LA & SF Part 3

Days in SF
so we flew to SF after all the fun we have in LA. Immediately upon touch down our intrepid leader wen ai set about callnig and organising tours whilst the rest of us plan other stuff. Some went on the tour ard sf and we planned to meet @ Queen Anne Hotel for a Ghost HUnt (which some of them have seen on Discovery Travel and Adventure Channel). The hotel was a pretty spooky place as they refurbish it like in the old days. All maroon and wood. Our tour guide himself certainly dressed for the occasion. Overall, the night was chilly and left many shivering and wishing for less wind shear. The stories he shared were pretty interesting but i think the ghost stories we tell in Singapore r probably more frightening. He showed us 2 "haunted" items but the more alert ones amongst us could tell thru his... facade. Anyway.. in general it was a unique experience and a way to see the residential areas of SF from a different angle :P

Next day we decided to escape SF and rented a car to drive to napa valley. this was a first for me as I had never driven in SF before and i accidentally rented a huge-assed premium car. But the trip was pretty cool. we get to drink some wine, ate at a nice culinary institute (dun play play) and generally had a good fun. I almost ALMOST langa cos i din understand the american STOP (4 way) sign. heeheh.... but well... thankfully i din. Met up with Yvonne and Andy who came wif ADS and went to Top of the Mark. Pretty cool place to chill but it was jazz night so we din dance salsa but had drinks. Decided to come tomorrow :)

Wednesday we took a tour to YOSEMITE ! Water fall, rocks, grass, trees, water fall, rocks, grass, trees... pretty soon it became a snoozefest whien we r traveling on the road. Went to see big sequoia trees but a little disappointing. Was pretty tired @ the end of the trip but we stil went Top of the Mark. Saw the salsa scene. Most of the ladies are pretty newbies but the guys are quite exspurts. 2 of them even knew wendy and jean and one of them asked carol to go out the nxt day. Talk abt daring ! hahaha

Thursday was a day of shopping. And the gals demolished their purses man. heheh then we met up and went to pig out at Cheesecake Factory @ MACYs. Really nice place to eat as we sat outside. AFter which we contemplated going to Cocomo but felt nua so we went back to rooms and slept instead.

Friday nothing much except take a taxi to airport. Ride back was kinda restless as there was nothing else much to watch on the telly. Watched Monster Inc. again and it never fails to make me laugh :)

Then touch down and back to sg ! tra la la