Friday, August 3, 2007

USA Day 7: Golden Gate Bridge

From LV to SF, from the landscape to the weather, everything was a 180 degree change. The weather here is a cooling 15 degree Celsius, slightly windy. We bought a 3 day Muni pass head for the Golden Gate Bridge. This time, its the real thing, not the "choing" ones in LV.

The Golden Gate Bridge is acclaimed as one of the world's most beautiful bridges and with its tremendous towers, sweeping main cables and great span, it is a sensory beauty featuring color, sound, and light. The Bridge has two main cables which pass over the tops of the two main towers and are secured at either end in giant anchorages. Each cable is 0.92 meters in diameter, and made up of 27,572 0.192 inch galvanized wires.

The fisherman's wharf is just a short bus ride away, and we had our lunch of fried calamari and lobster soup among the sea gulls and sea lions. We ended our day shopping for souvenirs in Chinatown. Yes... your t-shirts and fridge magnets!

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