absolutum dominium

after 2 days in scenic whistler, it was back to the city of vancouver. we had brunch at this place called auntie em's kitchen, which was a small coffee joint tt served organic coffee and scrambled eggs with sauteed hash browns and multigrain toast. at least, tt was what i ordered.

following which, it was back to the route 99 "sea to sky" highway. and why is it called the "sea to sky" highway, you ask?

well first of all there is "sky" - being in the mountains brings you... as my dad would put it... "closer to god".



this is the starting view as we head back down. love the drive! and the empty road.



you def get to see a lot of sky. the mountains are all around you as your drive round the whistler mountain range.

i suppose you could draw comparisons with the rockies, but still... a mountain is a mountain... and it is still goddamn beautiful.

after the town of squamish, we proceeded to stop by the shannon falls provincial park.

for this.



the shannon falls.



and up close. witness the majesty. the water gushing over the rock at immeasurable speed. over time - think years and years - the water will eventually corrode the rock.

brings to mind all those analogies... of how no matter how gentle water might seem, especially in contrast to the hard unforgiving rock... it may still be more powerful than the latter.



me with the falls. i pale in comparison, no pun intended.



and me and my parents with the falls. i love this photo. i think it's a very happy one. :)



and from the sky, we get to the sea. below shannon falls the road becomes such, tt you drive by the sea with mountains framing the reflective body of water. this was taken near brittanica beach, i believe.



and finally, how can we say tt we have been to vancouver, if we don't include a photo of the lion's gate bridge?

;)

anyway the rest of the day was less eventful. we moved our stuff from holiday inn to howard johnson, returned the car after a nice detour round stanley park coz of the stupid "no turning" traffic rules, and walked around robson st a bit. we had thai food for tea, and i took my parents to davie st. i think this is their first encounter with the pink zone. wahaha. after tt, we went back to the hotel for a bit and we had roast duck and steamed rock cod for dinner.

also warned my dad tt granville st isn't tt safe.

and thus it was back. and damn screwy wireless. thank god for the handphone.

bye bye for now.