The specific itinerary is as follows:
Day 1 day Beijing-San Jose
The next day San Jose-San Francisco
The third day San Francisco
Day 4 San Francisco-1 Expressway-Los Angeles
Day 5 Universal Cinema
Day 6 Los Angeles-Las Vegas
Day 7 Las Vegas-Grand Canyon-Peggy
Day 8 Antelope Canyon-horseshoe bend-Salt Lake City
Day 9 Salt Lake City-Great Salt Lake-West Huangshi
Day 10 Huangshi National Park
Day 12 Salt Lake City-San Jose
Day 13 San Jose-Beijing
Look at this road map. It's quite shocking. Compared with 13 days, this trip is still relatively tight. It's too hard to see more beautiful scenery in a limited time.
The day of departure is coming, and traveling is always exciting. On June 15, I flew to San Jose by Hainan Airlines. The plane was very comfortable. After a night's sleep, I arrived at San Jose International Airport smoothly. I felt quite energetic, not sleepy, and there was no time difference. The airport is not big, only HNA and ANA land in San Jose, so there are not many people entering the customs here. Baggage leaves the terminal in less than 20 minutes, which is very efficient. California in June is not hot at all. Although it's sunny, it's still a little cold. Taking the airport bus to the car rental building for car rental formalities, avis is really inefficient, and it takes about 40 minutes. The elevator opposite the car rental counter goes directly to the fifth floor to pick up the car. The Indian brother in charge of the car told me that it was still being cleaned. After waiting for a while, the Indian brother drove away. That's a Subaru Outback, which has just driven 600 miles and is in good condition.
After leaving the airport, I am not familiar with the road conditions here and need materials urgently. Google first went to the nearest Wal-Mart to fix it. The urban road network in America is very developed. Four lanes lead to four directions, so it is necessary to make a prediction in advance, otherwise it will be too late to change lanes. Americans drive very fast, and they can go straight and turn corners very fast. You must obey the rules when driving in America, otherwise it is really dangerous.
There are many fast food restaurants around Wal-Mart. By the way, I tasted a hot hamburger in In-N-Out, California. The hamburger patties are juicy and the vegetables are fresh. The set meal is around 6 yuan, and the price is similar to McDonald's, but the taste is too strong. As long as you meet this store along the way, you will basically go shopping. After leaving Wal-Mart, I went to Silicon Valley to look at the offices of big American manufacturers.
The first stop is Apple. Apple's surrounding environment is very good, but there is only one apple store in the world where fruit powder buys products, and there is nothing else. It is not that iron powder is not recommended.
The second stop is Google. Google feels a little more thoughtful than Apple, and a lady is arranged at the door to direct the traffic.
The Google office area is decorated with some decorations for tourists to take pictures.
The third stop is facebook. There is nothing to see about this, just a few buildings, which is not recommended. I drove around and left. Continue north, pass through Stamford town, and then be sure to visit the university. Stanford University is very big, and it took a long way to visit one-fifth of the school.
Stanford University in the graduation season.
Hufota
Exercise on the Stanford playground.
Stanford is an hour's drive from San Francisco, not far. It arrives at the hotel at about 6: 30 pm. San Francisco is really cold, and I can't feel the warm sunshine in California at all. In the evening, I went to dinner with my friends and visited the University of California, Berkeley.
Bell tower in heavy snow.
In the evening, I ate Japanese food with local friends and ended my first day's trip.
June 16 San Francisco
I set out for downtown San Francisco early in the morning and arrived at Shuangfeng Town first. I wanted to climb to the top on foot, but the wind and fog were so heavy that I couldn't see the panoramic view of San Francisco, so I had to give up. After going down the mountain, I went to the Golden Gate Bridge. The wind was too strong. Now the impression of San Francisco is cold, where is the legendary sunshine coast. Walking along the path by the sea, at the end, there is a coffee shop, which is crowded. It's probably because it's too cold, so I want to have a hot cup to drive away the cold.
Golden Gate Bridge in the fog.
Leave the Golden Gate Bridge and go to the bustling Jiuqu Flower Street.
After driving for three times, I became addicted to cars, so I didn't have high requirements for driving skills, because there were traffic controllers to direct traffic, so I didn't have to wait in line for a long time like the legend. It's interesting to drive with someone watching outside.
Leave Flower Street and drive to Chinatown.
On Little Square, the most impressive Chinatown, many elderly people in China are in a daze in wheelchairs (most of them are southerners from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and the dialect sung in the center of the square is very noisy. Living such a life, I think they should miss their hometown every day, and their impression of Chinatown is not as good as that of domestic fifth-tier cities.
This big ramp is very characteristic of San Francisco!
The Pan-American Pyramid in the distance.
Graffiti in Chinatown
After shopping all day, I was very hungry, so I went to Fisherman's Wharf to have a seafood dinner. Fisherman's Wharf is one of the busiest areas in San Francisco, where tourists, street performers and various foods are intertwined. Pier 39, a fixed rest area for sea lions, to observe wild sea lions at close range.
In the distance, Alcatraz is the prototype of the movie "Breaking into the Island of Death".
I chose a restaurant named Fogang Fish House and enjoyed a big meal by the sea.
Sour bread cream mushroom soup, this bread is a local specialty, sour and hard.
This meal was delicious, and it cost fifty or sixty yuan. Restaurants can be searched in public comments.
June 65438, 2007
The third day's trip is from San Francisco to Los Angeles via 17 km highway and 1 expressway. 17-mileDrive (17 mile) is one of the famous tourist attractions in California, and was once rated as the three best driving scenic routes in the United States. This private highway near the Pacific Ocean is enduring for its beautiful coastal scenery, world-famous golf courses and deep courtyards. Moreover, its biggest special feature is that this large coastline of the Pacific Ocean is privately owned, so it can be called the most fascinating private coast in the world, and it needs to pay a toll of 10 to enter.
"seventeen miles" of sea view
Squirrels fattened by tourists
After leaving 17 Li Road, I officially entered California Highway No.1, the most beautiful highway in legend. California 1 Highway connects San Francisco and Los Angeles from north to south, along the west coast of zig zag, with a total length of over 65,438+0,000 kilometers. Due to the unique geographical environment, one side is vast sea and sky, and the sails are blue; On the one hand, there are cliffs, green mountains and green waters, green grass, cattle and horses in groups and beautiful scenery. It is called the most beautiful highway in the world.
Bixby Bridge is an open single arch bridge with a span of about 100 meter, which is the longest concrete bridge in California highway system. The name of bixby River under the bridge comes from Charles Henry bixby, who comes from Livingston County, new york, and came to Monterrey Peninsula in 1868, where he bought a large area of land and engaged in the production of railway sleepers.
Daqiaoben bridge
1 a good expressway is not an expressway, and there are few cars and beautiful scenery. In the scenic spots along the way, many protruding loess roads are humanized designed for vehicles to stop and enjoy the scenery. But because there are detours everywhere, it is still very tiring to drive down. Although the scenery is beautiful, driving is very tiring.
Beautiful scenery along the way
The trip started from San Francisco at 8: 00 in the morning and arrived at the Los Angeles Hotel at 9: 00 in the evening. I was exhausted and fell asleep.
June 18
Today, I mainly visited Universal Studios and bought an express ticket on my mobile phone in advance. The express ticket already includes the ticket. After breakfast, McDonald's drove to Universal Studios. The parking lot is very big, and it costs 30 yuan to park. I am still looking forward to visiting its hometown for the first time. Download the app to check the queue time in real time. Universal Studios California is small as a whole, with about ten amusement facilities. There were far fewer tourists than Osaka, and the hottest queue didn't last more than 40 minutes, so we played Harry Potter twice.
To sum up, the projects of Universal Studios Hollywood can be completed once a day, and some can be arranged for the second time. Express tickets are not necessary. Transformers, Minions and Harry Potter are all fun. In America, we can play whatever we really want, and there are so few people waiting in line.
Go to Santa Monica Beach for dinner after Universal Studios.
The famous route 66 terminal.
California pizza and kung pao chicken spaghetti taste a little porcelain.
June 65438, 2009
I'm leaving Los Angeles for Las Vegas today. I didn't go to town on this trip to Los Angeles. I didn't go to traditional tourist areas such as Hollywood and the Avenue of Stars. One reason is that time is short. It is not easy to park in the city. Downtown Los Angeles doesn't appeal to me very much. There are too many homeless people.
432 kilometers, 15 expressway direct. Come on after breakfast. Let's go. After leaving California, the 15 expressway gradually entered the desert area, with straight roads and wide vision. They are all straight roads, which are easy to drive.
After driving for four hours, I finally arrived at the outlet in the south of Las Vegas, where I could have a rest. Today is the first time to arrive at the destination ahead of schedule these days, and it will be the only time since this trip. Las Vegas is really hot, from about 20 degrees in California to 40+. Fortunately, Nan Ole is indoors and doesn't need to be exposed to the sun. There are not many places to visit in Ole. Chamption is really cheap, nike is really cheap. They are basically American brands. I bought two champions, and I heard right. The device is pocket-sized. You can imagine how cheap the American champion is. When I got off the bus, the fruit didn't get off the bus, but it was ripe a few hours later. Water is also hot. I didn't expect to drink hot water in this way, but I really want to drink ice water at the moment!
Ordinary fruit
Baked fruit [laugh and cry]
After visiting Ole, I listened to Gao's advice among many delicious foods in Las Vegas and ate American crayfish crawfish. Stir-fry the sauce and put it in a bag with corn and potatoes. Can be paired with other seafood. It tastes good, and it may be more delicious and distinctive than the buffet recommended by various raiders.
Las Vegas at night, various hotels.
At midnight, after watching the program, drive back to the hotel. At midnight, the heat in Las Vegas continued unabated, and the streets were crowded. This time I stayed at Trump Hotel, which is located at the northernmost end of the strip, but it was quiet and there was no casino.
On June 20th, Leaving Las Vegas visited the most luxurious Venetian.
Sigh Bridge, St. Kyle Square, Bell Tower and gondola ... Everything in Venice can be seen here. The hotel is full of Venetian arch bridges, small canals and stone roads. Especially the canal on the second floor, the arch bridge and stone road full of Venice, and the artificial sky that changes every 20 minutes are very spectacular. You can take the Venetian gondola and enjoy the coastal scenery.
(of buildings) magnificent and sparkling.
There are online celebrity shops, eggslut, online celebrities and casinos all over the world. Look at this man's lines.
This shop also sells hamburgers. . It's just that eggs are added in the middle, which is a bit like McDonald's breakfast. The white one is a slut, and the mashed potatoes below are steamed eggs above. This combination is quite new.
After breakfast, the gas station refueled, bid farewell to Vegas, and began a long journey.