Houston can be boring after four weeks, downtown attractions
no longer excite us and the weird winter-rainy weather prevents us to roam
around the city.
One morning we found ourselves consulting a map of the state
of Texas amidst the busy software testing and run and maintain operations.
We’re deciding which cities to explore next, San Antonio was the first city in
mind; for starters it’s the home of Spurs but aside from that I know nothing about
that place which for me is a good thing. Other options are Austin and Dallas;
each city is three hours away from each other.
We shared this plan to one of our colleagues at the U.S. office
and she agreed to be our tour guide/driver/mama bear and everything in between
on the spot. So together with her husband, we rented a car and leave Houston
for a weekend fun to San Antonio and later added the state capital, Austin in
the picture.
The perks we are enjoying with a certain hotel came in handy
when we booked our accommodation in San Antonio. We are up in the 18th
floor and enjoying a great view of the San Antonio skyline and the River Walk.
Everything is just five to ten minutes walk from where we are staying.
That weekend is St. Patrick’s Day which meant it’s an all
you can drink beer/alcohol day for all tourists, something very close to the
heart of most Filipinos. Aside from the out pouring of booze, another unique to
San Antonio is the River Walk found at the city center where most tourist hop
on a ferry and listen to the tour guide as he gave you the low down of the old
buildings surrounding the river. Personally, there’s nothing spectacular about
it but being a first timer I enjoy it none the less.
With a very limited time to explore the city, I drank my
last bottle of beer and start aiming my cameras across the historical
attractions of San Antonio. I only have two things that I wanted to see: first
is the Tower of Americas; I thought I can ride the elevator up to the
observation deck but it was already close when we got at the ticketing office
so we ended up starring at its neon lights from the park and lastly, The Alamo
which have an Intramuros vibe. The rest of my photowalk rely on guts and if I
saw something interesting in that map that I wanted to see in person and by
around two in the morning we call it a day.
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