Day 30: Big Sur
Another backdated entry. Oh well... better than no updates!
So Big Sur was probably one of the most exciting/enjoyable places for me on our trip here. Big Sur is on a coastal drive on Highway 1 which we started from Santa Maria to Santa Barbara. The views from the highway was just astounding. We stopped so often till we ended up reaching Santa Barbara only at night at about 9pm.
Chris said that driving to Santa Barbara when the sun went out shortened his life by a few years. I guess it was quite stressful for him since there were no lights on the road and he is not a very experienced driver plus we were on right hand drive though I think the latter wasn't a key reason.
Oh yes back to Big Sur.
We stopped over to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to check out the famous McWay Falls which was apparently "the perfect beach". It was nice but I don't think it would be the "perfect beach" as one would claim. But it was nice. The waterfall as seen in the picture on the right is a very small one but it's interesting to see it on the beach, making it a mix of fresh and salt water.
The highlight of the journey was stumbling upon the numerous elephant seals on the beach near San Simeon. It was amazing. I've never been so close to a seal before, much less elephant seals! They were so cute and so noisy and smelly. Both of us really enjoyed that.
Enjoy more of the pictures of our trip to Big Sur below. Big Sur is a great place to go. It's not a commercial tourist place because you don't see big tour buses going there but you see many people driving there to see the sights. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Another scene from Big Sur.
This was taken at near McWay Falls at the park.
One of the man-made highlights along Highway 1.
Not sure if this is the Bixby Bridge cos we ended up seeing about 3 bridges
and weren't sure which one of them is the Bixby Bridge.
Just a colorful scene along the road on our way to San Simeon.
Chris, posing like an Abercrombie model.
This sweater is his birthday present from me.
Elephant seals in abundance.
Notice the seal in the middle was looking straight at me.
These ladies can be very aggressive.
I think they get annoyed at each other cos they keep climbing on top of the other.
I love this shot. It's my NatGeo moment.
They make lots of noise and are not shy of it.
We learned that these (about 100+) seals all belong to 1 male seal.
We only caught a glimpse of the alpha male dipping into the sea.
So Big Sur was probably one of the most exciting/enjoyable places for me on our trip here. Big Sur is on a coastal drive on Highway 1 which we started from Santa Maria to Santa Barbara. The views from the highway was just astounding. We stopped so often till we ended up reaching Santa Barbara only at night at about 9pm.
Chris said that driving to Santa Barbara when the sun went out shortened his life by a few years. I guess it was quite stressful for him since there were no lights on the road and he is not a very experienced driver plus we were on right hand drive though I think the latter wasn't a key reason.
Oh yes back to Big Sur.
We stopped over to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to check out the famous McWay Falls which was apparently "the perfect beach". It was nice but I don't think it would be the "perfect beach" as one would claim. But it was nice. The waterfall as seen in the picture on the right is a very small one but it's interesting to see it on the beach, making it a mix of fresh and salt water.
The highlight of the journey was stumbling upon the numerous elephant seals on the beach near San Simeon. It was amazing. I've never been so close to a seal before, much less elephant seals! They were so cute and so noisy and smelly. Both of us really enjoyed that.
Enjoy more of the pictures of our trip to Big Sur below. Big Sur is a great place to go. It's not a commercial tourist place because you don't see big tour buses going there but you see many people driving there to see the sights. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Another scene from Big Sur.This was taken at near McWay Falls at the park.
One of the man-made highlights along Highway 1.Not sure if this is the Bixby Bridge cos we ended up seeing about 3 bridges
and weren't sure which one of them is the Bixby Bridge.
Just a colorful scene along the road on our way to San Simeon.
Chris, posing like an Abercrombie model. This sweater is his birthday present from me.
Elephant seals in abundance.Notice the seal in the middle was looking straight at me.
These ladies can be very aggressive.
I think they get annoyed at each other cos they keep climbing on top of the other.
I love this shot. It's my NatGeo moment.
They make lots of noise and are not shy of it.
We learned that these (about 100+) seals all belong to 1 male seal. We only caught a glimpse of the alpha male dipping into the sea.
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