the travels of a Climbaddict » USA http://climbaddict.wordpress.com ...in scribbles, doodles and quickdraws Sat, 03 May 2008 16:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/7b2dd7e363dcc1dd95a19f6e6f6366d0?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png the travels of a Climbaddict » USA http://climbaddict.wordpress.com leaving USA, the big security search http://climbaddict.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/leaving-usa-the-big-security-search/ http://climbaddict.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/leaving-usa-the-big-security-search/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:44:39 +0000 climbaddict http://climbaddict.wordpress.com/?p=271 ]]>

26 to 27 April 2005

We were nominated for a 40 minutes security check at the San Francisco
Airport while leaving for Tokyo. We have to remove our shoes and our packs
were extensively strip-searched. Luckily we weren’t searched like our packs.
I almost thought we were going to miss our flight.

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And we were back to shopping…

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…with some Castro sight-seeing…

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…and our flight to Tokyo.

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23 to 25 April 2005

After two days of window shopping, we finally took some time off to sight-see. Golden Gate Bridge. Lombard Street. And it’s the usual sights in San Francisco’s hilly streets.

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My sketch of that famous red bridge.

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We got a taste of Japan in Japan Town before getting to Tokyo
in a few days.

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21 to 22 April 2005

Our first two days in San Francisco seemed like shopping days. Just going from stores to stores to stores. Actually I was hoping to meet up with some friends here and go climbing in the nearby crags. But couldn’t find them. Sigh…

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We stayed in Ling’s friend, Tony’s crib. Saved us quite some money. Actually, quite a lot of money.

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Trolley ticket. Muni tickets.

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20 April 2005

We retired our Spanish today. We woke up in Mexico, and by evening we were in San Francisco.

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The Puerto Vallarta postcard.

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BART ticket. It’s like the MRT in Singapore.

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