Chancellor Hotel on Union Square is excellent. The rooms do not have air conditions but it's great for the type of weather in SF, though am not sure if the heat will be unbearable during summer.
What we did in SF:-
Day 1, Sunday - Had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Food is moderately good. The chocolate cheesecake is really rich, but our stomachs were not able to take in all of it!
- Window shopping at Nordstrom, and shopping centers and boutiques. Didn't buy any stuff coz Ian said it would be more worth shopping at premium outlets in Vegas. However, bought some shoes at DWS on the 3rd day at SF! Love the shoes there!
Day 2, Monday - Had brunch at a Thai restaurant. Their iced tea taste good but the food is mediocre........well, perhaps you can even say it's substandard. Walked around the city again and took the cable car to the Fisherman's Wharf. Went to Alcatras Island, a place where you only want to visit once....
Day 3, Tuesday - Had brunch at the foodcourt. Korean food...it actually sucked. Walked around the city again and headed towards Chinatown. Nothing spectacular, though SF's chinatown is supposed to be the biggest one in the U.S. However, it seems to be much cleaner as compared with other chinatowns we visited previously. Walked a distance to Coit Towers, to the crookedest street, and thereafter....ALL the WAY to the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a long, long walk but definitely worth it!
Yosemite National Park
Day 4, Wednesday - Took the bus to the railway station, and the train to Merced to catch the bus to the Yosemite National Park. The journey took about 7-8 hours and by the time we reached the national park, it was almost 2.30pm. Checked in to the Curry Camp. Saw a notice pasted on the door of the check-in counter a curry camp. Apparently, and Indian man was lost at the Merced River on 19th May... Wondering if he would ever be found...A pretty boring day, walked around the National Park and viewing Half Dome from far. Had dinner at one of the food courts. Used shared bathroom and it was about 5 minutes walk from our tent. We also kept our food and other stuff with a strong smell in an allocated locker which was near the nearest washrooms. This is to prevent bears, which are extremely sensitive to the smell of food, to 'crash' our tents and eat the food. If it really happens, the camper will have to pay something like US$120 and guess what? The bear will be euthanized.
Day 5, Thursday - Tried hiking the Mirror Lake track but unsuccessful. Managed to get out of the 'lost track' by 11am. Headed towards the Nevada and Vernal Falls. The 4 Australians we met said they took 7-8 hours to complete the hike of both falls, but they took a lot of breaks in between. However, we took 4 hours to complete the hike, but was entirely exhausted after the hike. Was so exhausted that I could not even speak a word.... Total distance covered was about 7 miles or more, I think.
Day 6, Friday - Took the bus down to Merced City. The South African driver was really nice and as we were at the airport real early, we walked to the city which is about 4 miles away from the airport. The driver happened to be driving pass us (in his own car) on our way to the city. He dropped us near the Starbucks in the city and we hanged out in the city till 3pm before walking back to the airport to catch the 430pm flight to Vegas.
Day 6, Friday - Reached Vegas at about 615pm. The flight was extremely bumpy and made me feel like puking. Took the airport bus to the Imperial Palace and had pizza for dinner. Was not impressed with Vegas though there's so much neon lights and big hotels with casinos all around us.
Day 7, Saturday - Had breakfast at McDonalds. Took the bus to Premium Outlet Centers. Shopped almost the whole day before we settled down to have japanese buffet for dinner.
Day 8, Sunday - Took the bus towards North to the Outlet Center, Vegas. All outlets are housed in a building unlike the premium outlets where individual stores are housed individually.
Day 9, Monday - Flight back to SF.
Day 10, Wednesday @ 1.00am - Home Sweet Home!
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