A Ferry Ride in San Diego

Ferry ride from Downtown San Diego to Coronado Island, California

Last year, I took the ferry, connecting Downtown San Diego to Coronado Island, for the first time.  It is a short trip of about 15 minutes.  In fact, you spend more time on the pier than on the boat.  But this is probably, the most efficient (and cheap) way to have glorious views of the [...]

Miramar Air Show, San Diego

Miramar Air Show 2012, San Diego, California

  On October, I was able to attend my first air show.  The Miramar Air Show is an annual air show held at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. The three-day event is the largest military air show in the nation, with total annual attendance estimated at 700,000. Best of all, [...]

27 Great Photos of San Diego Safari Park

Lorikeets

Call it safari, zoo or wild animal park.  None of those names convince me. In my opinion, the San Diego Safari Park is a research and conservation facility open to the public.  Of course, the words “conservation” and “research” are not that advertisement friendly. They need to use more catchy words to attract the public. [...]

A story of buildings, statues and parrots in San Diego

Museum of Art

Take a look at the following photos and tell me what you see.       Where are those buildings located?  At a city in France? Cold, cold.  At a town in Spain?  Well, you are getting there. These beautiful, European-style buildings are located at the Balboa Park in sunny San Diego, California.  They have [...]

Papillon Photos: Old Town San Diego

Building near the Fiesta de Reyes Area

Before last weekend, I have never been to San Diego even though I have lived 8 years in California.  Well, I have officially been to San Diego in many occasions but I don’t count them like proper visit to the sunny city. I have visited Sea World many times and I went once to the [...]

A Cosmopolitan, Ghosts and Old San Diego

Close up of the Cosmopolitan Hotel

The title of this post may be misleading.  Let me explain why. I am not sure what came to your mind when you read the title.  Maybe you thought I started seeing spectrums after too many cosmopolitans in the city of San Diego.  You were right about the city.  You were right about the ghosts.  [...]

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