Halifax, NS
I woke up early in the morning and was ready to go. The weather was unusually gloomy today.
Before entering the city, I wanted to take a look at another place. So I followed the riverbank to Prince's Lodge. The residential area here was quite hilly.
One could see this small lodge from the road on the other side of the tree branches.
We walked down to the riverbank from the road. The door was tightly closed. It seemed that there was nothing worth visiting... and that's it.
Very close to the shore was an old-looking railway. It had a certain role in decorating the riverbank scenery. I had no clue if it was still in use.
There were stones and mud on the side of the railway... I did not know who this graffiti-ridden stop sign was for.
On the other side of the river (or lake), one could see some large port facilities.
There was still a lot of height difference between the place we parked and here, so I had to walk around a bit to get down.
... and then we were in the city.
We were in the city center of Halifax. This was a strange sight for the downtown. We'll see.
It was lunch time now. This time I took a more reasonable approach: I searched for a restaurant and menu on uber eats, and then went to eat in. So we came to this dumpling restaurant.
Outside the restaurant, we walked a few extra steps across the block to arrive at the university I was not very familiar with. I was curious about the meaning of Sexton...
This should be its main entrance. The campus was quite large, with many buildings. After circling around, I found that all the doors were locked.
After walking a little further, we arrived at the waterfront "park" in the downtown. I didn't know if this restaurant was open, because no one was sitting there.
Were these suites on the second and third floors apartments? They looked like it.
Some low buildings on the waterfront. Why did it feel so messy to look at...
The green protrusion on the other side was Georges Island. I just saw a ferry passing by.
Did not quite get what the flat curved street lights and the wooden bridge on the board were trying to express...
Wait more ... this was not the real Atlantic Ocean.
Another photo of the pier. Here I could really see what the pier looked like.
It looked quite messy with these light poles, and the buildings and branches behind them.
There were many hammocks on the platform!
When I sat/laid on it, I was nervous and couldn't relax. It was not so comfortable as one typically imagined.
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Some stone tablets to remember the ones from the past.
The curvature of the iron fence meant it had been stepped upon by many people.
Another sign introducing the coastal ecosystem.
There was free wifi here!
We went back after a short walk along the coast. The next destination was...
Along the wide road we went up the hill we saw before. It was very comfortable to occupy the terrain advantage.
Well, sorry. That was the route we went down the hill. The road we went up the hill was indeed a wide road.
Let us look down a little bit.
Hmm... it seemed that the street in front of us was not long enough to give us the feeling of a busy city.
This city did not seem to be that bustling anyway.
I have been letting you wait for so long. In fact, on the hilltop was a modern citadel.
I saw the ticket office outside the gate, but we seemed to have got in directly. Maybe it's not the season for the opening of various scenic spots now, so there were no staff here.
However the grass and grass mounds around looked well maintained.
Its gate was indeed labelled with "citadel".
The star fort had a moat between the main body and the outside. The bridge in the middle that connected both sides could be retracted. This is the moat.
We went in like entering a deserted place. The office building on the left seemed a bit out of place.
There were some cannons and wheels here. The rooms behind were all closed.
Except for one "magazine".
This was the inside of a small building in the castle. I would be scared when someone came.
These walls were pretty clean.
I sneaked up the wall (although there was an obstacle in front of the stairs).
I didn't know before that one cloud put grass on the wall.
The walls were high, but still a bit inferior to the high-rise buildings in the distance. After briefly running around, it was time to go down the hill.
Then we walked to the Point Pleasant Park… the cargo port next to it. We here saw many containers with familiar brand marks in our daily life.
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A crane in the distance… very impressive. This was probably higher than the fortress we just visited.
We reached the dog-walking park. The weather was getting darker and it felt like it was going to rain.
In the past, this park was a fortress for costal defenses. It also had many historical buildings. For example, this tower.
I had no idea what this was for, nor why the inside was filled with bricks.
A big cannon for visitors to see!
This item looked so heavy that it was probably difficult to steal, hence it was placed here, maybe.
The maintenance of these stones seemed to be much less than that of the fortress in the downtown.
Weird-looking tree trunks.
A pavilion for resting. It looked similar to those in China.
Yet another coastal defense cannon.
I hoped this tree wasn’t here 200 years ago, otherwise it would be very dangerous.
It was washed by countless rainwater and became like this.
Seldomly seen portrait photo!
The cannon was aimed at……the other side of the river?!
The sky in the distance was a little blue.
The "stone" beach by the sea.
The brown stripe in the middle of the stones grabbed my attention.
By my guess, these things should be seaweed. They naturally dried up and turned yellow on the shore.
Why was it a single line? Maybe a wave could only push the debris to this distance on a certain day.
It was already dinner time as soon as we left the park. We just decided where to stay for the night.
After our dinner at the all-you-can-eat hot pot place across the street from our hotel, it was already nine or ten o'clock.
I came back to the pier I visited in the daytime.
There were not many people coming and going. Occasionally, a few floors of the buildings in the distance were lit up. If the photographer wanted to take a good photo, it should be a good time.
But it was still pretty cold at night…
A lot of restaurants we passed by in the day were now open. One could clearly see that there were customers.
Right.
I continued to walk south.
Here was a statue. This is the related page.
The street lights on the ground were a little purple; not the camera.
I kept walking and came back to the cargo port.
I was taking photos on the roadside. My friend said that my (flash)light would scare the passing vehicles. Is that true?
The gate of the port. We decided to walk back home when we came here.
Time to sleep.
Should I say "Good morning!"? It was still a little cold, but it was a sunny day today.
The place we stayed last night was very close to the sea. I went out early in the morning and walked around again.
No stress.
The blue sky was projected on the glass curtain wall. I felt good.
There were many souvenir shops around here.
Some chairs on the seafront platform.
It was still a little cold to sit here at this time.
Same scenery as yesterday. But the sky and the sea were not that dark anymore.
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Some more tourist's photos. Sorry, I have no words.
That May in 2022 was the "early stage" of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
I saw the boat when it was still very far away. I waited for a long time to make sure the boat and the island appeared in the same frame at the same time.
My visit was over. Now I had to go back home along the same route.
Oops
Embarked on the return journey. We had to rush back to the place where we started in one day, and we later realized that this was not a wise decision.
I saw the wind farm again on the way back.
This looks like a standard travel photo.
We passed the border between NB and QC. I went out for a walk here.
It was the time when NB and NS no longer required masks, but QC still did. We were reminded to wear masks here. Nice.
Many red plants on the mountain. I didn't know what they were because I was not a biologist.
This should be one of the best shots to this point. It reminds me of the game City Skylines.
The trip should be over here. Many interesting things happened during this time, but they could not be recorded while on the road.
This reminded me that if I could buy a drone, would I have more photos to record and share?
We were on a budget during this trip. The notable expenses are as follows:
- accommodation: 770 C$
- fuel: 964 C$
- toll: 50.25 C$
The above expenses do not include food and other abnormal expenses.
During the period when we left, the price of fuel skyrocketed (generally more than 2 dollars per liter), and it could be said that this was not the best time to go out.
