Monday, December 08, 2008

Day 3 in San Francisco

The most memorable moments of the tripNever in my life time i had 2 tires burst in 1 day LOL. Well, I save the story for later.


6am at Port of San Francisco
Is freaking cold here to wait for sun rise


I saw this loving couple. Is really romantic despite the cold.
When will be my turn for this romantic stuff?


Took another pic when the sky gets brighter


The sky look likes gona rain T_T

Begin some playful shot on the pier

Fun shot with Mingwei

After the sunrise, we return to our DOM, packed up and go.

We began moving out of San Francisco

We on our way to our last destination, Lake Tahoe

We drive pass Golden gate bridge, estimated time to travel is ard 3hrs

But then....
Ok the story is like this. When we travel half way, i told Yifei abt his car
is shaking. I suspect is the tire is not enough air. So we went to the
petrol kiosk to pump his tires. So he pump the tires, i went in the shop to buy
some sweets. So when i come out of the shop and ask Yifei is he done with
the pumping, i heard,,, tac tac.. tac... Then i asked... wats sound was that..
then Yifei touch the tire, BOMB!! The tire burst right infront of us

So we called Mingwei for rescue to change the spare tire

His tire is hard to find man... 195/50/15 i still remember the size

We finally found his tire.. The shop is almost closing


They close at 230pm. We reach ard 2++ Lucky US!! WOO
While changing tire half way, then saw this truck spinning his way

Well from here on, i never take anymore pics because we burst another tire after we change 1 tire. Our whole car spin just like the truck pic which u saw just now. But the truck spin intentionally but ours is unintentionally. Our car spin till the road shoulder luckily it stopped as 1 side of the car had fallen of the shoulder already. Is getting dark and cold outside. I thinking i might be sleeping in the car for the night... Lucky Yifei got Iphone began searching for help. We called the towing service half way a Patrol cop bike can and ask wat happen. We told him our tire burst and he help us called the towing service. We waited till the tow truck came and tow our car to the nearest town.



Courtyard Marriot our Motel

As the time is already 6pm. All the shop is closed. So we had to go to the nearest motel and had our car unloaded then think of a solution. We ca,,ed Mingwei once we reached the motel. So we change the spare tire again. then rest for the day.


The Next day (Day 4)
Mingei = Gone

Yifei was stressed

Cos most shop never open on Sun (Keng Yeow)

Even if they open, they dun have his tire
So they hop on Mingwei car to recce ard
while KengYeow and myelf stay at room

View outside our Motel

Finally found the tire shop to change the remaining 3 tires

Driving through with this kind of fog condition..

Well, we still made it back home despite all the trouble we went through. It was an adventure. Nevertheless, feel free to visit my flickr to view the pics. My Flickr