网际旅游

地图上从Punta Cana 旅馆区出发，最近的一条路是沿着海边，105-104-103一直开过去，网上说需要心理建设的是后面的一段土路，Miches - Sabana de la Mar：

The road from Miches to Sabana de la Mar is notoriously horrendous. You will need an SUV and a strong stomach.

第四天，晴。行程计划是Road trip to Sabana del la Ma, NP Los Haitises。 (more…)

在准备多米尼加功课的时候，最让我纠结的就是是否租车的问题。

自驾出游的好处不用多说，随心所欲，灵活方便，explore/further afield，看一些tour 见不到的风景，也更省时省钱。 (more…)

第三天。吃过早餐去海边一看，风比昨天小了好多。再一看旗子的颜色，耶，已经改成黄色了。 (more…)

For people who are interested to the whole trip cost. It is for two adults one kid.

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在三家All inclusive resorts 住下来，第二家的Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus 是吃的最好的一家，中午的自助餐就有龙虾炒饭的待遇，海鲜的种类也丰富些。 (more…)

Dominican Republic (4) 姐姐妹妹动起来

虽说今天因为风浪大挂起了红旗，但是沙滩上晨运的游人很多，我随着人群一路逛过去，一直走到了很北边的海滩才折回来，这一来一回，足足一个钟的功夫，走得非常的过瘾。和平时健行有什么不同呢？因为许多晨运的MM都是比基尼打扮的，神清气爽，活力四射。可惜啊可惜，没有见到传说中的欧洲美眉清凉打扮，你懂的，也许天气凉了点。 (more…)

Dominican Republic (3) 奢侈的度假村 (All-inclusive Resorts)

“由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难”, 朋友感慨说。

不同的地方有不同的玩法，很显然，Punta Cana这儿，玩得就是奢侈。

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Dominican Republic (2) 少了一个包 (Lost a Bag)

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缘起

在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (1) 缘起
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (2) 少了一个包
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (3) 奢侈的度假村
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (4) 姐姐妹妹动起来
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (5) 迷上了西番莲
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (6) 茫的感觉
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (7) 风帆的故事
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (8) 租车自驾
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (9) 未完成的Road Trip (上)
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (10) 未完成的Road Trip (下)
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (11) Iberostar Punta Cana Grand Hotel Bavaro
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (12) 晨光
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (13) Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (13。2) Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus - more
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (14) 圈养
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (15) Catalinita and Saona Excursion
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (15。2) 浮潜
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (15。3) Saona Island
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (15。4) “swimming pool”
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (15。5) 暴风雨来了
在路上:2010 Dominican Republic (16) 误入百花深处

俗话说，早起的鸟儿有虫吃，用在圣诞节的出游计划这儿是没错地。 (more…)

2010年的夏天，逃离烈日炎炎的德州，去温哥华和维多利亚岛转了一圈，十日的休闲游，先报报流水帐，供感兴趣的朋友参考一下。有些具体信息可以参考我之前的博客，后面如果有时间会唐唐我们沿途有趣的故事。

10day/9nights Vancouver - Victoria Islands Itineraries

June 30

Fly to Seattle(SEA) through Alaska Airline, 1 stop at SJO. (recommend Alaska Airline)

Rent compact at Hertz, and get Toyota Hybrid Prius. (stealing deal)

Drive to Vancouver through Hwy 5, board cross at Peach Arch Provincial park. Traffic is ok, it is about 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

Check in at Hyatt Regency Vancouver. (room is modern style, bed is very good. pool is outdoor, not impressive. $28/night parking, gee~ this is bad, no free wifi/internet)

Dine at 麒麟海鲜酒家 (7900 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC (604) 303-8833). Several friends recommend it, but our experience is not very good, I will rate ok but not great.

July 1 (Canada Day)

Worm spent the whole day doing hair straightening at 美发轩 (Maggie, Unit2127, 3779 Sexsmith Rd, Richmond), it is about five hours.

Lunch at 王記台灣牛肉面 (8390 Granville Street), so-so, not very impressive.

Later afternoon, we visit the Vancouver water front around convention center for Canada national day actives. Then watch the night parade.

Dine at 悦海大酒家(1088 Melville St. Vancouver, (604) 669-8383), close to Hyatt hotel, but very hard to find the entrance. Few people, quiet, food is ok.

July 2

Day trip to Whistler, sea to sky drive.

It is about 3~4 hours drive, about 8 to 10 stops at the road. The view is good, little town, harbor, waterfall etc, nothing fancy but worth a day trip.

Whistler peak to peak Gondola is the highlight, a must experience. We spent quiet a lot time at the snow mountains. Tried all types of gondola, and saw a little black bear cub on the way downhills.

The lunch at Whistler is too expensive, $15 for just a burger. We should prepare sandwich ourselves.

Dine at 上海一只鼎 (Unit 120, 8100 Ackroyd Rd. , Richmond . 604-278-8789). Friday night no reservation, wait about 30 min. The food is good, we recommend it but better make a reservation first, since it is a small restaurant.

July 3
North Vancouver - Downtown Vancouver

Visit the Lynn Canyon Suspension bridge for free, instead of famous Capilano Suspension Bridge. Hiking about 1 hour.

We spend the rest of day at Stanley park, driving around, taking pictures, hiking and clam digging. So many fun.

Dine at 帝苑海鲜酒家(7997 Westminster Highway, Richmond, 604-249-0080), since that weekend the lobster is special. Be there at 5:30pm just before the open time, so got a table. Otherwise you need a reservation since the tables are filled up quickly. We love the food there. Recommend.

July 4
Western Vancouver - Horseshoe bay - Nanaimo - Tofino

Check out hotel and went to VanDusen Botanical Garden. Since some tourists recommend it. Cheaper than the Butchart Gardens at Victoria island.

Go dim sum at 置地广场楼上(I need to find the restaurant name). Very crowed at Sunday noon. Have to wait about 1 hour since we did not make a reservation. The feel eating there bring me back to Hong Kong. The lady at frond desk is amazing, more stories later. The food is half-half, some is good, some is so-so. If I do not have to wait that long, I will recommend it.

After lunch, we rush to Horseshoe bay for 3pm ferry. Just in time. Ferry to Victoria island is about 2 hours. Then it is another 3 hours drive to Tofino.

Check in Blue Bear B&B. Great, nice lady owner. recommend.

July 5
Tofino

Ocean Outfitters whale watch
Three hours morning tour, caught six grey whales. Not bad.
The sea is rough.

Afternoon we spot several beaches, including the pacific rim long beach. Low tide, very impressive on the size of the beach.

In the evening we drive out photo hunting for bear. Stop at Uclenet, now we understand why that town is not as good as Tofino, luckily I didn’t rent a B&B there.

On diet, on budget, free breakfast, but for rest of day we like instant noodles plus some fruits/snacks.

July 6
Tofino - Victoria

In the morning we check out and visit another two local beaches, for tide pool and beach combing.

Then it is a long 5 hour drive on the road.

Check in at Marriott Victoria Inner Harbor. Room is nice, the indoor pool, hot tub are great. free internet, parking is $15/night. Recommend.

Victoria inner harbor sunset view, romantic and relax feel. It is more like a tourist town.

Dine at Japanese village restaurant for light food. It is ok, nothing fancy.

July 7
Explore Victoria

Local scenic drive. Visit Sidney, and several local beaches. Well, overall, the local beach is not as good as Tofino for sure.

Lunch at Redfish Bluefish, highly recommend, the halibut is very fresh. Check out Yelp, so many people love it.

Dine at a local family Chinese restaurant, and order some Xinjiang food. Good value and good taste.

July 8

Check out hotel, leave at 8:00am for 10:30am vehicle ferry from Victoria BC to Port Angeles WA. The lock down time is 1 1/2 hour for immigration procedure.

Unfortunately since we did not reserve in advance ($15 extra reservation fee), we are out of luck since the ferry is full and they cut the line two cars before us.

Have to wait another 4 hours for the next. Walk and lunch at Fisherman wharf. Order at Barb’s fish & chip, about same price as redfish bluefish but you can tell the piece of fish is much smaller.

Take 3pm ferry and arrive Port Angeles at 5pm. Decide to go Sol Duct hot springs at Olympic NP as planned. The spring is crowed, but we enjoy the smelly hot water.

Left at 9pm, arrive hotel at 12pm, this is a long drive since too late to catch the ferry to Seattle, instead a big deep loop at Hwy 5.

July 9
Holiday Inn Seattle-Renton is a good option for SEA airport hotel . No extra parking fee, free internet, onsite gas station. 10 min drive to airport. $42/night through the priceline is a good deal.

Fly back home, sweet home at night.

目录
在路上:2009 Costa Rica(1) - 缘起 (more…)

Geysers, 听了好久才会念， 中文翻译成间歇泉？总之是黄石的一大特色。黄石说白了，主要特色就是Geysers和野生动物，可惜之前说了，看野生动物打了折扣，不如Jasper/Banff一带。

今天的计划，是Madison 到 Old Faithful之间错过的Geysers, 然后启程去Grand Teton. 前几天光想着追熊了。

黄石公园中最佳的picnic地点，你知道吗？

就是Old Faithful Inn 二楼的凉台。远眺老忠实，凉风徐徐，不经意间的发现，让我们多日来的picnic午餐上升了一个境界。

Old Faithful Inn 你也许住不到,但是你可以很随意的坐在里面看看书，吃个冰激凌，古老的书桌旁拼拼图，如果不是时间关系，静静地找一个角落坐一个下午，不妨让思绪徜徉在时间的长河中。

最佳消食方式：

吃完午餐，在Upper Geysers hiking, 行程可长可短，如果愿意，你甚至可以走到Middle Geysers. 一路上或大或小的Getsers, 冷不丁喷一下，带来几分惊喜。我们一路走到Grand Geysers,已经是我家小的极限。烈日炎炎下，来回两迈，也是她第一次一口气走这么长。回程完全是靠走回去买冰激凌的诱惑才完成的。

今天最好笑的事情：

场景是这样的。我家小的喘着粗气酿酿跄跄走回Old Faithful Inn,全然不顾门外围的里三层外三层的人群，一路excuse me只奔心中的冰激凌店，没想到门口被一人拦下：sorry, we are temperately closed,we have a fire alarm.失望之极，仿佛一脚踏空，瘫软在地。

拍摄老忠实的最佳tip

看风向，找上风处，喷的最高的时候是一开始的几分钟。

如果你象我第一次在下风处傻等，看过之后的不光是一头雾水，结论是忠实老矣，徒有虚名。
上风处可以清楚拍的满意的照片，得出的结论也不一样的，老忠实泉还是值得一看再看地。这就是典型的屁股决定立场。

园中最美的温泉池：
Grand Prismatic Spring.

Yellow Stone 和Grand Teton之间修路，而且很长的一段土路，耽搁了不少时间。傍晚六点赶到今天的住宿：Jackson Lake lodge. 房间和床都不错，当然价格摆在那里。Jackson Lake Lodge to Grand Teton, 和 Old Faithful Inn to Yellowstone 一样。

今天应该是我们hiking最长的一天了，加起来有三四迈的样子。晚餐在Murul， 不说价钱，食物还是不错的，有些正宗西餐烹饪的味道。落地玻璃窗可以看到Teton的黄昏。

吃完，牵着手走走，在暮色中，看着远处那一群麋鹿，忽然想起, 今天是我们的anniversary.

时间真快。

五点半天蒙蒙亮起床，六点半已经上路，这一切，都是为了第一天那惊鸿一瞥的棕熊屁股。只可惜，这一天跑下来，从norris 到 canyon village, 从canyon village转到Tower, 沿着lamar valley一直到东北园门口，来来回回跑了个遍，不管是棕熊也好，黑熊也好，连个影子都没找到，让人大失所望。Ranger说这一年来公园熊的数量从高峰期急剧下降，单单去年在公园外被猎杀的熊多达四十多只。长此以往，在黄石看熊估计越来越难了。

唯一值得聊以慰记的是，在Lamar valley看到成群Bison过马路的盛况和开车人被包围的窘状，也算一乐。我们运气好，停在前面一些，一看情形不好，早早地溜了。

去了Tower Fall, 在小卖店里买冰激凌的时候碰到了国内来的小王在那里打工，人很热情，以为他是从事旅游方面的，没想到他说在国内学经济的，有机会出来短期见识一下。帮他照了张照片，希望他有所收获吧。

Grant Village的访客中心主题是火山和地震，我们在那儿歇脚吃午餐，小宝也终于完成了她的Junior Ranger功课，宣誓之后拿到了她想要的徽章。不容易，这功课足足做了三天，比她老爸这回儿用功。

之后我们去了昨天错过的upper fall/lower fall几个其它观景点，主要是south rim上的artist point和north rim 上的inspiration point, 这几处，加上之前的Brink of uper fall,lower fall, 都是值得推荐的。 Yellowstone River 源自黄石公园，北上穿过园中Grand Canyon, 形成upper lower 两大瀑布，然后向西北汇入Missouri River和 Mississippi river, 为黄石增添了几分秀色。我们在north rim听一个UC Bercley 的学生ranger的讲解，只可惜，讲的太泛泛了。

晚餐是在Wild West Pizzeria定的Piza, 生意太好了，太多人和我们一样的主意，居然一个小批萨等了半个钟。从小超市买了盒clam chowder, 外加一个小西瓜，很不错的晚餐了。