04 October 2010

US West Coast Trip 2010: Yosemite National Park

4 hours drive from San Francisco city center, Yosemite National Park is a World Heritage Site.  

Excerpts from Wikipedia:

“Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity

We took a tour from San Francisco, costs USD$130 per pax (excluding tips). Expensive right?! What to do, its quite far and its certainly dangerous for us to drive all the way up to the mountain.

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The sky was really BLUE that day, I love the formation of clouds…Amazing!

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After the long drive, we were almost there!

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Check out the waterfall from afar! picture perfect with the burst of cloud at the top right corner of the picture!

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Upon arrival, we were left to explore the park on our own!

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We were in a forest! So rare for me to go into a forest!

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Our next destination was to get to the bottom of IT! the waterfall of course!

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Some introduction before reaching the waterfall

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There we were! This picture was taken using my old camera as I cannot risk my DSLR! The water from the waterfall kept splashing towards us!

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We thought that it was cold in the woods, turned out that it was HOT that day! wrong guess on our part

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Yosemite is also home to some cute animals !IF you look very carefully in this picture, you will be able to spot a deer! Tell me if you can spot it!

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attempted artistic shot using my Canon, can you tell the effects on the water?

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we had to walk 30mins to get to this beautiful lake

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so picturesque

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I enjoyed our day in Yosemite National Park very much even though I am not too much of an outdoor person! If you have extra time in San Francisco, I would recommend you going for this excursion!