shiyi ♥: West Coast

First of all, I want to thank whoever created hot water, as it is the motivation I come here now.

Hello people I’m back!! Back from the sunny beautiful place to this white, snowy but still beautiful home sweet home. It was a long 12-day journey, expensive but to be honest I think it’s worth the money. I wanted to have a detailed post about it long ago but I was hold back by so many other things and to be frank I forgot the sequence, as in where we went first (long term memory down).. So I’m just gonna touch on each place briefly :)

Las Vegas – The Sin City

Las Vegas is in the state of Nevada and it has subtropical desert climate since it is surrounded by desert and dry mountains. And why is it so famous? Yes, gambling. Basically most larger hotels have casinos in them and it’s night view is just breathtaking. We stayed in a hotel called the Stratosphere. Literally stratosphere is a layer of the atmosphere, but this hotel is named like this because it has a really high tower where you can play bungee jump at the tip of the tower. 108-floor of height. Wanna give it a try? ;)

The tower

Wheel of fortune. Try your luck! We could go in to have a look, but we couldn’t play because we are below 21.

We also went to the old downtown of Las Vegas to watch a show. It was a street with screen above your head. A lot of money was invested in this because they want to attract people to visit the place, and of course to go to the casino there. Guess what they played? It’s My Life by Bon Jovi! :D

We watched a lot of other shows too, but one worth mentioning is the Jubilee! Show in Bally’s Hotel.

This photo is from Google of course because we were not allowed to take photo of the show due to copyright issues. Oh the name of the show we watched is actually Jubilee! – The Topless Show. Yes, TOPLESS. You have to be 18 to watch the show because the performers are really topless, no shirts, bras, etc… BUT, that is not the main reason why I say it’s worth mentioning! It was awkward at first, I didn’t even know where to focus at. But it got okay after a while. The thing I like the most is the stage. Millions of dollars were used to design the stage, and it was really really not the usual stage we see in any other performance. It made you feel like you were really in that place. For example it’s a scene of the Egytian king, the back drop, the color, the “building” were all so real. Quite expensive tho if you convert to Malaysian Ringgit, if I’m not mistaken it would need more than RM200.

Grand Canyon – Wonder of the World

The feeling when you are on top of one of the seven wonders of the world.. A must go!! We went to the West Rim of the Gran Canyon. Born by the nature, the Grand Canyon in the Arizona state has attracted a lot of tourists and I guess you know why. Not just plain rocks and mountains, when you visit the Grand Canyon, you will understand the power of nature, and why we should preserve it.

We took the helicopter to get a view from the above. From there we could see the canyon that stretched out far into the horizon. Then the helicopter dropped us off to take the boat on the Colorado River to get a view of the canyon from the bottom.

The point we board the helicopter is the first point at the canyon. Then we took bus to the second point, known as The Eagle Point because of the hugeeeee rock that looks like an eagle.

The third point is the Guano Point. Guano in the Indians language means the feces and urine of bats and the point got this name because the Indians used the “guano” in many ways last time.

We got to see some Indians teepee there..

and I don’t know what pose is that *laugh*

San Diego

The only place of interest we went at San Diego is the Seaworld, and the sea animal shows were quite entertaining :)

Didn’t go to see the marine creatures but went on a roller coaster ride!

It… Was… Fast… And… Excitingggg

San Francisco

One of my favorite city! I don’t know why it just seems nice to me. The streets there are steep because of it’s geographical location. One of the most famous street is the Lombard Street

In case my photo is not showing it good enough, here is another one from Google

The maximum speed on this street is 5mph!

Another must go place in San Francisco is of course the Golden Gate Bridge

Tour guide: “If you’ve never been to the Golden Gate Bridge, you’ve never been to San Francisco.”

The Golden Gate Bridge is not the longest nor the oldest bridge in San Francisco ( the Bay Bridge is), but it’s the First Suspension bridge that survived the earthquake.

The Fisherman’s Wharf which has a lot of nice seafood!! We can’t get any nice seafood here in Des Moines cause it’s so inland. Oh quoting the tour guide again: If you’ve never been to the Fisherman’s Wharf, you are merely stepping into San Francisco and stepping out without visiting.

Crab and clam chowder!! Red heart .

Last but not least, LOS ANGELES!

Disneyland

First time going into a Disneyland (I know I know) and it was soooooooooooo crowded. I think other than people, the thing that I see the most is strollers.

Haha and I’ll let the pictures do the talking!

Universal Studio

Another theme park, the Universal Studio in LA is famous because it’s the place where a lot of films are taken!! It’s full name is Universal Studio Hollywood. And the must-go in this place is the Studio Tour, where you will be shown different scenes in movies and most importantly, tried the King Kong 3600 3-D!