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san_francisco_china_town.jpg (235693 bytes)    Entrance to Chinatown on Grant Avenue.  Hotels were very expensive in San Francisco, so we stayed in two places.  They both turned out to be across the road from each other, about 100 yards from this gate!  Chinatown is really wonderful with loads of little knick-knack shops and great dim sum.

san_francisco_alcatraz.jpg (144576 bytes)    Alcatraz prison.  We didn't go over to see it - after all, we'd seen Clint Eastward in 'Escape from Alcatraz' right?  We'd already seen enough of the inside!

san_francisco_lombard_st.jpg (94269 bytes)    san_francisco_lombard_st1.jpg (214086 bytes)    Lombard St - the crookedest street in San Francisco.  Not suitable for buses or trailers!

san_francisco_coit_tower1.jpg (76561 bytes)    san_francisco_coit_tower.jpg (53360 bytes)    Coit Tower.  This used to be a lookout post.  When ships were sighted, the sentry would use flags in a type of semaphore to let the people of the town know what kind of ship and where it was docking.  The system was made obsolete after 30 years, by the invention of the telegraph.

san_francisco_pyramid_building.jpg (85339 bytes)    san_francisco_trans_america_pyramid.jpg (76665 bytes)    Trans America Pyramid.  Cool modern architecture which looks great juxtaposed with some of the older buildings in the city.

san_francisco_mural.jpg (149210 bytes)    san_francisco_mural_car.jpg (126897 bytes)    There are murals everywhere, even on cars!

san_francisco_momo.jpg (78636 bytes)    San Francisco MOMA.  There were some excellent exhibits when we visited.  We especially liked one called 'Art in the Digital Age'.  The artists were developing some really interesting themes, using all kinds of multimedia technology.  Glen's favourite was a maze made from transparent films containing screen shots and television screens from millenium eve.

san_francisco_buena_yerba.jpg (192780 bytes)    Sunday afternoon in Buena Yerba square, near MOMA.

san_francisco_roberta.jpg (140647 bytes)    Roberta near the fountains in Buena Yerba square.

san_francisco_bridge_fog1.jpg (41654 bytes)    Golden Gate Bridge through the fog.  It would roll in from the sea in bands, leaving the rest of the sky blue and sunny.

san_francisco_bridge_fog.jpg (80867 bytes)    Driving across the bridge in the fog.

san_francisco_coast_road.jpg (140966 bytes)    The coast road between Carmel and Big Sur.

G&R_Triton_Hotel.jpg (63084 bytes)    Glen and Roberta at the Triton Hotel just before leaving for the airport.