Back in April 2022, my mother and I decided to travel from Seattle to Houston in order to visit her auntie who is bed rest. Since it is for family and relative visiting, I did not hope that we could spend sometimes as a tourist. By that, I did not do proper research for what I could do when arriving this city. There are actually a lot to see around Houston city, but we only managed to visit few of them. I missed the chance of visiting Dallas and San Antonio though and Caddo lake.
Few interesting things about Houston
- According to the locals, the city has cheaper fuel cost, while Seattle was 5.75$/gallon, HS was only 3.59$/gallon, said the reason for that because Houston produces their own oil.
- Housing prices is lower than that of Seattle. There are so many big houses and I love it. The styles are completely different from that of Seattle. Houses in Houston are made from brick while most of those in Seattle are made from wood, perhaps from the weather.
- The weather in the city is hot just like in Cambodia – not a fan of it though
- Houston is home of George Bush, former president of US, the airport named after him: George Bush international airport
- Texas is famous for its cowboy’s culture, thus Houston had some of it to prove.
I believe all of us have watched once or twice the Cowboy movies. Well, I visited the town but honestly, I did not feel it because everything has changed and the way the movie portraited it, nothing like the current world today. I might be wrong whether cowboys and horses originated from Houston, Texas. My curiosity only answered when I saw the horse statues in one of the parks in Houston - Hermann Park which attracts so many people to come and visit. There, I saw a local tour guide who dressed up like cowboys with that hat and kinds of jeans and coats… was giving speech during tours to visitors.
What you can do in Houston
- Visiting parks: there are so many of them in the city
- Visiting Downtown aquarium
- Visiting NASA Johnson Space Center - about two hours from Houston downtown
- Kemah Boardwalk: ferry wheel and many activities for kids
