Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 185

hi all we ar in San fran and on our first exciting day we rode around the bay and of course across the Golden GATE Bridge it was fantastic... the weather closed in and we kept on riding for 5 hours finally to catch a ferry back to the pier. We just got back from chinatown and ate in the oldest chinese restaurant in San Fran.."Four Seas" it was good but as we left an old man started a fight with the host because he would not let him in LOL!!. Anyway gotta run. PS Lesley we got your message thanks and we got a big book of postcards....:) Just to add its now our last day in San fran and its been pouring rain. We just came back from Alcatraz which costs around $22US each ... read more

Hi All Back online again this time at the Hotel Nikko. This morning was time to make the swap from the Crowne Plaza (very nice indeed) and move to the Hotel Nikko in O'Farrell St. I have to admit I did have a small amount of trepidation after reading some reviews about the Nikko but it is a really nice hotel. We arrived early and were put even further upstairs than originally planned and the room is really nicely appointed and spacious. We wandered around the town again and then made our way back down to Market St where we grabbed lunch at Maccas!! From there we tried getting a taxi down to Flax to purchase Art supplies (unsuccessfully) although we did find Pears and did really well. An interesting factor was as we went further ... read more

Photos North America » United States » California » San Francisco By Trudy HarnFebruary 6th 2007Some photos of San Fran........ read more

It was fitting that I end my 6-month journey with a long train ride across the Western USA. I flew from Thailand to San Francisco via a long stop-over in Seoul, Korea. I only was in Frisco for a day so I didn't get to see much, but what I saw of it I liked. Seems like an exciting city. Basically just had the afternoon to walk around. Strolled through North Beach (Little Italy) and Chinatown and visited a Beat museum. Apart from my jetlag and lack of sleep I was also disoriented by my walk through Chinatown and by seeing all these Thai restaurants after having just went through Bangkok's Chinatown a couple days before. Which country am I in again? Oh yeah! Speaking english, Subway sandwhiches, water fountains, brushing my teeth without fear of ... read more

This time around it is the turn of the Far East to host the AR's. And of course, a customary quickstop on home turf. Here are a few of the stops that are planned: Feb 4-6: Hong Kong Feb 6-8: Angkor Wat, Cambodia Feb 9: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Feb 10-12: Bangkok, Thailand Feb 12-14: Chennai, India Feb 14-19: Kerala, India Feb 20: Singapore Feb 21: Back to base! The lady AR this time around unfortunately, is Dr. AR with long work weeks, so she doesn't feel like she has planned it quite well enough. We'll see what Mr. AR thinks of that at the end of the trip - stay tuned for updates! A quick note on the attached photo - we raided our neighborhood library and wiped out all guidebooks and videos that had anything ... read more