Temp: 27°C Today started around 8:30am. We got up found a shower easy enuf then came to the common kitchen to make our pancakes. Karen (happy ian?) decided against it, there batter was made up, all we had to do was put it on the hot plate and watch it cook. I made mine just smaller than a dinner plate and put maple syrup on it....mmmmm (some of the yanks were putting peanut butter on them...ewwwww!! After this we went for a walk all around the harbour, gathered a few more blisters before making our way to the meeting point for our Tijuana Tour. We got picked up at about 1:30PM and made our way south and over the USA/Mexico border. My goodness as that an eye opener of a place! Dodgy bags, wallets, sunnies etc,anything ... read more

Temp:65°F - 18°C - Sunny Got up, had our free brekkie and ventured down to mission st/market st to Westfield San Francisco. Unfortunately we got there half an hour before the shops opened (FYI anyone coming here, shops on a Sunday don't open til 11am!) We found a fantastic shop called Old Navy (its part of the Gap/Banana Republic company) cheap clothes but good quality. Bought a few bits n bobs, then found a few more goodies, Forever 21 (3 levels), H&M (2 levels), DSW, Hollister and even ventured into Bloomingdales. San Francisco has amazing shopping! (if only i had some room in my suitcase!!) After this ( whicch by the way, made it about 2:30pm, we found Burger King for lunch (mixing it up abit with Maccas haha) then jumped on the bus out to ... read more

Temp:65°F - Partly cloudy. Mostly Sunny. Today we started off a lil later, deserved a lil sleep in coz of yesterdays early get up. We eft the hostel about 11am and checked out some of the local shops then jumped on the bus to broadway where we walked u to Steiner St to the house the was used in Mrs Doubtfire. After this we walked for ages to Lombard St (the crookedest street) geeeeezzzzz, got my excercise for the day, we the walked back down to the piers n checked 0ut some more shops and had some fish n chips at Pier 39. Went to Bubba Gump Shrimp n checked out the Forrest Gump seat there, had some piix. We then headed on the long walk down to the Embarcadero, to Cupids Span. This is a ... read more

Day 8 - July 8, 2009 Temp: 64.4°F - 18°C Today started early as we had to catch a bus from Vancouver to Seattle. It was raining (again) when we left but cleared a lil by the time we reached Seattle (ironic as this is supposed to be the 'Rainy City'. We left out suitcases in storage at the train station then headed off on foot to find the Pike Market Place. This place was cool. Lots of bits n bobs but i restrained myself to buying some postcards and stamps. We ten headed off in search of the Space Needle. This was built in 1962 for the world fair that was space themed and has been there ever since. It was a good spot to get a good view of the whole city. As we ... read more

Temp: 59°F - 15°C (big difference to Vegas!) Hello from Canada!! Soooo, it was an interesting start to our Canada visit. Firstly the taxi drivers here, no good! Secondly, we arrived at our Hostel last night at about 11:30pm only be told "oh really, i don't have a booking for you". Thankfully, id printed out the email so the guy gave us someone elses room who hadn't yet arrived and said he'd sort that out when it came to it. Arghhhhh. Anyone coming to Vancouver, DON'T STAY HERE!!! Look, ive done hostel before and i didn't expect much but we don't even have a mirror in our room! though, for some unknown reason, we have a fridge! huh? So, we slept and that was all fine, we woke up late-ish after feeling sick for hours and ... read more