Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 190

There's no doubt you know that you're in the USA when you get here. Having been in South America for so long, at times it's a mystery as to what time zone, what currency, what day, heck, what country you're in. However here in the US of A you're left in no doubt as to where you are. Things started slightly..'interestingly' as i had no address for Uncle Nick here in San Francisco. This meant the authorities decided to double check everything about the floppy haired Brit arriving from El Salvador..."why are you here ?", "why would anyone want to travel for a year ?", "why are there llamas on your guitar case ?". In fact they ended up taking me away to the (effect a huge American accent) 'secondary interrorgation area' and questioning me at ... read more

Today we were woken up by the sound of a Helicopter hovering outside our hotel window at 8.00am. I opened the curtains to see it slowly disappearing down between the two buildings opposite us. It then reappeared with some construction equipment slung below which it then placed on top of one of the buildings. After breakfast we ventured out to explore San Francisco. Our first experience was 'Crazy Street' where every 5 yards there appeared another crazy person, people talking or singing to themselves, people shouting at themselves or somebody else. There were people standing on the pavement selling absolutely anything!! One woman was standing there with a packet of Kellogs rice krispies in her hand which she was trying to sell. Every street corner had some sort of street entertainer on it including one man ... read more

a pix says a thousand words..so let the pix tell u their stories..as we journey on...tech museum is any kid's dream come true..u can do a 3D drawing of yourself, arm-wrestle with a robot or anyone in the museum, enjoy space travel, take a look at how the great American innovators, spend time watching an IMAX show and so on ... enjoy:)... read more

San Fransisco is a brilliant city and I am so happy i went back an visited it again. I would say it is probably the best city in the U.S. There is so much to do and it is so spectacular, from any type of cuisine you want to amazing scenery. The hills are pretty hard on the old legs though so if any one does go there I would advise going on the tram. they are steep. The beaches there are pretty cool however the water is something else )bloody freezing). I think there was a reason why noone escasped Alcatraz. Obviously I had to do the touristy part of going over to Alcatraz and look at the cell which house Al Capone. Its a really good tour though and not a bad price, but ... read more

Today was spent at Oracle and Intel museum. It was interesting to re-visit Oracle this time round with the students. It was great to catch up with Bernie who was the first one who shared with us on Think.com. Yep it's a long time since Mar this year but we are happy that now our students have become the first Singapore school to use this platform for the worldwide collaboration for groups going overseas! Every student on this trip has an account and Shi Min led the team of students on the sharing of this platform. Afternoon at Intel - gals did an interesting tour of how Intel started...did u know when did Intel started their marketing campaign to do the "5 note" music branding as well as the logo with "Intel inside"? It was such ... read more