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"One-day Tour of Xijiang Miao Village" —— San Francisco, America's favorite city

San Francisco, USA is surrounded by water on three sides, with beautiful environment, warm in winter and cool in summer, and abundant sunshine. It is known as "the most popular city for Americans". San Francisco is a seaport on the Pacific coast of California, a big industrial and commercial city and the largest financial center in the western United States. It is also a classic tourist route for tour groups to travel to the United States. At the same time, San Francisco is also a city with many overseas Chinese, and China City in the northeast corner of the city is the largest gathering place for Chinese Americans.

There are many attractions in San Francisco. First of all, the tour introduced the Golden Gate Bridge, the symbol of San Francisco. It is one of the largest single-span suspension bridges in the world, a giant suspension bridge across the bay, with a total length of about 2.7 kilometers. It was completed and opened to traffic in 1937. During the gold rush, this bridge was like a gateway to a gold mine, so it was named "Golden Gate Bridge".

The Golden Gate Bridge is also a pioneering work in bridge construction. It has only two pillars. Instead of supporting the bridge with piers, it uses the huge tension generated by the curved suspenders on both sides of the bridge to lift the heavy bridge high. The designer of the Golden Gate Bridge is engineer Strauss. People put his bronze statue beside the bridge to commemorate his contribution to America. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in the world, with about 654.38 million cars passing through it every day.

San Francisco has a 22-acre rocky island in Fiona Fang called Alcatraz Island. According to the travel editor, this place was once the place where the US federal government held vicious prisoners, such as Chicago's "godfather" Kabon, the murderous "birdman" stroud, and the cold-blooded "machine gun" killer Kelly. The island is surrounded by cold and turbulent waves and ferocious and bloodthirsty sharks. Even if they escape from prison, they can't survive. Prisoners can only look at the vibrant San Francisco through the prison bars and accept cruel mental punishment. There is a wildlife sanctuary on the island, which attracts birds such as brown pelicans, night herons and western seagulls.

San Francisco has one of the most winding streets in the world-Jiuqu Flower Street-No.It is one of the most famous scenic spots in San Francisco. On a short and steep uphill road, there are 9 bends separated by flowers. Cars driving on this road absolutely need superb driving skills. In the 191920s, it was designed and built to alleviate traffic congestion, and now it is the most attractive street in San Francisco. There is a section of Jiuqu Flower Street that runs through a short block, but it has eight sharp turns and bends into a 40-degree "Z" shape. Cars can only go down in one direction. There are flowers and trees everywhere in the street. At the height of Huajie Street, you can overlook the Bay Bridge and Koit Tower. When you are not driving, you can walk along the sidewalks on both sides of Flower Street and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

San Francisco's 17 mile bay landscape is a world-famous tourist attraction. Qiliwan is a circular road, surrounded by the famous pebble beach resort. 17 Mile Bay is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and south, and passes through Delmonte fir forest in the east. There are many famous beaches along the way, as well as spectacular luxury villas and golf courses. Lonely cypress is a symbol of pebble beach. At the same time, there are many seabirds, sea lions and seals on the beach.

Besides, Bian Xiao suggested that you go to Chinatown and Silicon Valley. As for Silicon Valley, we are all familiar with it. It is the cradle of American high technology, and it is also synonymous with the focus of high technology all over the world. Relying on some world-renowned universities such as Stanford and University of California, Berkeley, which have strong scientific research strength nearby, they are mainly high-tech small and medium-sized companies. It owns Cisco, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Apple and other big companies, integrating technology and production. Chinatown is home to many China people and overseas Chinese, attracting countless tourists. The famous kung fu superstar was born in China College in Chinatown.