Trip to Monterey & Carmel
Alright folks, my last few days in the US of A (in this trip) are here. My plan to make the best possbile use of these 3 days (the Thanksgiving weekend) was originally to head to the Grand Canyon or maybe even Los Angeles. But the Airfares were just too expensive and I settled for other things
The plan is like this :
24 Nov – Monterey & Carmel
25 Nov – San Francisco day tour & Alcatraz
26 Nov – Yosemite day tour
27 Nov – SFO to Changi
So, on the evening of 23 rd I told my goodbyes to the folks at the eBay office and got picked up by Varma. Dinner at his place. We headed out the next day morning to the South
First stop was Point Lobos State Reserve. A state park by the Pacific ocean with Monterey Cypress & Pine tress and lots of birds . We did a few hikes around Point Lobos and managed quite few shots too
Since I had a desire to head down to Big Sur (or atleast drive on the famous highway by the sea), that is exactly what we did. A very scenic drive along the ocean. We did this for about 30 odd minutes before we headed back
Carmel was the next desitnation for Lunch. Pizza at an Italian joint called Nico’s. Carmel by the Sea is a quaint town where one can find lots of Aged tourists and the place is apparently well known for its Art galleries. At point of time it was an Artist’s village but now ofcourse all the artists are out of it because the real estate is rather expensive
From Carmel we then hit the 17 mile drive. A very scenic route, embellished by a few Golf courses (Pebble Beach where the US Open is played is here) and part of the drive is along the Ocean. One of the highlights is the Lone Cypress tree which is apparently around 200 + years old and stand alone by the Ocean. A very good photo-op
From here we headed on the road to Monterey, though we didn’t quite have the time to go to the Aquarium there and thereon to Salinas. Salinas is apparently famous for the Steinbeck house, though I wanted to see the place because of the reference to place in the song ‘Me & Bobby McGee‘. A very quaint town. The route from here to San Jose passed through what I hear is the Argicultural heartland of California. Large speard farms, though there is no cultivation happening now, possible winter is not quite the right season for it
Dinner again at Varma’s place and finally at close to 10 in the night got dropped by him to my Hotel in San Francisco
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