~San Francisco Part 7~

Day 9
Went to Haight street recommended by the girls the day before. We were surprised that there wasn't a lot to see when we got there. Still we found a nice Indian restaurant called Nuts N' Chetsney where the lunch for the day, Chicken Thali tasted pretty good. Even the rice and Naan and Dahl tasted pretty awesome. After a good lunch we took the bus and head of to Castro, the so-called place with most gay people. We switched bus at Divideson which was actually the happening part of Haight Street that we were supposed to go as we later found out.

Anyway, Castro was a pretty harmless place during the day. Got to see a lot of Rainbow Flags around,lots of man holding another man's hand while walking down the street, and lots of sex toy shops with man-manequinne wearing thongs,rabbit ears etc. There were lots of guys shops and bars there seeing the place was mostly occupied by guys. Well,I found the street pretty lively and nothing was really unacceptably-queer. I took some pictures of guys holding hand and I was satisfied.

Next we went to get dessert at Cocola and I got myself a Carribean Passion smoothies at Jamba Juice. The weather was really hot and the smoothies really helped me cool down. My last dinner in SF was beef and shrimp ramen. And we tried the French macaroon and Milfeiure from Cocola's as dessert. Spend the test of the evening buying chocolates as souvenirs and packing and watching Hell's Kitchen.

Day 10
After breakfast Emerson helped me with my luggage to the Bart Station at Powell's. Really nice of him to sacrifise his time to take me around. Took the Bart to SFO and checked in with 2more hours before departure. I noticed the pretty Japanese-American looking couple sitting behind me one the day I came was on the same flight with me back to Narita. Talk about coincident, I even bumped into my sensei while crossing near Powell's. The earth is so small.

Anyway,I was surprised to find that although it took 8 hours to fly to SF,it actually took 10 hours to fly to Narita. That 10 hours was hell of a long one,watched 2 movies, played 3 different games available, slept, went to the WC 4 times,eat,stare at map to read about our flight info etc. After clearing customs, I wanted to buy the 1K tickets to Nippori but was offered by a father there for 900yen. He even told me that my train would be leaving within 1 hour,thank goodness I managed to slip in the train before the doors were closed. One the way from Nippori to Shinjuku, it was actually snowing. To think that it's the end of March already, it should be Spring..why is there snow?

Felt the shivers when I finally got to Clem's place at 7.30pm,changed into thicker clothing then headed out for dinner and karaoke til daylight for LJ's farewell. Really going to miss her..