During our last day in San Francisco, our family together with Achi Sherry and Ahia Edward went to De Young Museum at the Golden Gate Park, which incidentally had a special exhibit of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaos. Too bad we were not allowed to take any photos of the Egyptian exhibit so we merely took photos outside.
Hair-raising trees at the Golden Gate Park. The 1,017 acres park is covered with grassy meadows, wooded bike trails, secluded lakes, open groves, and gardens.
After our light lunch, we went inside the California Academy of Sciences located in the same park. It is a multifaceted scientific institution with very interesting exhibits.
What's cool about the exhibits is that most of them are in 3D. Plus, the tour served as a little review of our past science lessons.
Rainforests of the World is a 4-storey rainforest exhibit, where dripping water sets the beat for a symphony of croaking frogs and chirping birds. Some exhibits include Borneo’s bat caves, chameleons from Madagascar and the Amazonian flooded forest. Meanwhile, the exhibits from the Kimball Natural History Museum draw heavily from its 150-plus years of research, its 20 million specimens, and the expertise of its many world-class scientists.
The Steinhart Aquarium is home to 38,000 live animals from around the world, representing more than 900 species.
That night, we went to the Orpheum Theatre to watch the world-renowned play, Wicked. The tickets were pretty expensive but it was so worth it.
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