So we made it to the states all in one piece! Did quite a lot of stuff in San Fran despite slightly iffy weather. Visited alcatraz, the famous priosn on the island, would have been awful to have stayed there, was horrible. Went to pier 39, Fishermans wharf, china town, the golden gate bridge (after a few buses in the wrong direction!), lombard street (the hills are so steep the road has almost 90 degree bends so the cars can get down...was an absolute mission to walk up!) Met some fun people in the hostel, played some drinking games (which ended a bit messily as always!..but had a really good nite out on sat with a bunch of ozzie guys and their mascot (a teddy dressed in a cricket outfit, bit odd!). Headed south to LA
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