Monday, June 8, 2009

San Franscisco (30 May - 3 June 09) Part 2

2 June 09
Took buses 30 and then 28 to Golden Gate Bridge. Rode on the cable car in the evening. Not as cloudy as past few days but cold as usual

While waiting for bus, father and daughter playing peek-a-boo


The bus route

Finally (after 15mins..hehe. It was fast actually)

Taken from our bay cruise the day before. View of the bridge from underneath it.

Mr Liow and AN on the cruise
Our cable car ride with Mr Liow hanging from the side of our 'car'.

He was hanging like the 3 passengers were

...and me sitted safely with AN (which didn't actually feel safe coz if AN decided to throw a fit, she could have easily kicked Mr Liow onto the road)

After the ride to and fro, we ended up at the wrong terminal where Hyde St. Pier is (which was still within walking distance to our hotel. Thank God!)

I was squatting to get a good angle (hoping to get a good angle given my limited photography skills). AN found my position amusing and started to squat as well.
Look at this. We've travelled on even steeper ones. hehe.

This was one of the cable car route which Mr Liow had the opportunity to brave while hanging outside the car
Back to Hyde St. Pier, Mr Liow attempting to release the lifeboat (is there such a word?)

Thought this looked interesting: mirror image

It's been a long time since we saw sand...Arizona is erm....like a dessert but when one meets up with a sandstorm, one basically meets up with a soilstorm. AN's first experience with reallllllllyyyy fine and slightly shimmery sand. hee.

It says on the notice sign "No diving/ jumping off pier"

And then we found people swimming... Then again, they probably didn't jump off the pier.

Back at the hotel

Of the food we had, the lunch at a Thai restaurant called "Mood" was the least enjoyable. Mainly coz the chef doesn't seem to know food.

What do you think this meat looks like? It was supposed to be chicken but it didn't only looked like pork, it tasted and felt like pork. The waitress said this was chicken when we asked.

I asked for ramen. This wasn't.

To make up for the lack of food enjoyment, we went to get more Clam Chowders (one from roadside stall and the other from Boudin)
3 June 09
Had breakfast, last stroll around the piers and left for airport. Not as cold as the days before and skies are clear.

The driver of the hotel - aiport transfer shuttle was 1/2hour late! But he was nice and apologetic. And we were glad we did not miss our flight back.

Pictures following this were taken randomly. San Francisco is all about sights :)




We went to a store that sells things to do with fairies and AN got some pixie dust (shimmers) on her cheeks

What keeps AN busy while waiting for food to come


AN's new bad habit: Finger biting -_______-"

Is this lotus?
Couldn 't remember why we took this picture till I saw the time it was taken. The sky was this bright, at 8PM! Skies are still bright at 8pm in Tucson during summer but not THIS bright. Having been that cloudy over most of the days we were there, it felt more like a 6pm instead.

At 9pm, the sky was still slightly bright. hehe. The randomness of impresses me.

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