Since we live in the outskirt of Houston, the only way really to go to downtown Houston is by car (which would take about 45-60 minutes, and more if it's during rush hour). Sandy came to visit for 2 weeks, and we were able to borrow Vedo's Jeep for the day time. We ventured deep into the maze of highway to downtown Houston :)
For your information, Houston is not the easiest city to navigate... in my opinion. First of all, there are many lanes that you need to watch out for especially when you need to exit and merge into another highway.. it's not easy to cross 6 lanes in 200 yards. Not to mention the average Texan driver is not very friendly nor patient and can be quite aggressive. Like I've mentioned in the previous post, although everything is built around the highway, no particular landmark stands out because all the buildings are the same colours, they are all about the same height and tell me which strip mall in America doesn't look like any other ones? Most of us rely on GPS, but even the GPS is lost--it's always recalculating!!
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| Downtown Houston |
We parked the car in the Museum District, at Hermann Park, just by the Hermann Park Golf Course in the park (golf courses are very popular here) and just took a walk around. On the other side of the park is the Houston Zoo. Near the park is where most of the museums are: Holocaust Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Health Museum, and many more!
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| My only touristy photo in Houston. Behind me is a statue/monument of Sam Houston* |
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*Sam Houston: was elected as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, then US Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor or the state in 19th Century.
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| Rose garden |
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| Texas felt the necessity of building their own Washington Monument in smaller version? haha |
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| Choo-choo trains going around the park :) |
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| Does anybody know what these are called? |
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| Outdoor theare |
