Frantic time in San Fran.
San Francisco is both mind-blowing & bogging. A tweet ( click here to see ) won me a 2-day pass ($880) from Mango Solutions to attend EARL 2017 Conference held in San Fran last Mon-Wed. As Mango Solutions gave me very little time on deciding which plane and which place to book I went for "the most spatially and economically accessible". I found a relatively cheap flight and a cheap room only 10 min. walk away from the conference venue. The room was nice and tidy but it turned out to be located in the middle of the Tenderloin. Aha, if you are a local you know that Tenderloin is a centre for crime and homeless people. As you step away from Powell Train Station you are hit by thick smell of urine and cohorts of beggars. Your chances to see someone urinating, defecating or even masturbating are very high in these parts of the city. Apparently homelessness is quite a problem in San Fran and many ponder on how to solve this issue . I tried to take a photo of them but it felt ...