Trip to St. Louis

It was a last minute plan. Abg Ramli invited us to travel together to St. Louis. They went there before, but that was like 7 years ago. For us, we had been passing thru St. Louis many many times on the way back to PA, but we hadn't get a chance to see the city.

The obvious landmark in St. Louis is the Gateway Arch, facing the Mississippi River & Illinois.



On top of the Arch is the Observatory Deck. I was so curious how do we get up there. It is an arch, so do we go sideways in an elevator or what...



Snap some photos before we went up :)

So what's the significant of this Arch? I'd been looking around the place for some info on that. So long long ago, when the British came to America thru the East, they developed the cities around there, like Boston MA, Pittsburgh PA, Washington DC, St. Louis etc. Then I think after the Americans got their independence, they were curious about the land at the West. So they sent Louis & Clark to go on expedition to the West to find out if it was a good land for farming and other things. So the Arch actually signified the expansion to the West side of the America, like 'Gateway to the West'.

In the line to go up. Looks like we were going in a small elevator.

When the door opened... whattt?? Looks like a small spaceshuttle :S
We went up very slow, and I didn't feel like we were going sideways or anything. Just like going on an old train LOL!


Us on top, finally!

After a while, I got dizzy because we were standing on a steep deck. And
my head kept tilting to the side :S


Last posing with the arch..