Blogs from Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, United States, North America - page 4

As with New York my last days seem to turn into a day of unnecessary panic and confusion!! As my flight wasn't until 11pm I had all day to make my way up to LA and to get myself sorted and packed. However as it was a sunday I discovered that the only way to get to the airport on time was to leave the hostel at 10:30 am, to get to the train station in time to catch the 12pm train, so my supposedly chilled morning turned into a mad rush!! I arrived at the train station to find that the train wasn't running......but their was a bus going - they just wanted to see me have a mild heart attack!! The drive up to LAX was ridiculously quick, but I was quite relieved that ... read more

Today I decided that I'd earnt a proper chill out day so got myself ready and walked again over to Ocean Beach. Apparently the other day I had only walked as far as the dog beach adn just around the corner was this huge white sandy beach that was almost empty, that almost looked as though itt was straight out of baywatch, except that it wasn't so busy and there weren't lifeguards running around with cleavage up to their chins!! It was lovely and warm with a nice cool breeze so that I could sit there all day perfectly comfortably, which was good as the sea was far too cold to oput anything more than my toe in! Infact all the surfers had their full wetsuits on and there wasn't a swimmer in sight! For lunch ... read more

Thankfully that first flight to Charlotte was uneventful and I even fit in a few zzzzz's, although they didn't offer any food or drinks so I was parched by the time I landed. On arrival at Charlotte I discovered that an ealier flight had broken down (most definately not confidence installing as it was the same airways) and that they were taking our plane and so we had to wait for another to come available!!! Argh!! Thankfully we were only an hour delayed and the second plane was a lot newer and more comfortable. I did, however, have to pay for the food on the flight and for $5 got the most horrfic chicken caesar salad roll! On arrival in San Diego airport I felt as though I'd arrived in heaven. It was so easy...there was ... read more

Yesterday, Nate (Seth's friend from Abingdon and our host here) took us to Sunset Cliffs, which are gorgeous rocks that you can climb down and walk along straight into the Pacific Ocean. Seth took pictures, which presumably will be posted somewhere or accesible soon? I don't know, we'll figure it out. We screwed around on the beach, went for a swim and hung out all day: Living like the locals. Today we went to the San Diego zoo with Nate and his girlfriend Tori. I'm always conflicted about zoos because even though it is fascinating and enjoyable to see all of the animals, I am filled with a sense of guilt for the animals. The snow leopard and the elephants especially seemed pitiable. Came back to the house and relaxed while the people who live ... read more

Who said the United States had tightened up their security. They let us in!!!! After a fairly good flight, we cruised through immigration and we were on our way to Ocean Beach. We stayed at Ocean Beach Backpackers for 2 weeks. Most of the crew were quite a bit younger and partied quite a bit so we only felt it was our duty to join in and show them how it is done!! It didn't take long for us to find out that the pub down the road had beers starting at $1.00 from 10am in the morning, and then went up 25 cents every hour after that. They also had the best fish tacos ever!!!! The weather wasn't so good. It was May Grey. The surf was very average and the water so cold, ... read more