Tsawassen, in the southern end of the District Municipality of Delta, is about an hour away from Richmond by bus. It is most famous for the main terminal of BC Ferries, the gateway to among others, Victoria, Vancouver Island, the provincial capital of British Columbia. However, this ferry terminal is quite a distance away from Tsawassen town centre, and I will only visit it next Tuesday when I am scheduled to take my ferry to Victoria.

Unlike Vancouver or Richmond which are full of checkerbox streets, Delta comprises three small townships and vast farmland in between. Its town centre, located at where 56th Street meets 12th Avenue, boosts a small cosy shopping mall with no more than 20 outlets. The only coffee shop here is run by a Chinese woman from Beijing, whose daddy, according to her, was born in Johor, Malaysia. They have a keyboard in the coffee shop, where kids will meet and sing together every weekend.


Had Szechwan cuising as my lunch in Richmond’s public market before the adventure. For just $ 4.25, you get such a big serving of 2 yummy dishes with cold noodle.


The bus #601 had passed the town centre when I realised, so I alighted somewhere out of nowhere and walked back to 12th Ave.


Walked by a bus stop that we had passed earlier. Apart from #601, all the other routes namely #602, 603 and 604 only run during peak hours.


Being British Columbia, so British that Anglican church is a must.


Junction of 56th Street and 10th Avenue.


Forming part of the social benefits, positions of traffic instructors in construction sites are reserved mainly for single mothers, who are paid $ 17 per hour.


Somewhere close to Tsawassen town centre.


The mall opens until 7pm on Friday, I was told. The signboard says 6pm though.


Both the free bulletins of Delta, BC as well as Point Roberts, WA are available in the mall. The coffee is the most inexpensive I have tasted in Vancouver so far, just $ 1.


The shop with its lady boss. Her hubby is an acupuncturist in Richmond, she said.