Postcard from Canada - 04 - Calgary & Edmonton, AB

Masa aku buat road trip drive ke Canada tu, selain dari Banff, aku sempat lajak ke Calgary dan Edmonton. 2 bandar utama di Wilayah Alberta.

Kalau ikut KM, perjalanan dari Vancouver ke Edmonton saja jaraknya lebih kurang 1120 KM sehala. Kalau dari LA ke Edmonton jejak 2201 KM one way !

Tapi gigih punya pasal kerah kan tenaga dan pastikan jaya !

Alberta - Wild Rose Country

Jalanraya di Alberta yang penuh dengan gunung ganang

Calgary merupakan bandar terbesar di Alberta yang terkenal dengan hasil minyak dan gas asli nya.

Dengan jumlah penduduk melebihi 1.2 juta orang ia merupakan bandaraya ke 5 terbesar di Canada !

Calgary is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. In the 2011 census, the City of Calgary had a population of 1,096,833 and a metropolitan population of 1,214,839, making it the largest city in Alberta, and the third-largest municipality and fifth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada.

The economy of Calgary includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and tourism sectors.The Calgary CMA is home to the second-most corporate head offices in Canada among the country's 800 largest corporations.

Calgary anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".

In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games.

Di sini lah Encik Ghaz kita bermastautin bersama keluarga beliau : Ghazaaz - Maka Terimalah

Layan gambar sekitar downtown Calgary

Downtown Calgary

Calgary

Aku sempat singgah di Canada Olympic Park. Dulu Calgary pernah menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Olympic Musim Sejuk

Bandar dia bersih dan tak busy

Tak de apa yang menarik sangat sebenarnya kat sini

Tapi misi aku dulu adalah nak terjah jugak sebab kat sini ada HRC ! 

Hard Rock Cafe Calgary * sekarang dah tutup

Calgary Tower

Tower. Tak sempat naik

Dan masa trip ni, sebenarnya aku tak de la plan nak ke mana dan ke mana. Tapi masa kat Calgary, datang idea nak drive terus sampai ke Edmonton.

Dengan jarak 300 KM, aku drive ke Edmonton dari Calgary semata mata nak pegi ke West Edmonton Mall.

Edmonton

West Edmonton Mall. The largest mall in North America.

Dalamnya ada ski rink !

Ada indoor waterpark

Kapal lanun

West Edmonton Mall. Kedai kedai tak payah cerita lah

Dan of chos.. Hard Rock Cafe, Edmonton dalam mall ni. Dah tutup.

Edmonton

Gigih kan dulu drive jauh jauh. 

Masa tu ada hati jugak nak drive sampai ke Saskatchewan ( dulu ingat nama ni ingat kat Chef Wan ).. Tapi sebab cuaca time tu sejuk so aku kuburkan harapan lagipun masa driving balik dari Edmonton ke Calgary kena tahan polis sebab speeding ! Hahahaha. Terus insap diri.

Last sekali balik semula ke Vancouver sebelum masuk US balik. Jauh gila rasa perjalanan. 

Tapi road trip ni la antara round trip paling mencabar aku pernah buat sebab pegi berdua je dan cuaca time tu sejuk gila. Dan ini la jugak antara road trip yang paling best yang aku pernah buat masa kat US/Canada dulu tu. 

Kalau ikutkan dulu memang rasa keje gila. Tapi bila fikir fikir sekarang.. aku hanya boleh tersenyum riang. At least.. aku dah terjah memandu sampai ke area yang aku sendiri tak pernah terfikir aku boleh sampai. Tapi sebab masa tu tengah asyik masyuk bercinta.... apa apa pun jadi aja !

Bahana mabuk bercinta. Sekarang apa jadi???  Hahahaha.. masing masing dah bahagia dengan hidup masing masing kot. Menyesal tak pernah.. cuma kadang kadang terkenang jugak situasi  'demi cinta.. lautan api sanggup di renangi..' apa apa pun boleh jadi.

Tu sebelum dapat. Bila dah dapat, suruh gi kedai nak beli gas pun m a l a s !

Map Calgary & Edmonton, Alberta.

Penyanyi Bryan Adams berasal dari Canada.

To really love a woman

To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside

Hear every thought - see every dream

N' give her wings - when she wants to fly

Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms

Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her

that she's really wanted

When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one

Cuz she needs somebody to tell her

that it's gonna last forever

So tell me have you ever really

- really really ever loved a woman?

To really love a woman

Let her hold you -

til ya know how she needs to be touched

You've gotta breathe her - really taste her

Til you can feel her in your blood

N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes

Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman

you tell her that she's really wanted

When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one

Cuz she needs somebody to tell her

that you'll always be together

So tell me have you ever really -

really really ever loved a woman?

You got to give her some faith - hold her tight

A little tenderness - gotta treat her right

She will be there for you, takin' good care of you

Ya really gotta love your woman...

Sebab kedudukan Calgary agak di utara maka winter kat sana adalah tahap gigi non stop berantakan atas bawah, hidung merah macam hidung clown dan cuping telinga menipis bagai di hiris hiris.

Tu la antara sebab sebab aku tak berapa suke bila time winter tiba !

Tapi snow tu sendiri agak lawa kalau di lihat di pandangan mata. Nampak putih bersih suci murni tak syak lagi !

Untuk itu, aku mintak izin En Ghaz... sedut gambar dari blog beliau dan tempek tempek di sini.

Maka terima lah ................... Winter di Calgary, Canada ! ( pinjam ayat sekali )

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