Tram/Cable Car to get up the hills!

Touch down in the US of A

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June 14th 2006
Well we have finally arrived in San Francisco after a marathon 16 hr flight - eek. Stu survived the flight ok and I slept most of the way (surprise surprise) so by the time we arrived, managed to find where we were meant to be going (the organised PR person forgot to print out the address of the hostel!), caught the skytrain into the city and then lugged our luggage about 2km uphill to the host ... read more

North America » United States » California » San Francisco

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more