Living on the Edge

The title is very literal.
On Saturday my darling friend Seyi and I decided to enjoy some California Sun, sand and water. Little did we know the adventure that lay ahead.

We set out to Santa Cruz since we wanted a change from San Francisco beaches. We drove all the way, through the windy mountains, reached our destination and then realized we didn't want to be there. See Santa Cruz is your typical beach town, boardwalk with rides, candyfloss, beach boys, naked girls, a nice dose of hippies, basically lots of "characters". And Seyi and I were just looking for peace from a long week.

We were stuck, it was already 3:30 we couldn't go back to SF. Seyi then had a crazy idea,
"Why don't we just drive on highway 1, it's on the coast anyway and we'll just make a turning where we see an open road..." I gave her a crazed side eye and said nothing.
We had barely driven 5mins and she turned into what looked like farmland to me. she promised she saw water beyond... and so we began to walk...

Crossed some railway tracks, I was excited, still a little skeptical, this is how horror movies start

A teaser! water!! we were so excited till we realized there was no way for us to descend the cliff :(

So I fooled around a bit

And then the exciting part! we started walking along the cliff edges! it was exhilarating, scary, dangerous amazing

And the view! Amazing!! I don't know how many feet above we were maybe 200ft? crazy

At this point there were signs "Danger unstable cliff" Seyi inched closer, crazy!

you can tell we're really close here, it doesn't look that far down but it was. the crash of the water on the rocks! wonderful

Finally a not-too-steep descent

After 40mins of walking we were glad to find this path, albeit windy and steep

Spooky! we made it!

Spooky caves were the sounds of the waves echoed, of course we were the only ones here

Happiness

Relaxation time (check out my naija flip flops :D)

The long walk home

It was an amazing day and getaway, I felt sooo rejuvenated. It was just the pick-me-up I needed. Thank you Seyi, for an amazing day. We truly had the best YOLO moments :*

ps- all photos courtesy Seyi's iphone

Hope you enjoyed!

Weekend in the City: San Francisco

San Francisco is absolutely my favorite city in the world! I get to go there often since I live only an hour and a half away and there is always something new to discover.
A couple of weekends ago a friend was visiting from out of town and I decided to go the touristy route and show her the sights.

 Fooling around before we left : Seyi, Myself, Yinka( the out of towner)

 We got to meet these amazing dalmatians!! They were absolutely gorgeous and friendly!

 We took a tour boat which was a lot of fun, i actually learned a lot of fun history. Seyi and Yinka are waving to the pedestrians on the bridge. lol

 We got to see it really close up and it was rather breath-taking, so much that I forgot to take pictures

 The ever famous Alcatraz. It was very spooky going near this Famous prison, but it was interesting to learn that in the 70's American Indians occupied the place in protest of their rights.

We got to be kids for a bit and went on a carousel ride in Fisherman's Wharf! Best tourist area! and if you like seafood you will love it.

Later that evening we went over to Ghirardelli square, the famous chocolate garden. We got to see the chocolate making process and it was simply amazing, unfortunately my camera's battery died so no photos :( speaking of photos, why does blogger make my picture quality so bad? ugh! can anyone offer suggestions on fixing this?
 If you ever decide to visit San Francisco, hit me up and I can recommend some fun things to do... cos there is soooo much.

Have you been to San Francisco? If yes Did you like it? If no do you want to go?

Till next time.
Sabirah...