🍁 Vancouver

@tanadrian18

Courtesy of Visier, I was in Vancouver Canada over the past week.

And what an amazing place!

It feels like Melbourne but better organised.

My key personal highlight of the trip would be completing the Grouse Grind - a challenging 2.9 km hiking trail that is also popularly known as "Mother Nature’s Stairmaster"

I had never taken so many stairs in a single day.

And these are not your normal stairs in a building.

These stairs have stairs!

The climb was so tough that when I was cramping up every few minutes during dinner.

I felt like a pregnant women with contraptions. Luckily for me, I still remember the drill.

(Long inhale, many short exhales.)

@tanadrian18

Just like Melbourne, stuffs are quite expensive. Not surprising given that Vancouver’s minimum wage is not at CAD$17 per hour.

15% tipping is expected at F&B and the same percentage in sales tax when you buy things.

I stay at the JW Marriott which is amazing. Not only is the hotel next to a big football soccer stadium (Vancouver FC), this is the first time I had specs cloth on my bedstand because I casually left my glasses there one day.

In hindsight, I probably should have left an empty wallet behind. They might top it up.

But given this is a work trip, I had little time for personal activities beside going to Tsawwassen Mills because I was given specific instruction to go to the lululemon factory outlet.

If you are into lululemon, you will go crazy. Sports bra at CAD19 and tights at CAD38, it makes your typical boutique purchase seems exorbitant

And I also learned there that I am definitely a middle-aged man when the most fun I have shopping was at the household supplies store.

And I’m Singaporean, of course I will grab hotel stuffs to bring back home.

Such as these cute little bottles at the buffet line.

Can’t wait to be back next year!

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