Legs and Borders

Around midday after a long trip from Oregon I decided to not waste any time and start exploring the city. I went along the San Francisco Bay and seen the Treasure Island, Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge from the distance. I kept on walking and finally arrived at the Pier 39 where I could take a boat tour going around the above attractions, Alcatraz tours visiting the island itself were sold out for the next two days so I decided to substitute it with the bay sightseeing. The tour took 90 minutes we went right underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, twice around the Alcatraz and then to the other side of the town next to Treasure Island with a good panorama of the city, it was definitely worth the time and money. Pier 39 had another unexpected (for me) attraction a bunch of sea lions decided to make it their home in 1989 after their habitat got destroyed by earthquake. They been resting and causing all kind of drama on the wooden platforms at the bay, they were an absolute joy to watch and I...

My second and last exploring stop during the stay in Japan. Online resources were giving me different perspectives on the way site is being protected. Some talking about cameras, motion sensors and angry security, trying to rip you off for damaging the premises, while others telling a story of a pretty easy and straight forward to do site. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst as they say, i assumed that the first scenario is the case and approached Dreamland quite cautiously. Did a few rounds around it, looking for mentioned devices and personas, had a brief brake after bumping into a Japanese clacking security device at one of the side roads, that scared the crap out of me (but trucks been using it, so i assumed it was placed to protect something else). Eventually i got inside with eyes and ears peeled to anything suspicious. Chosen the roller-coaster for the first stop, as it had good view range in case something was about to happen. Unfortunately it didn't, so no copy/p...