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You’re amazing just the way you are.

Jess here!

Vancouver is so beautiful. Just look at these photos and see what I am seeing cos’ no words. Most were taken from a boat ride that I took across the harbour.

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Went to Science World in the afternoon and there was this hamster wheel thing that you run on. I went on without instructions and started running and got stuck. And I was yelling for help. So embarrassing until a kid came and looked at me and pointed to the instructions. I was to just let go off one of the safety bars and it would stop. It was very embarrassing.

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Went Tim Hortons again, I am in love with this place. Medium Iced Cappuccinos for $2.50, and they are nearly as big as our large in Auckland.

And as requested while I walked around Granville Island market, I took photos of food. That’s all half of you want to see. Food! Can’t say I blame you though!
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Go check out more from my travels, the next post will be from San Fransisco.

Tribal Tattoos

Today I went to Playland which is like the Rainbow’s End of Vancouver. Went with my cousins and had a blast. I was the only one to go on all the rides while the boys chickened out of at least one each.

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I was in the Skytrain today and had an argument with this old guy. He kept on looking at my henna and asking me what it was. I think everyone thinks I have some gangster tribal tattoos. I kept on telling him that it was temporary and would come off in couple of weeks. He said he did not believe me and kept on going on and on. I just gave up in the end and said I will wear gloves at work. Told this story to my mum and she just said “Don’t talk to strangers.” Yup . . . I attract the crazies.

Then, went to a party where the wedding was the day before and it got crazy. Danced a lot! I am so tired, getting to the stage where I just wanna get home.

Going San Francisco on Tuesday so I will have more exciting stories for y’all!

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Go see more of my travels.

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Lawbreaker!

Went to Stanley Park today. Did not get chased by Racoons! Here are some photos. It is such a beautiful park. I could spend my whole day there, unfortunately was limited to 2 hours. Here are some photos. We were cutting through some do not enter grounds to get to other side of the rose gardens. Did not realise until we had cut through that it was the Police grounds. Breaking laws since ages ago, hardcore!

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Went to Tim Hortons for lunch again. I have been in Canada four days and I have been Tim Hortons three days. That is how I roll!

Then went to the wedding in the evening. It was the actual wedding. Very nice. I was wearing my Indian clothes and my giant earring and on the way back, had to go supermarket. It was mum and my aunties in saris and me walking through the supermarket trying to find eggs. Interesting sight.

But yes, I know some of you just come here to see if I have uploaded food photos. So again, I walked around the supermarket and took photos like a knob.

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See ya haters! As you can see I am losing my momentum with these blogs, but I will get it back soon enough. It just has been a hectic few days.

Thanks,
Jess

If you want to see more of Jess’s posts just mosey on over to Jess’s Travels.

PIECE OF MEAT!

Was at the wedding today where I washed some dishes and cleaned some stuff. Nothing much happened.

Some old ladies thought mum was single and mum was like “I have a 23 year old daughter!”. Then this lady comes to me and is like “Oh time to get married soon!” Then informed me that she would look for a boy for me. I’ve never met this woman before in my life and I still do not know who she is. I ignored her but when I glanced to the side again, she was looking at me from top to bottom. LIKE I WAS A PIECE OF MEAT! Hahahahaha!

Old ladies galore here!

I got Henna done so I had to go to sleep with gloves on!

I promise these posts will become more exciting in a couple of days (hopefully)

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Check out my other posts. Jess’s Travels.

Get married and make my dreams come true!

These next few posts are going to be a bit of a bore. No nice photos. However I would wager that this is the post a bunch of you have been waiting for. Yes, today I spent 4 hours buying clothes at Indian shops for the wedding. Here are some photos of clothes (told you I was light on material).

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20130711-013813.jpg20130711-013755.jpgNo, I did not get a sari even though mum said she would be the proudest mother in the world if I wore a sari. She is so dramatic! Haha! Also, Mata had tweeted this yesterday and I know y’all take great pleasure in teasing me. Whatever brothers!

20130711-013854.jpgIf any of you had read a previous post by Mata where she lists qualities of a suitable husband for me, you would know my mother’s dream is to get me married by 25. This, according to her, is because “no-one is interested after 25.”

Today my mother asks me: “Do you like Vancouver?”

And I replied saying: “Yeah, it’s really nice.” And she says,”I am getting ideas, do you know what I am thinking?”

OhmyJesus, I just said. “Oh shut up mother!” The woman was trying to ask if I would be in interested in boys from Canada!

Yup, I know y’all like hearing about this. I can already imagine it, you know how Indian wedding are. They go for a week and everyone and their dog is invited. So you will most probably be as well. See ya there, according to mum, it won’t be too far away now.

*Bangs head on wall repeatedly”

P.S don’t worry, I am not having an arranged wedding, just loads of meddling. As mum says to me gossip and meddling run through the veins of all Indians.

On a good note, went to Tim Hortons again and had a maple and pecan Danish, how Canadian is that? Oh and I went to Walmart. But it was a 5 minute visit to get some shoes. And there was no “People of Walmart” moment. Maybe the Canadians are far too civilised for that!

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MATA HERE! Hi guys, just hi-jacking Jess’s post because from Jess’s mum who I know will not rest until she sees Jess in the brightest of saris on her day of marriage. And just like Jess’s mum, this will be me until the week in question.

See you all at the wedding! If you want to read more about Jess’s Travels, go click on the Jess’s Travels tag. Go on now, don’t be shy. Or if you’re lazy just click THIS. Don’t worry I’m not Rick Rollin’ you for once.

Mata, out.

Ice Capps (Ice Cappuccino from Tim Hortons, get with the game!)

Hello all! Sick of these damn posts yet?

Today I went Downtown Vancouver and it was amazing. Caught the Sky Train. And well this is me. So something was bound to go wrong somehow. Firstly my uncle, who was showing us around, got on the train and the doors closed behind him. Leaving mum, me and my cousin stranded. It was like a scene from a movie. The confusion! When we all finally got on the same train, we found out that there was a fault so we had to change trains four times to get to Downtown instead of one. A couple were arguing for like the entire way through and they were sitting beside me so I had entertainment. It was super crowded but there were some nice views. Here are some (a lot of) photos.

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Then caught the sea-bus to get to North Vancouver, amazing views. This guy asked me if I was watching a video as if he had seen an iPhone for the first time. I said I was taking photos and this old lady chimes in . . . “Yeah, please don’t take my photo.” Lol, what the hell will I do with a photo of an old lady?

Walked around the mall this side, ate some Japanese food, it was very nice. I, now dedicate this side of the post to Ruby and all the people who requested me to post photos of food. I walked around and took photos of everything that was food related. For your viewing pleasure . . .

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Then it was back to Vancouver Downtown and guys, this place is amazing. So much nature and the scenery is just beyond words. Also, managed to get a photo next to the Olympic flame from the Vancouver Winter Olympics and walked down Canada Trail. So yeah, just look at the photos cos’ it is all just so beautiful!

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On the way home, went to Tim Hortons. Yup, officially clocked Canada guys. Isn’t Tim Hortons the holy grail? It was all delicious.

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For other posts about my travels click HERE and scroll to the bottom. It’s like a game, but not.

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The land of Maple Syrup. Or something . . .

Hello all, I have flown from LA and am now in Vancouver. Nothing much happened today so this post will be padded with photos of scenery. I tweeted this earlier and it is pretty much true.

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Woke up this morning, got ready, and caught the train to Union Station. Either I am now desensitised to those around me or for once the people around me were behaving. I suspect the former. Then it was a shuttle ride to LAX. It will be pretty weird to not see palm trees everywhere. Here are some photos I took of palm trees (like I said a very exciting post today).

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Was flying with Air Canada and the check-in process was just a nightmare. Pretty inefficient as they got people to stand in lines like you were going to see an agent but as I went closer, we were lining towards some check-in computers. Had to pay $25 to check in one bag. Really made me appreciate Air NZ. And the TSA were scary as usual. Especially the ‘take your shoes off, stand here with your hands up’ part.

Terminal 2 has about 3 places to eat so went to Burger King. For $12 I got a large Turkey burger combo and a veggie burger. The small sizes here are what we would consider large in NZ. It is insane how big these cups are. I tried to shove it down the cup recycle bin when done and it would not even fit the base. This guy stood and laughed with me so totes bonding moment with a stranger though.

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Boarded the flight. It was so budget, there was no snacks or meals, they had an onboard cafe which sold a mini packet of nuts for $4.50. No thanks! Went to the loo and the two flight attendants were standing around and gossiping. Then they made mistakes with the announcement e.g. Saying we are landing in LAX soon when we were going to Vancouver.

Landed in Vancouver, check-in was alright. The agent quizzed us about what we were doing in Canada, one question after another. bam, bam, bam! Maybe I looked like an illegal immigrant.

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Hung out with family and that was about it. Considering how jam-packed LA was, it is a different experience. Still to decide if I like it. Maybe I can go and read those books I downloaded.

Cheers,
Jess

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Mata here, wasn’t that exciting! Especially all those extremely large photos of palm trees and aerial shots of greenery. Such fun!

Now, you crazy kids go check out other fun posts by Jess. just click the Jess’s Travels tag. Or go to this post which links all the other ones, minus this one duh, in it.

Jawk ya later, haters!