This is SO……..overdue but I finally got around to sorting my photos from the Alaskan cruise. There are too many photos so I am not going to post them individually here. Click HERE to check out my photos in Flickr. It’s not complete yet so I will continue to update them.
My husband loves to play golf and his ultimate vacation plan is to go to nice golf resorts and play golf all day long. I think his dream is about to materialize soon with the help of LasVegasGolfing.com. With the great golf vacation package that they are offering, my husband will not only be able to play discount golf in Las Vegas, he will also be able to play in some of the top golf courses there. These golf courses have been designed and played by some of the greatest players in golf. He can even customize his own dream golf vacation to include different golf courses and accommodation. I am sure that my husband will be thrilled with the golf vacation packages at LasVegasGolfing.com.
Every year I look forward to 2 months - April & July. Why? Because the tulips bloom in April and the lavenders bloom in July. Every year I always try to visit the tulip & lavender farms. I never seem to get tired of it. The lavender farms are not as colorful as the tulip farms but they definitely smell a lot better. Imagine a whole field filled with the fragrance of lavender….. Mmmmm ….. 
This year we were a little early to the lavender farms because I wanted to bring my parents there before they leave. The lavenders were not in full bloom, so we only saw a couple of patches of lavender instead of the entire field. They were still pretty though.
Apparently ladybugs love lavenders too! There were a lot of ladybugs amongst the lavenders that day.
White Lavenders
When my parents were in town, we visited many local tourist attractions. One of them was the Museum of Flight which is one of the largest air and space museum around.
The museum is pretty big and it has lots of airplanes on display. According to their fact sheet, there is more than 150 historically significant air and spacecraft on display.
Even flight engines are on display too.
It is an interesting place but if you are not into aviation, this is not the place to be. My nephew will love this place since he loves all sorts of plane. Lil’ C is not quite into aviation stuff yet so she got a little bored. Then she discovered this little corner for kids.
She got to ride in an airplane and loved it. There were also some games in there. It was hard to pull her away from this play area.
Would I visit again? Only if I have a visitor who is an aviation buff.
The last time I went to Las Vegas was 20 years ago while I was still in college. I haven’t been back since then. My parents just went for their Las Vegas vacations
last month and according to them, a lot has changed. They were very impressed with all the new buildings on the strip. It looks like I should plan a trip there soon. Most probably it will have to be next year since I already have other travel plans finalized for this year.
My parents will be staying with me for another 2 weeks. Lil’ C is also out of school. So for this week, I will be playing tour guide again so that I don’t have 3 bored people in the house. My parents have already done the Seattle sights from Part 1. I am trying to figure out where else to bring them. Here’s my list so far.
Let’s see if the weather will cooperate this week. Otherwise we might just end up visiting the local malls.
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s off to sea I’ll go . . . . . . . Finally, I am off on my cruise to Alaska. I know there will be internet onboard but I think it will very expensive. So I have decided to leave my laptop and the cyberworld behind for 8 days. I have a feeling that I will try to sneak in just a little internet time while onboard. We’ll see. Just in case I don’t have access, I decided to finish up all my pending assignments. So please bear with me hor? I promise I will show lots of photos when I get back. Have a great week everyone!
P/S: For my fellow Photo Hunter friends, if you are looking for my entry,I didn’t manage to get it done this week. I will probably miss it next week too but I’ll be back after that. Thanks for dropping by.
Woohoo…. just received our fancy-schmancy cruise tickets today. That means in less than a month, we will be going on a cruise to Alaska!! My parents and a couple of their friends will be joining us for this week-long cruise. I have been wanting to go on a cruise for a long time. All I’ve got to do now is pray for good weather and calm seas so that no one will get sea sick!!! 
It looks like my wish is coming through this summer. After weeks of indecision, I finally confirmed my tickets to Alaska this summer. In a month’s time, we’ll be heading out to Alaska on a weeklong cruise with my parents. Yay! It took me a long time to book the tickets because there were too many options to choose from. From the port to the destination, the different cruise ships, the cabins, the shore excursions and much more, I just had a hard time deciding on an option that will make everyone happy. But ultimately I’ve made the decision and now all I have to do is dig out my luggage, buy a couple more new clothes and wait.
A little overdue but continuing from Part 1:
After a smooth border crossing, we headed straight to Richmond, a suburb south of Vancouver. The Asian population is very large and that means lots of great authentic food. Currently Richmond is more popular for its Asian cuisine than Vancouver’s Chinatown which is one of the largest chinatown in North America.
First we went to Kirin, our favorite restaurant for dim sum. Unfortunately it was fully booked. We had to make a reservation for the next day and went in search of another dim sum restaurant. Fortunately there is no lack of dim sum restaurants nearby. We ended up in Sun Sui Wah for these yummy dim sum.
The dim sum was pretty good but I think I still prefer the ones at Kirin. Sun Sui Wah is more famous for the dinner menu which includes Alaskan King Crab and Roasted Squab.
After filling our tummy, we went to downtown Vancouver. It was so crowded!! Maybe it’s due to the awesome weather, it seems like the entire Vancouver population were out! We decided to skip downtown and went over to Stanley Park. Stanley Park is so huge with lots of activites.
A gorgeous day at Stanley Park
A view of Vancouver from the park
Playground for the little one
Lil’ C’s favorite. A train ride around the park
We had to bribe Lil’ C to leave Stanley Park because she was having too much fun. We then headed back to Aberdeen Centre in Richmond for my favorite shopping stop - Daiso and some yummy desserts!
The trip ended with more restaurant hunts for yummy food. Hey, what can I say, we love food!! See here, here, here and here for more food details.
