A Dozen Years to the Day

Twelve years ago, the Cathay Pacific flight landed at YVR. We had flown from Dubai and connected through the old Hong Kong airport. Then, a Pacific Ocean later, we disembarked in our new country. That was June 26, 1996.

Being ever the explorers, we'd not made too many arrangements before arriving in the new land. Little did we know that within ten days we'd be renting an apartment in a place called New Westminster.



This was the view from our first Canadian balcony. Nowadays, three new towers are being built around the New Westminster SkyTrain station and will probably block the view of the river we had. This photo was very well taken before our shipping cargo had arrived, so chances are we were cooking in a few new pans, sitting on the floor, and listening to a radio for entertainment.