Taking the ferry on San Francisco bay, can save time, reduce stress, save money and be a great scenic trip all at the same time.
Cross the Golden Gate from San Francisco into Sausalito. The Presidio Yacht Club is located in Horseshoe Cove near the Bay Area Discovery Museum (for children).
Originally built in 1898, this San Francisco landmark at the foot of Market Street was one of the busiest transit terminals in the world prior to the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges during the 1930s. Ferry traffic declined dramatically thereafter, and from the 1950s until the mid-1990s, the Ferry Building was hidden behind an ugly elevated freeway.
Bodega Bay Headlands. Where California meets the ocean.
Beautiful Halong Bay
Catherhine Hill Bay on the Nsw Australian east coast, once was a thriving coal mine town with an impressive coal loading facility. The coal mines have since closed and the coal loading wharf now sits abandoned.
The Santa Maria Cruiser is a comfortable way to cruise among the limestone-karst peaks of Halong Bay. It is 29 meters long, 7 meters wide, and decked out in teak and oak in the traditional Asian Junk style.
A beautiful sanctuary in northern Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, comprised of a 120km coastline and over 1500 islands dotting the landscape. A 434km zone is recognized by UNESCO as a world natural heritage site.
It's kind of amazing how things have a way of just working themselves out most of the time. It's like all the boats are fighting over who gets to kiss the pier first.