macam biasa. I was totally cuak kot masa tu sebab yelah, dok dengar officer dekat belah2 sana like so detail, tanya macam2 lah semua kannnn- tapi Alhamdulillah, mine was sekejap je. Dia tanya datang buat apa, berapa hari, you bawak makanan apa. Then terus lepas. Sampai dekat kastam pulak, bila I cakap bawak instant rice, dia just let me go macam tu. So, kind of easy peasy. But, better prepare lah eh. If anything. 😉

Then, we headed to our hotel. From Vancouver airport to Downtown Vancouver, it takes around 20-30 minutes via Canada Line train.

Downtown Vancouver ni so nice. The buildings lawa wehhhh..then when you walk to Gastown area, building more classical. Sangat lawa. Vancouver, I can say tempat immigrants kot. A lot of immigrants you see there. Downtown Vancouver ni jugak bandar perlabuhan, so, memang banyak yacht, cruise berlabuh dekat sini.

Oh no worries on transport kalau dekat Downtown ni. Everything is walking distance. Kadang2 tak sedar pun kita dah jalan jauh. Sebab it just nice to see everything around. In Downtown Vancouver, we stayed dekat Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront. A very nice location. 😍


We went to Capilano Suspension Bridge. We drove there, tapi detail on car not with me. Sebab I'm not in charge on that. hehehehe. From Downtown V, drive dalam 15 minutes dah sampai to Capilano ni. And sebenarnya ada shuttle jugak ke sana. Shuttle tu depan Waterfront. My advice, datang awal. Less crowd.  AND beli ticket online. So boleh skip the line.

The attraction in here is the bridge itself and the rainforest surrounding it. Selain bridge, ada cliff walk jugak dekat sini. Bila masuk sini, jangan lupa ambik the site map and collect stamp. Dah collect semua, masa nak keluar, tunjuk map tu, then akan dapat "I Made It" certificate. Free souvenir uolssss. kehkehkeh. Kami spent dalam 2 -3 jam jugak dekat sini. Mula2 plan sekejap je, tapi itulah- last2 2-3 jam jugak nak habiskan pusing semua tempat.

Entrance Fee: CAD 46.95




The Bridge




Kemudian, kami ke Vancouver Outlet. Outlet ni nearby airport, so kalau uols nak last minute shopping pun boleh lah singgah ke outlet ni. One station je dari airport kalau naik Canada Line rail.

Selain tu, dekat Downtown V ni jugak ada satu attraction- FlyOver Canada. MEMANG BEST. Katanya, one in the world je. Bendalah ni macam 4D kind of stuff, kita rasa macam kita terbang di ruang udara Canada. Every single place in Canada. Kalau terbang on mountai, snowy semua akan bau snow, kalau terbang lalu atas ladang, bau ladang, lalu dekat awan, rasa angin. It feels like real weh. Memang tak rugi lah sebenarnya.

Entrance Fee: CAD 33 (Walk-in) @ CAD 28.05 (Online)





Selain tu, dekat Downtown Vancouver ni ada one of the oldest's neighbourhood in Vancouver- called Gastown. Memang surrounding full with old buildings yang binaan dia lawa wehhhhh. Also, the famous Steam Clock and its still working !



Selain tu, dekat Downtown Vancouver boleh pergi Stanley Park, English Bay, Robson Street (for shopping) as well.

Here, I share few of my fav pics in Downtown Vancouver.


Done with Downtown Vancouver. To the next city we go !

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Assalamualaikummmmmmm.

kehkehkeh. after two years. here i am again. 😂

Actually, banyak nak kongsi, tapi entah. Tak tertulis. So, kalini, post ni dan post depan2, InsyaAllah, I'll share info on my Canada trip last November 2018.

Post ni, introduction dulu lah eh?

Okay- first, trip ni sebenarnya rezeki bergolek kot(?) sebab dapat permission from boss untuk attend Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018 in Vancouver, BC. So, sepatutnya lah, lepas attend FTC ni, akan fly to LA for meeting dengan one company ni dekat sana. Tapi, rezeki not on my side ketika itu, visa US kena hold for further review, so tak dapek laaa pergi negara helang.

Bila dah jadi macamtu, i've decided to pusing Canada from west to east lah. Yelahkan, dah alang2 ada visa, kita gunakan kesempatan yang ada lah dengan berbekalkan duit tak seberapa, marilah explore Canada ! 😍

Sebelum you guys decide nak pergi Canada, anda perlu tahu bahawasanya anda perlukan visa untuk masuk Canada. Dah ada visa US? No. No. Walaupun Canada ni part of North America, visa US tak terpakai ye rakan2. Apply dulu visa Canada.

Masa nak apply haritu, gigih okay study documents yang diperlukan, apa kena isi, forms mana yang wajib semua lah. I banyak refer dekat TMPL guide . Basically, you kena ada duit minimum 10k dalam statement acc you yang latest 4 bulan tu, detail flight itinerary and hotel dan juga gambar passport. Nak apply ni ada dua cara- 1) online and drop your passport dekat visa office @ 2) offline- isi borang dekat visa office. I'm not sure how efficient offline punya application, tapi online punya superb. Pantas je. Sini ha nak apply - Visa Canada . Kos visa, CAD100 dalam lebih kurang MYR315. Kos pengurusan masa drop passport dekat visa office dalam MYR98 kot(?) tak ingat pulak. 😅

Then lepas apply online, tunggu lah dalam 14 working days untuk dapat arahan drop passport dekat visa office. Mine dapat result visa lulus in 4 working days je, ikut nasib rasanya. Lepas drop passport dekat visa office, tunggu lah pulak dapat email untuk collect passport yang dah ada stamp visa Canada. ha gituu. excited okay masa dapat visa tu. kehkehkeh.

Untuk flight pulak, initial plan kan, KUL - YVR then balik sebab decide kekonon nak extend US, jadi flight NYC-KUL. So memula ambik flight KUL - YVR = Cathay then NYC - KUL = Korean Air. Lepas tu tukar due to tak dapat lagi visa US, I ambik, KUL - YVR = Cathay, YVR - KUL = JAL. Ada sedikit perubahan kos lah jugak di situ.

I travel both via air and land. Flight dan Bus.

KUL - Vancouver (Cathay)
Vancouver  - Quebec (Air Canada)
Quebec - Montreal (Orleans Express Bus)
Montreal - Toronto (Megabus)
Toronto - Niagara - Toronto (Megabus)
Toronto - Vancouver (Air Canada)
Vancouver - KUL (JAL)

Hotel pulak, kalau dekat Vancouver, all sponsored by company- so of course la memewah sikit gitchewwww. While yang sendirian berhad, I still ambik hotel sebab private bathroom, not hostel and shared bathroom. List hotel I stay,

Pinnacle Harborfront Downtown Vancouver
Au Petit Quebec City
Hotel Le Deville, Montreal
AirBnB, Toronto
Comfort Inn Fallsview, Niagara Falls

Semuuuuuaaaaa ni, I booked before flying there. Bayangkan, I still tunggu result clearance visa us sampai like 2 days before fly ?? so semua ni I booked last minute. pheuw. berpeluh boleh tahan laaah. 😂😂

Then, preparation bag, macam biasa. Still bawak lah maggi lah, brahims lah. Semua bawak and I prepare all documents jugak.

Sampai dekat Vancouver? next post insyaAllah.

till then.
xoxo, Pinat.

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