We flew into the hot and humid Hong Kong yesterday and here we would spend one night on Lantau Island before flying out to Vancouver on the 7th. In British Columbia we then spent six days before we would fly back home to Toronto on the 13th. With the stopover we decided to leave two days for Vancouver, and four days for driving around the nearby Coastal Mountains. We rented a car and did some mountain hiking and overnight camping at Nairn Falls, Cheakamus Lake (my favourite), and Garibaldi Lake.

Although seeing the Canadian forest and nature was a great way of coming back and reuniting with our country, Air Canada on the other hand greeted us rather coldly and deserves a mention for their greedy way of taking money from us at every possible corner. Let me first start that although we flew often with other airlines on this trip, it was only our last connecting flight from Vancouver to Toronto with Air Canada that we were charged extra for our luggage. Doing a long intercontinental flight and this being a connecting flight we should have been ok with our two luggages, but Air Canada thought otherwise. Secondly, upon entering the aircraft the inside temperature was hot and as the sweat was forming up, thoughts came running down if perhaps they were trying to save a couple of cents on their air conditioning bill? Thirdly, everything on the flight from drinks to food to blankets was being charged for (AC was set to max once we took off). Fourthly, one of my last luggage was not put on the flight and arrived late the next day. Way to go you cheap bastards!!! Ranting aside, it was good to land in Toronto to see some friendly faces. :)

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