Built on the waterfront. Located on the Monterey Peninsula in California, www.biquge.info is a world-famous aquarium that covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters and is visited by nearly two million people every year. The aquarium is appealing because it has a strange and mysterious deep-sea canyon near the shore. Due to the location of the Oceanarium, it is connected to the Pacific Ocean.

So part of the waters of the Pacific Ocean also became part of the aquarium. There are more than 300,000 marine creatures of more than 6,500 species. In addition to marine life, there are also videos of environmental technology, artificial beaches, and inhabited seabirds. The aquarium does not have a free parking lot, you can park on both sides of the two streets in front of you, pay for parking spaces, and pay by meter.

Tickets can be booked in advance on its official website, there is no discount, valid for one year, but the ticket cannot be refunded, if you are not sure about the itinerary, you can buy tickets at the door, Xueluo and Yan Zhitian, Tangtang did not encounter queues when buying tickets. The aquarium has two floors, with a large cylindrical tank in the middle connecting the two floors.

Every hour, there will be a staff member who will explain and feed the sharks and other marine life inside. What struck the snow the most was not its size or the rarity of the marine life in the museum, but the cultural differences or the way of education. In domestic aquariums, there are few other items that can be experienced except to see what is inside the glass.

Here, more than half of the places are interactive with visitors, there are many TouchingPools in the venue, you can touch those marine creatures that you can't usually see, and there are many display stands, with professional staff to explain to everyone, such as starfish, all kinds of seaweed, corals and other small creatures.

There is also a children's experience pool made of the sea water of the Pacific Ocean and interactive science equipment, I believe that children will gain a lot if they come here, tonight I booked a famous sea-view restaurant in Monterey SchoonersCoastal Kitchen &Bar, which is the only restaurant booked in the whole trip, and reserve a seat through the official website.

Right on Monterey Bay, near LoverPoint, with a window seat with a view of the sea. The entrance to the restaurant is a little difficult to find, the environment and service are really first-class, Xueluo and Yan Zhi sweet, sugar sugar ordered two steaks (one Filetmignon and one ribeye), a seafood platter, a pasta, the quality of the beef is really nothing to say.

It's just one thing, I have to admire these foreign friends, the temperature of the day is only less than 20 degrees, the cool breeze on the beach in the evening, the snow falls and Yan Zhitian, Sugar Candy also feels very cold in thin jackets and trousers. The wedding was being held at the entrance of the restaurant, and I felt trembling when I looked at the brides and bridesmaids in suspender dresses.

When I entered the restaurant, I found that there was no heating measures such as air conditioning, and the seats by the window were still a little ventilated, and I didn't feel warm from ordering to eating, and almost all the other foreign friends in the restaurant were shorts, or short sleeves, sundresses, which were particularly frost-resistant, which was almost two seasons (in fact, there was this feeling all the way, no matter what the temperature.

There are crooked nuts wearing down jackets + shorts + flip-flops when choosing a hotel, in fact, they want to have the opportunity to go to the beach, so they are determined to be a hotel in the bay area, and they don't want to live in Monterey City. AFTER COMPARING THE RESOURCES OF SEVERAL PLATFORMS TO THE ABOVE, THIS HOSTEL WAS CHOSEN, LESS THAN A KILOMETER FROM LOVERPOINT BY THE SEA, PLUS TAXES CLOSE TO ¥1200 PER NIGHT.

Hotels near this or near 17miles are all priced at this price or even higher, and there are not many hotel options in Monterey, while in Monterrey, hotels with the same conditions are only about ¥800, so there are many choices. But in fact, I didn't have the opportunity to go to the beach at all that day, my energy was limited, and after eating at the seaview restaurant, I went to Messi's loser in Monterrey.

The key is that this hotel belongs to the family hotel model, the appearance and yard are very beautiful, pastoral style, but the room is too small, only about 15 square meters, except for the double bed there is almost no place to put the box, and the sound insulation is not good. Speaking of which, I have to complain about the two characteristics of American hotels, or their living habits.

Along the way, these 10 hotels, regardless of the star rating, price, and size, have two hardware essentials, one is 24-hour hot water, and the other is an ice machine and an ice bucket. Needless to say, the hotels in the city are well-equipped, and most of the scenic spots that resemble forest parks or the surrounding towns are located.

Many don't have 24-hour hot baths, but in the United States, such as the cabin in Yellowstone Park where I stayed this time, or the family hotel in Monterey, there will be plenty of hot water no matter how bad the conditions are. Then there is the habit of eating cold food, not drinking boiled water, but not without ice, the most obvious difference is breakfast.

Chinese pay attention to eating hot, and they like ice milk soaked cereal, in every hotel room will find ice buckets, even if the table in the room is only the size of a bedside table, you will definitely find an ice machine in a corner of the hotel, it is very convenient to buy beer and snacks back at night.

Today's focus is on the highlight of Highway 1 - Big Sur, which refers to the section of Highway 1 between Monterey or Carmel and San Simeon, a famous coastal scenic area in central California, USA, and one of the "50 Places to Visit in a Lifetime" by National Geographic.

The only natural attractions in the western United States are Big Sur and Grand Canyon, which are beautiful in the region. (There's a town on Highway 1 called BigSur, but it's usually the middle of Highway 1, not just that town.) One of the characteristics of this section of the road is that the more than 90 miles of the road is basically a winding road.

Mountains on the inside, cliffs and the crashy waves of the Pacific Ocean on the outside. There are more than 200 large and small combination curves, with an average width of 6 meters, the narrowest point is only 4.1 meters, the height difference is more than 60 meters, and the perennial wind speed is more than 30 km/h. The U.S. government in order to avoid car accidents caused by enjoying the beautiful scenery.

There are also some vistapoints that can be parked at every corner of the highway that has a viewing value. Some vistapoints will have paths to walk down to the beach. Many people travel between North and South California and often abandon the highway and take a detour to Highway 1 just to see Big Sur, and it's certainly worth it.

BigSur is a world-class destination that has been listed as a must-see in many travel books. Take a leisurely look at this California natural treasure, and you'll be in for a treat. Its beauty lies in its variety: sometimes it is a steep green mountain, sometimes it is a vast blue ocean, sometimes it is a steep and towering cliff, sometimes it is a valley where cattle and sheep roam.

Sometimes it's a rocky beach, sometimes it's a white sand like snow. Such a kaleidoscopic scenery shuttles through the thrilling mountain road with nine turns and eighteen turns. Today the sky is a little unbeautiful, the sky has been overcast and gloomy, first there is a lot of fog, and then there are a lot of clouds, and I have not fully experienced the suffocating beauty of Bigsur.

There are no gas stations, shops, or restaurants on this part of the journey, so be prepared and find a place to eat when you arrive in San Simon. In addition, all the points are on the outside of the road, that is, on the sea side, which is why Xueluo and Yan Zhitian and Tangtang chose to arrange their itinerary from north to south (San Francisco to Los Angeles) to enjoy the sea view.

There are a few attractions on the Big Sur section, so it's worth stopping and checking out if you have time. Bixby Creek Bridge (13 miles south of the small town of Carmel, there are two similar bridges on Highway 1, the second taller is the most famous Bixby Bridge on Highway 1).

The Bixby River Bridge is the finishing touch of Highway 1 and one of several landmarks. Construction of the 218-meter-long, 7-meter-wide, and 85-meter-high bridge began in 1931 and opened to traffic the following year, making it the largest single-arch bridge in the world at the time and the longest concrete bridge in California.

The bridge has been waiting here for a century, and today, the Bixby River Bridge has become the "most photogenic bridge on the West Coast of the United States" in the minds of Americans. The Bixby River Bridge is also one of the most photographed bridges in many movies and TV series.

Many car advertisers shoot their commercials here. Juliet State Park can be found more than 10 miles further south of the roadside from the Juliet State Park Bridge. is a state park in the state of California, United States, located on the Big Sur Coast. This state park is famous because of a waterfall.

The name of the waterfall is McVey. Don't underestimate this small and tall waterfall, this is an extremely rare waterfall that flows directly into the ocean, falling from an 80-foot cliff to the Pacific Ocean. In addition, the park is home to more than 2,500 years of California redwoods that grow 300 feet (90 meters) high. The location of the park is somewhat unremarkable, and there are no obvious signs.

I read the introduction before that there will be a parking fee of $10, and there will be no charge for parking on the side of the road nearby. Xueluo, Yan Zhitian, and Tangtang did not see the paid staff or the regular parking lot when they arrived, and directly heard the car on the side of the road on the plank road, and walked down the slope to find two forks (with signs) on the left and right.

If you walk along the coastline to the right, you will reach the point where you can see the waterfall, and you will reach the end of the road in about 10 minutes, and there are many pine trees on the side of the road, and there are large pine cones, which are bigger than a boy's fist. If you go to the left, you will enter a primeval forest, and you will see the towering mahogany mentioned in the introduction, and you will not wear sneakers, so you will return after walking for more than 10 minutes.

I don't know how big the park is. At the location of Walrus Beach near St. Simon, you can see a large number of tourists looking at the roadside, rolling down the car windows, and you can tell from the smell what people are gathering. That's right, elephant seals are here. Compared to this, the stinky sea lions at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and BirdRock at 17Miles are nothing compared to this.

A rough estimate is that there are about 1,000 elephant seals lying on the beach, and the scene is spectacular. P.S.: Actually, I've always wondered if what I saw was a walrus, a sea lion, or a seal, and I couldn't tell the difference.

It belongs to the class Mammalia, the family Seals. It is the largest species of pinnipeds. Elephant seals resemble walrus, with the difference being that they are toothless. It's like an ordinary highway parking place, just fenced off with a long stretch of sand fenced with barbed wire, and a wooden boardwalk is built on the beach, where you can walk for a long time to see elephant seals.

There are signs at the parking spots on the highway. Beginning in 1990, hundreds of elephant seals began to gather off the coast of Central California in December until May, where they came from Alaska to mate, give birth and suckle, and the numbers were increasing year by year.

An adult male elephant seal mates with 40-50 female elephant seals during this period. Elephant seals look very lazy, almost all of them lie motionless on the beach to bask in the sun and sleep, some will use two underdeveloped forelimbs to loosen the sand and lift it onto their backs to cool down, some simply lie on other elephant seals, and some are aggressive.

Because of the turf fight, the first row of positions near the sea water is particularly sought-after, and the competition is fierce, and the rows are full one by one, probably because they can not only lie down and rest, but also be exposed to the sea water to maintain a cool body temperature. St. Simon (Saint-Simeon) crosses Walrus Beach and the classic Big Sur section comes to an end.

The first town on today's journey --- San Simon, located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California's famous seaside resort. Many people know this town because of the famous Hearst Castle, which can be seen from the hill from the town.

Built in 1919, with a total area of more than 1,000 square kilometers, located on a hill at an altitude of 1,600 feet, the castle is extremely luxurious, with a total of more than 100 rooms, and is the private estate of the American media magnate Hearst in the first half of the last century.

Hearst Castle is the most luxurious castle in California. The castle was built on top of a hill and took 28 years to complete. The interior and exterior pools are the highlight of the castle, with mosaics at the bottom and solid gold on the shores.

The outdoor swimming pool is surrounded by white marble stone carvings with tiled blue water, which is quite gorgeous. Throughout his life, Hearst was an avid collector of art, and the castle's furniture, tapestries, paintings, sculptures, fireplaces, ceilings, staircases, and even entire rooms are all art treasures. Xueluo and Yan Zhitian and Sugar Candy did not plan to go to Hearst Castle.

One of the main reasons is that the visit mode of the castle is relatively special, there are four or five fixed times a day, you need to park the car at the bottom of the mountain, transfer to the shuttle bus to the mountain after purchasing a ticket, and the tour guide will lead the tour to visit the interior of the castle.