San Antonio Trip
November 8th, 2006 at 11:43am
This post has been long due. Wanted to post this a week back, but work is kind of hectic. So, could not post it. Anyways, to cut the story short, me and Chitra had been to San Antonio during the Oct 28/29 weekend.
San Antonio is the 7th biggest city in USA and has got a historic touch to it. Its around 3 hrs drive from Houston. The main attraction of the city is the “River Walk” area. Its a small river which flows right thought the heart of the city. There is a walkway around this river, and the walkway has all kinds of shops and restaurants on it. Nice place to spend a day! One more attraction is the Sea World water park. We spend our first day at the Sea World water park.
Here is a photo essay of the trip!
We started our trip with Sea World…

Sea World Entrance - Click to Zoom

Sea World Entrance - Click to Zoom
At Sea World, you can feed the dolphins!… but only during the feeding time. But we did manage to get pretty close to these wonderful creatures…

Sea World Dolphin - Click to Zoom
Next, we went to the Sea Lion Show. It was just Amazing. You need to see the show to believe what these wonderful creatures are capable of! The show was really funny and cute!

Sea World - Sea Lion Show - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Sea Lion Show - Click to Zoom

Sea World Sea Lion Show - Uncle Max - Click to Zoom
Next was the Shamu Show - Shamu is a huge whale and this show too was great. Below are some pics of the show…

Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom

Lady Selling some soft drinks - Click to Zoom
We saw one more show called “Viva”… it was the one with white whales and dolphins and some synchronized dancing!. Was good…

Sea World - White Whale - Click to Zoom
The last show that we saw was Water Ski Show. Saw some amazing stunts…

Sea World - Water Ski Show - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Water Ski Show - Click to Zoom
Then we spend some time on different rides… and this was the first one… the Roller coaster… was pretty exciting..

Sea World - Roller coaster - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Roller coaster - Click to Zoom

Sea World - Roller coaster - Click to Zoom
After Sea world, we checked into our hotel, and spent our evening at the River walk area… which was fully lit-up at night … Here are some snaps… of the same….

San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - River Center Mall - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
The next day, again we went to the River Walk area, and took a boat ride…

San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
There are Restaurants, and shops all along the River walk area… Nice place to shop and hang out…

San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Restaurant on the River Walk - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - River Walk boat ride - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - River Walk - Theater - Click to Zoom
And here are some pictures of the buildings in the downtown area…

San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
This was shot from the boat ride…

San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
Doesn’t this building look like a flat wall ?

San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Downtown Area - RiverCenter Mall - Click to Zoom
The famous Alamo - This monument has its own place in the History of Texas …

San Antonio - The Alamo - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - The Alamo - Click to Zoom
Our last visit was to the Tower of the Americas. Its a 750 Foot tall tower, with a revolving restaurant at the top!. You get to see an amazing 360 degree view of the entire San Antonio Area!

San Antonio - Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - From Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom

San Antonio - Downtown area from Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom
Hope you enjoyed the Virtual Tour of San Antonio! :)
Tags: architecture, buildings, dolphins, downtown, popular, rides, river, river walk, San Antonio, sea world, shows, stunts, Travel, water park, whales
Entry Filed under: Photography, Travel, USA
13 Comments Add your own
1. dev | November 11th, 2006 at 8:12 am
Fantastic pics!!! :)
Guess you guys had a rockin time…
Shamu is one thing I’m gonna see on my US trip (if I get one), coz its nice to see someone who carries more load than me :P
2. Patham Iyer | November 13th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Hey It is fantastic ! Rockin there !
It is remote possibility to visit these places together with my wife !
However we did going through your posting.
Have fun and God bless both of you !!
My children Adithya (14) and Jayashree (8) enjoyed most of your postings and you are the major contributor to their ever growing wish list
3. Praveen Damodhar | November 24th, 2006 at 12:25 pm (subscribed to comments)
Awesome pictures… I guess it would ve been great fun out there!
4. Jess | February 17th, 2007 at 10:30 pm (subscribed to comments)
WOW. I’ve been to San Antonio several times before and your pics are almost as good as the real thing. We are taking our kids to Sea World for the first time in a few weeks and thanks to your pics they are extremely excited now, before they didn’t really know what we were talking about. Excellent job. Best site I have found online for San Antonio pics and info! They should give you some sort of commission or something! :)
5. Smile please…. &raq&hellip | March 27th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
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6. KAYLA | July 19th, 2007 at 11:28 am (subscribed to comments)
WELL ME AND MY FAMILY ARE GOING DOWN TO SEA WORLD AND I CANT WAIT IVE HEARD FROM SO MANY PPLS THAT ITS AN AWESOME PLACE SO WERE ALL EXCITED I KNOW I AM LOL MY LIL BROTHER HE IS ABOUT 2 MONTHS WILL HE LIKE IT!!
7. sadie | July 31st, 2007 at 9:45 am (subscribed to comments)
Great pics!!!!!! Me & my family are taking a trip to seaworld this friday and we are so exited!!! Hope you had fun. I know we will : )
8. Butterfly » Arjun's&hellip | September 6th, 2007 at 10:51 am
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9. Amit | September 28th, 2007 at 5:58 am (subscribed to comments)
Can you tell me , which Camera you use ? :))))
Great Pics! :)
10. Arjun | September 28th, 2007 at 10:38 am
@Amit: Right now I am using Canon Digital Rebel XTi (also known as 400D).
However, the snaps on this post were clicked using Canon Digital Rebel (300D).
11. Amit | October 1st, 2007 at 7:17 am (subscribed to comments)
Thank you very much :)
12. Ravindra Pai | November 30th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Hi
ur web site is good and nice snaps…which camera and settings do u use..?
thanks
13. Arjun | December 2nd, 2007 at 5:24 pm
@Ravindra: thanks!
I use Canon Ditial Rebel XTi (400D), with 18-55mm kit lens and canon 70-300 mm IS lens.
Mostly shoot in auto or programmed (P) mode (still !!!!)
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