Sunday, May 19, 2013

U.S Southwest Road-trip Day 3: San Francisco (Twin Peaks, Golden Gate & Fisherman's Wharf)

We woke up real early at 4am to get ready for my first ever sunrise at Twin Peaks! Took quite some time for us to find the place but we still managed to locate it. It was still pitch dark when we reached there at the top so I didn't think much about it. The others stayed in the van because it was seriously too too too cold to get out there and take a look at the breathtaking view in pitch darkness. It's hard to explain how cold it is but I can still remember myself wearing 2 layers of coat but was still shivering so badly, and I thought my hands were going to drop off because they were already numb. It was the feeling of wanting to just find a shelter to hide myself in. That cold. Only myself, boy, boy's sis and dad got out to brave it all just to catch a glimpse of the scenery. 

We took quite a bit of photos and then when the sunrise came up, all the coldness was worth it. Everyone came out to take photos of the magical moment. My first sunrise, my best memory. I would love to visit it again.. San Francisco Twin Peaks!

Looking like some Pakistani refuge. Freezing! Pardon the poor resolution because these were taken from my Samsung S3.. my Canon digital camera had some lens error when I was into my second day in US. Zzzz.

 

 Stunning view of San Francisco.


I just have to take more photos!


With my love.


Story behind this photo which turned out real natural:
Rob wanted us to take a kissing photo. Both of us looked at each other feeling super awkward, especially boy. So we looked at each other and then broke into laughter. Lol.
We are just not used to showing our affection in public haha.
And I think I only called his name like less than 10 times since I knew him? Usually we will just "eh" each other lol.


Love the next few photos to the max! (:


With Honey and Rob the couple!


Beautiful!


Group shot together!


After sunrise at Twin Peaks, we drove over to Safeway to grab some snacks for our long drive the next day to Los Angeles.


Boy's mum!


Next up was the famous Golden Gate!


And there we reached the Golden Gate!



Still freezing like madness.

Headed over to Fisherman's Wharf for early dinner in the evening!
Love the houses there, all types of shapes and designs.


Ross Dress for Less where I found my favorite pair of wedges!


Everywhere along the streets were selling fresh seafood, too spoilt for choice!


The variety.


In the end we settled for this restaurant, which we thought was good.


Boy and I shared this Seafood Catch but it was so disappointing. Not only was it tasteless, the seafood wasn't even fresh.


Walked around to explore the place further.


Boy finally found his favorite Chocolate Store.


The public toilet there which stinks like crazy.


Enjoying our red wine along one of the shophouses, which was surprisingly strong because when we reached back our motel, both of us just slept throughout.


That marks the end of our Day 3 in San Francisco!

(:

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

U.S Southwest Road-Trip Day 2: San Francisco (Alcatraz Tour)

So we got up really early to catch our domestic flight at 8am to San Francisco from Seattle. Here's the real start to our road trip!

Hello boy!

The flight to San Francisco was an approximate 2 hours.


Excited because we landed!


2 retards lol.


Tita Zenny, Rob, Honey, Grace and Uncle Edgar!


Then we proceed for our car rental.


The cute boots which boy bought for me while he was away in Bangkok.


That's the van which we rented! Enough to sit all 10 of us.


There we go!


Before heading to our motel, we went for lunch at the Public Market.


That's our motel for the next 2 nights!


After some rest we got ready for our Alcatraz Tour next!
The weather was super super cold, it was practically freezing for me. Hard to explain how cold it was but most of the time I would use the white wollen scarf to cover my whole face up and sometimes even had to wear gloves. The wind factor makes it even worse.
But still, I prefer the weather in U.S than in SG! I never ever got to sweat a single bit, totally love.


Queuing up for our Alcatraz Tour. Basically, Alcatraz was an prison on an island in San Francisco which housed a few hundred inmates back in the 1950s and these inmates are usually those that commit serious crimes. So on one occasion (I can't exactly remember which year), 3 inmates tried to escape from the Alcatraz island by swimming in the freezing water across to San Francisco main island. 2 died due to the temperature while 1 managed to escape. From then on, they decided to close down the prison and hence opened it up for tourists to tour.


We had to take the cruise over to the island.


Freezing cold.


There, the island!


Finally we reached.


That's the morgue.


The main prison.


Rob.


The interior of the main prison which housed all the inmates.


So this is how the 3 inmates managed to escape the prison, just by using simple tools!


After the Alcatraz tour, we had dinner at Chinatown but I did not manage to take any photos which I can't remember why lol.

Day 3 to be continued!

Sunday, April 21, 2013