A good view of San Francisco

This is a good view of San Francisco. For somebody who is coming to San Francisco for the first time, and having heard of how earthquake-prone the city is, it seems a bit difficult to believe that all these high-rise buildings exist.
However, this view looks good, and I liked it enough that I took a few photos, and this seemed to be the one that captured things most properly. I really love the colour of the sky, and getting such a colour without any manipulation was really good.

San Francisco's cable car system - one end

This is one end of the San Francisco cable car system, Union Square. Here, this wooden structure is a part of a heritage system. The cable car comes to the tracks on the round wooden platform, and then the wooden round platform is turned so that the cable car points back the way it came. Interesting to watch, especially for tourists.

San Francisco's cable car system

I simply love the cable car system run in San Francisco. This is a heritage line, the world's last manually-operated cable car system (refer Wikipedia). The line mostly runs from Union Square to Fisherman's wharf, and if you have not taken a ride in this before, you should certainly do so. They are not very fast, but are an excellent tourist attraction. Riding in them, you get a very good idea of the steep slopes of San Francisco's roads, and it is a different sort of pleasure riding on the steps of an open tram that is just going uphill or downhill on a steep road (if you refer the second photo).

Lombard Street: Also known as Crooked Street

These are 2 views of Lombard Street. This is the actual name of the road, although it is more known by the name of 'Crooked Street', and it is not hard to figure out why. On this street, the slope is so high that they really had to make the street a winding street so as to reduce the slope for both vehicles and pedestrians. Over time, this has become a tourist attraction, and a must see when you come to San Francisco.