We drove 3 hours plus to San Francisco. The hotel that we stayed here was San Francisco Airport Marriott. We chose a hotel near the airport as it was cheaper. The hotel lobby was ok and simple. The room was comfortable with clean sheets….those that were white, the way Mummy likes them to be. We had 3 rooms all at the same level near to each others but none of them were sea facing. We were however not complaining as we got the rooms at a very good rate. The hotel sits on a bay and has a very nice view of the bay. Across the bay, we can see the planes landing at the airport. We enjoyed our stay at the hotel very much and will definitely like to stay here if we visit SF again.

San Francisco is a beautiful city…very colourful and vibrant in a different way as compared to Las Vegas which was another vibrant and colourful city. Will be a very nice place to live in. Everything was so unique. The bridge, the chinatown, the houses that was built on up and down slopes, Pier39, the tram. All these were very unique to tourist like us…wonder whether those people who live there find them as special….sometimes people tends to take such things for granted…things that had become part of their daily lives.

We reached there late afternoon and the view of the city was awesome…even when some parts were quite old and run down like most big city. The unique architecture such as the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate bridge made up for all the imperfections in the city. We headed striaght to Fisherman’s Wharf and the famous Pier 39. It was very crowded and it feel like everyone is on holiday….you can smell the sea, hear the seagulls, watch street performances or just sit at a cafeteria and watch the people go.

As it was located just next to pacific ocean, SF unlike most other places was not affected by the summer heat. It was cool and even cold at some places with the strong breeze from the sea. It seems almost perfect to stay there…the food, the scenery, the weather….but still, nothing beats our home country…as we always tell Mal…Home is where the Heart is….and that is where our hearts is….where our family and friends are…but if you will to ask Mal, he will tell you … here is where his heart is….cos he had forgotten about his home back in Singapore

the scenery on the way from Yosemite to San Franciscoat Pier 39…
us at the pier….

?? at Pier 39

Daddy saying cheeze….it was a bit chilly with the sea breeze…
guessing what was he doing
climbing up the stilt while mummy fed him lunch…
he was having porridge which we had brought along…
but his appetite for the porridge wasn’t so good…he was more interested in the famous clam chowder in a bread bowl that we were having
Mal and Mummy at the merry go round…
Mal loves merry go round but he refused to take the horsey ride alone…he will always choose the one that looks like a carriage…so that either mummy or daddy could sit with him…
look at all the people…
uncle eddy and ?? with the famous Alcatraz…
mummy and mal with alcatraz
us with alcatraz….
we ain’t so lucky this time…only managed to see 1 pathetic sea lion sun bathing….normally there are a whole group of them sun bathing at the same time…which was one of the highlight at Pier 39some of the scenery in San Francisco…the downtown area, the Lombard Street which was known to be the crookiest street in the world, the tram and the famous Golden Gate Bridge…

it was brrrrr…rrrr cold…and ?? was falling sick too…after ??…first time they tasted ‘cold’ cos whenever we told them it was going to be cold…they just couldn’t imagine cos the summer heat was so hot everywhere else!?? was wrapped up like a dumpling
Mal at chinatown…
we visited chinatown on the 2nd day at San Francisco, it was elaborate and had everything…for a while it made us forgot that we were in a Western country…probably remind us of those busy Hong Kong streets
we hopped on the tram at the very last minute when we saw it passing by in chinatown…
the tram brought us to the other end of the street…we got off the tram and while waiting for the tram to go back…Mal took a break and have some snack…
at the other end of the street waiting for the tram to start moving…on the 2nd day we also try to find the Golden Gate Bridge park as we remembered that we could probably get a better view of the bridge from there….
?? and ?? at the Golden Gate Bridge
?? and mummy…
the big tree…
we were determined to find a better spot to take picture with the bridge…this place was a short walk from where we parked the car…the tired ones stayed in the car while the rest make a quick rush to take pictures.
still did not turn out very well as the sun was still behind us thus making this picture looked so darkthe sun was supre glaring!
more pictures of Pier 39, the downtown area, the hotel we stayed and the chinatown…