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Home -> Travel Blogs -> Seattle/San Francisco 17 Jun 07 - 23 Jun 07 Pg 5
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I looked at my watch in amazement as I stood on Fort Point; it took me 3.5 hours to walk from Pier 39 to the Bridge!

The Bridge had always been an icon of San Francisco. Completed in 1937, it was then the largest suspension bridge in the world. Spanning 1.3kms across Golden Gate (no points for guessing how the bridge got its name), the cavity between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, it links the city of San Francisco and the Marin County. During WWII, thousands of young men sailed under this bridge to participate in the Pacific War. I can imagine how they felt as the Bridge diminishes as their ships steams out of this great bay.

While nothing significant happened when I crossed the Bridge, the views overlooking the San Francisco Bay is refreshing. Although it is in the middle of summer, constant light winds ensured that my jacket was always on me. When I got over to the other side, I took a rest by eating an apple (from Seattle), enjoyed the breeze, wrote postcards and pampering myself a dose of Californian sunshine. It was 1730hrs then. I never ever knew that it was so wonderful to be alone, even though it's going to be so hard sometimes.

Getting back to SFO (in theory) wasn't too difficult, but I made it more challenging by marching to the nearest BART station (Civic Center) from the Bridge! Getting back to Crissy Field again, I turned into Laguna Street and continued into the direction of Market Street. It was then that I realise San Francisco City is made up of multiple hills; only God knows why they want to build a damn city here. In the end, all I got was a sprained ankle, the realisation that I can still run (or wobber) for my train while I almost missed my flight (luckily I didn't). Though I got a priceless opportunity to see San Francisco on foot, I don't think I will ever do it again (at least in such frantic pace).

Afterall, I covered 20 kilometers in 12 hours!

   
wyattwang.com doing it ON the Golden Gate Bridge!

I was panicky while I was doing this due to reasons below:
a) it was pretty windy; paranoid that my camera will be blown away,
b) afraid that someone might think I was trying to contribute to the suicide statistics of this bridge.

Are you a great photographer only if you are using a Canon digital SLR?

- Marin County Golden Gate Bridge rest point
The afternoon sun shines on the bridge unrelentingly as a cyclist speeds past my view.
I wonder if the folks who pasted the labels (on the signboard) were ever prosecuted.
Didn't even knew that I had such long legs that spanned across 2 lanes.
Impressions of Golden Gate Bridge.

p.s.: I had to agree that the toiling today was all the more worth it because of the next few pictures I had taken.
America in turmoil?

*The automated sprinklers on Crissy Field was probably activated to water the nice green grass.*
Here comes the sun; it's life-giving shine looks especially magnificant in the garden of darkness.
The "Golden" Gate Bridge.

p.s.: I thought this was the best photo I had taken for this trip.
21 Jun 07, 2236hrs - Blurred (you can't expect my hands to be steady after all that walking) impression of the train as I was rushing back to claim my luggage from the Airport baggage claim service (it closes at 11pm). Perhaps it was time to press the panic button (!) because my watch says 10.26pm when I was at the Civic Center.

Will I ever make it back home?

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