11 Days Tour In California and San Francisco (Part 2)

Day 3 (30th September 2008)

Rise and shine! Today is the third also the last day in San Diego. Haiz.. time pass so fast when you are having fun.
The first place we went today is the USS Midway Museum.
It is a 14 year ship that stretched from the end of World War II to the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. On odyssey shared by 225 000 sailors.. No other aircraft carrier served America as long as the USS Midway. Its track record of humanitarian missions, establishment of new naval aviation standards, and dedication to the American ideals of liberty, freedom and peace was unmatched. And so, they called it "Midway Magic". On board the ship, you have the opportunity to walk a 4-acre flight deck and explore from the engine room to admiral's war room. And not forgetting.. alot of fighter planes. Awesome!
Next, we went to San Diego bay (actually just beside USS Midway..haha) to see the few Historic ships.
HMS Surprise - A magnificent replica of a late 18th century Royal Navy frigate. She was used in the production of the critically acclaimed film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World".
Star of India - Launched in 1863, the oldest ship in the world that still maintains a regular sailing schedule.

After SEEING the ships, we start our driving to our next destination - Anaheim. This time round, we have changed the driver. And that's my hubby! haha.. On our way to our hotel at Anaheim, we stop by at the 2nd outlet mall - The Ontario Mills. Hm.. not a very small outlet.. but there's Hollister and Abercombie inside! Wahaha.. finally.. some brands that hubby likes. Initially we had planned to buy clothes during the trip so that we dun have to bring so many clothings so..we got ourselves few stuffs in the mall.. consider quite satisfy la. Finally enough clothings for the rest of the trip.

After finish shopping.. it's already very late.. so we drove to put hotel and check in. The hotel we are living is Americas Best Value Astoria Inn. Haha.. Inn again.. think in US, the call it Inn more then Hotel. Hotel really refers to those high building rooms.. and very expensive type!. Haha. Anyway, the rooms is quite nice and spacious but the toilets are small la.. however, there's still a bath tub. And there's TV, working fridge and oh.. there's a microwave!

Orgh... so tire.. Time to rest.. Goodnight..

Day 4 (1 st October 2008)

Yeah.. we are at the Universal Studios Hollywood!!
Haha.. we are in movies! Face the action head-on in heart-pounding rides, shows and attractions that puts us inside the world's biggest movies and TV shows.





As it's the Halloween season, There's many people in disguised that goes around grabbing you. And this Mr Vampire is one of them. Guess what? He greets me in Chinese! He says "你好吗？I want to suck your blood tonight..arghhh" !!! EEeekkks!! I was so scared! But it was fun.. haha..At first I saw him, I wanted to take a photo with him.. but he looks so scary.. then he saw me.. and he walk over to me and stretch out his hand to hold me. I felt his warm hands.. and this makes me dare to go near him and took this photo. Haha.. lousy me..
We also get to go behind the scenes. We saw how Hollywood magic really happens. Haha.. when we saw how they film those exciting shots.. it's so funny.. not as dangerous as we thought when watching the movies. Most importantly, we saw the high-octane car chases and raging explosions from The Fast and the Furious! I simply can't find another word to describe my feelings..fantastic!
There's 2 parts in the Universal Studio. Today we only covered the studio tours. We'll be back again on the 8th day to explore the theme parks here. Do continue reading ok...

11 Days Tour In California and San Francisco (Part 1)

Yeah.. it's my second tour in USA.. This time we will be going quite a few places in California and San Francisco. We are going to tour for 10 days! Woah.. haha.. and the peoples going with us are Eunice, Daoli, Edwin and Juliet. 6 of us and this rented car.. The dodge Caravan.

Day 1 ( 28th September 2008)

Early in the morning 5.30am, we meet up at the car park and began our 10 days tour. Edwin was the first driver. As usual, we had breakfast at MacDonald's before starting the long drive. The first place we went to is the Outlet Mall at San Diego. After shopping..without buying anything, we then proceed to check in to Good Nite Inn Hotel in San Diego. We will be staying for 2 nights. Well, though its a inn, but on overall, the room are still good.. clean and spacious. Not as bad as we thought for "INN".. haha.
After settling down in the room, we then went out for dinner. Not knowing where to eat, we used the GPS and found a Thai restaurant nearby. The restaurant name is Thai Time II. Hm.. the decoration are quite nice.. but the food dun really taste that nice. Still prefer Thai restaurant in AZ.
After dinner, the rest of the went to attend a concert named "So you think you can dance". After sending them to the stadium, hubby and I drove to Little Italy. Woah.. there's so many restaurant and ALL of the are Italian restaurant. We then decide to have Italian Gelato Spumoni Ice Cream at Cafe Italia. Isn't that a very small scoop??
That's not enough for both of us.. haha.. After having the ice cream, we then went drove our car to Gaslamp Quaters. The place is something like Boat Quay in Singapore. With many different style of pub and restaurants by the side of the main road. We then walk past a wall. Many people had done their drawings and writing on it. Out of curiosity, hubby went to take a look. Just nice, there's someone with paint. And she offered us to draw too. So me and hubby drew the 2 flowers and sign off with HY and SK. Haha.. that's so fun. The first time I drew on the wall on road!

After having the great time of our own, we then went back to fetch the rest of them and went to Denny's for supper and back to our room for a good night rest.

Day 2 ( 29th September 2008)

Today, we meet at 8.45am and went for breakfast. Haha.. the same place. Denny's! Because it's just opposite our hotel. After breakfast, we went to SAN DIEGO SEA WORLD!!! Finally I get to see the killer whale. They call them Shamu. They were so well trained! Look at them! The show was fantastic! Bravo! Haha.. We also get to see the dolphins show and Pets rule. Pets rule is so cute. It's a show by many pets like dogs, cats, chicks, squirrel and alot more. We also went to watch the 4D show of Seasame street.

After having fun at the Sea World, we went to Balboa Park. It was around evening time when we reach there. Haha.. too dark. Can't really take nice pictures of the few nice building there... Haha.. see the pic? I make Hubby piggy back me! Haha.. I'm a tyrant!

After walking the park, we then went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. The first time I went to Hard Rock Cafe manz! The decoration inside was so cool! And we got our very 1st HRC souvenir glass!

After dinner, all of us are shag.. anyway.. there's no more places to go at this time. So.. it's time to ZZzzz.....