Vancouver
- Currency 1.3 Can $ to US $; use a debit card on ATM for cash (RBC ATM in Waterfront station)
- Use ArriveCan App to upload a vaccination card and get approval (only for air landing)
- https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada
- Border customs
- US passport (used US passcard)
- Chinese passport and green card（Chinese passport is not needed)
- https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
- Immigration https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/wizard-start
- https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/border-crossings (border crossing wait times) (used the middle lane)
- https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-3619?language=en_US
- https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/traveler/intl-travel/travelers-canada/traveler-canada-meats-poultry-dairy/canada-meats-poultry-dairy
- Public transit approach https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g154943-i81-k11951067-Vancouver_7_nights_trip_report-Vancouver_British_Columbia.html
- Taking the train from Seattle to Vancouver https://cruisemaven.com/amtrak-border-crossing-traveling-between-vancouver-bc-and-seattle/
- Car rental in Canada https://misstourist.com/8-things-to-know-before-renting-a-car-in-canada/
- Rental car insurance https://www.geico.com/living/driving/auto/car-safety-insurance/does-car-insurance-cover-rental-cars/
- Metro Skytrain - Use the Canada Line train from Richmond Righouse to Waterfront; YVR airport is a separate train and does not go to Richmond); you can use Brighthouse or Aberdeen station. Paper pass is limited to same zone and 90min use.
- Other Foodcourt plaza
- Harmony Bakery 8AM chang fen
- 4231 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond
- Ba Bai Ban Yaoshan foodcourt -
- One Mango place for a mango drink
- Zhou Hei Ya - duck neck and duck head
- Aberdeen Center Food Court
- Parker Place BBQ for sweet sausage; soy sauce chicken
- Richmond public market (Hei Hei rice rolls)
- Fu Zhou Ren, Westminister Highway, 1450
- President Plaza (yes, after the Radisson hotel front, right outside of Yaoshan building)
- Cloud 9 for fried chicken popcorn
- Crystal Mall Food Court (the most street style)
- White Magnolia noodle house (Shanghai style xiao long bao)
- Chi Cha San Qian
- Lido pineapple bun
- Ming Jia HK Master BBQ
- Bo Ren Supermarket
- BBQ
- Parker Place Aberdeen Fresh Meet and BBQ (soy sauce chicken, and sweet sausage, not duck, not roasted pork
- Da Tang BBQ for chao zhou style marinated food
- Tong Yi Plaza 10AM start, 9.9 is a popular hot dry noodle breakfast place
- Osaka supermarket foodcourt, 11AM start
- Chuan Yue, chao zhou cuisine; https://www.yelp.com/biz/chuan-yue-vancouver
- Empire Plaza (Lai Leung Ji, beef varieties, Cloud 9 Delicacy)
- A Yi Desert https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-first-dessert-vancouver
- Temple https://buddhisttemple.ca/
- Our general hours are 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, seven days a week. The vegetarian cafeteria, Taste of Zen, is open from 11:30 PM to 3:00 PM, seven days a week, and the Thousand Buddha Hall is open from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. All other areas are open until 5:30 PM. Please note that we close our gates promptly at 5:30 PM.
- Japanese; read another XHS post
- Gyo O - cheap in Richmond
- Stanley Park Parking
- There is street parking on many parts of Stanley Park Drive, North Lagoon Drive, and Pipeline Road. You need to purchase a ticket from one of the many ticket machines located throughout the park.
- One-day strategy - scenario 1
- Drive to Richmond Public Market; a parking garage is connected to the market, which opens at 9AM.
- From 405 to 5 to the border
- 5 becomes Canada 99, drive 35KM to Westminister Highway (turn left to the West)
- Drive 3.4km, after Coony Rd, on the left-hand side before Thai Box
- Hei Hei Rice Noodle https://www.yelp.com/biz/hei-hei-rice-roll-richmond
- https://www.joyeeats.ca/post/604-the-richmond-public-market-blueprint
- Capilano Suspension Bridge opens at 830AM
- From 99 to 91 to Knight Street North to Marine Way to Boundary Rd to route 1 to Capilano Rd
- OR, drive Garden City Rd to 99 to Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Three to Four hours
- Parking - https://www.capbridge.com/parking/
- Ticket - One single-day admission ticket gets you unlimited access to everything the Park has to offer. Get your ticket online and Save $3. Just pick a date and time that works for you and get here as close to your arrival times as possible.
- Lynn suspense bridge
- If you are driving, take upper levels Trans Canada Highway 1 until you reach exit 19. Follow Lynn Valley Road North East past the Mountain Highway intersection, and then continue to Lynn Valley Road.
- Watch for the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre sign on the right hand side of the road. Turn right onto Peters Road, and you will find the main entrance at the end.
- parking - https://www.dnv.org/news/summer-parking-and-access-improvements-lynn-canyon-and-deep-cove-2019
- Drive 405 to 5 to 276 Border to 99 at exit 39, then turn left; it should be 2 hours 20min plus the border processing time; get gas at exit 236 (cheapest)
- Drive to President Plaza (8181 Cambie Rd); walk to Garden City Hot Pot (very long, 15min in the hot sun)
- Walk to Aberdeen Skytrain station (good strategy); take station to Waterfront (use Canada line and same zone 2); buy card and concession card
- Skytrain https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/skytrain?term=414
- Aberdeen Center has Shanghai Morning (Xiao Nan Guo)
- President Plaza is very close to Yaoshan that may have a Cantonese desert place
- Drive to HK Master BBQ then to T&T Landsdown then go home
- Canada Place - Cruise ships boarding and port of entry
- Seaplanes - https://harbourair.com/tours/?depart=vancouver
One-day strategy - scenario 3 (9/9/2023)
- Harmony Bakery (Harmony Bakery, Hazelbridge Way, Richmond, BC, Canada) - didn't go
- Granville Island Public Market
- Set direction to a parking lot on the island, arrive at 9AM to get free parking before 11AM
- Clam chowder puff; tea; sausage, Lee's donut
- Stanly Park, lot 62 (Lot 62 - Stanley Park, 1042 Stanley Park Dr, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E2, Canada) - $4.25 per hour; single lane loop, large park
- Empire Center Mall Parking (Empire Centre, 4540 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6X 4E4, Canada)
- Will not go in the future, Lai Leung Kee noodle house is not good; cloud 9 delicacy has Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken with delicious cold dishes; instead, go to Parker Place Mall for several food options (curry, HK-style western dishes)
- T&T Lansdown (T&T Supermarket Lansdowne Store, Unit #MAJ1, 8311 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, BC V6X 3A4, Canada)
- In the Toys R Us Plaza
