Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Thursday, September 13, 2012

San Francisco Bridge - Engineering marvel that stood the test of time

This is a trivia to you guys which may not know about... The San Francisco bridge large supporting wires are actually made of of thousand of smaller wires held together to support its support structure, which is the bridge itself.


General view of the smaller wires

Close up view. It's the first time i've seen upclose.


Side View - see the huge clamp support hold the bundle together. NICE Engineering!

Tourist at the famous San Francisco Bridge

Cyclist at the San Francisco bridge

Runners at the San Francisco bridge

Nice!



Majestic!

At the foot of the bridge

Very good condition of the paint work

This piece of engineering stand the test of time and still looks very well maintained. Nice... Luv it!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Visit to Shanghai, China

These photos were taken in Shanghai, China - a side trip after the official business.
Shanghai street at dawn of night

Pretending as if...

This place is close to the MRT station i took to get here.

For sure I couldn't recognize the characters!

Busy Shanghai street

The Bund - Shanghai river at night

The Bund - Shanghai river

The Bund - Shanghai at night