This past weekend, we decided to make the 2 hour trip over the border to Vancouver, Canada. The weather was pretty gloomy on Saturday so it was a good decision to get out of town & away from the gloomy weather. 
The drive up to the border was pretty smooth. At the border, thankfully there wasn’t a long queue. We only waited for about 20 minutes before getting across. While waiting in line, I managed to take a picture of the Peace Arch which is built on the exact US-Canada border. There’s an American flag on 1 side & Canadian flag on the other.
Headed straight to Richmond for FOOD!!! Richmond is on the outskirts of Vancouver. It has a huge Asian population and that means lots of authentic Asian food. We ended up having Dim Sum at Kirin. It was our first time there. At first we were almost turned away since we didn’t have a reservation! Wow, I didn’t know that we needed reservation for a Saturday lunch. But I guess they took pity on us (probably ‘cos of a whiny toddler!! :P) and managed to get us a table. The food was really good. We’ll definitely return with a reservation next time!
After lunch, it was shopping time!! Headed over to the Golden Village where there were lots of Asian themed shopping malls. At Aberdeen Center, I was so excited to find Daiso, a Japanese Dollar store. Went on a shopping frenzy there for these cute stuff! I just realised that they have stores here too. Though not as big as the one in Richmond, I will definitely have to go check them out soon.
Then it was back to the US again. The trip back was a little more stressful since we were stuck at the border for 1.5 hours!! There was a long line at customs. 
It was a fun trip and I think there’ll be more trips there in the near future. I think DH wants to go there just to eat!! Would love to go up to Whistler in the winter.
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August 21st, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Vancouver? waw…. far, man! really…. very….far ler…. for me! Have no idea how am I gonna be there, even by plane, it’s still very far…. haha….
Anyway, you’ve got tag.