Blogs from San Diego, California, United States, North America - page 80

After visiting Tijuana in the morning, I bought a transport day pass in San Ysidro (the US side of the US-Mexico border) and took a San Diego Trolley to Old Town San Diego. Old Town is the original site where Father Serra, supported by a brigade of Spanish infantry, established the first mission in California in 1769. The site is preserved and converted into a state park, where some of the orginal buildings still stand and the other buildings were reconstructed. Some of the buildings house restaurants serving Mexican dishes and shops selling historical souvenirs and Mexican products. After exploring Old Town, I took a bus to Point Loma, a peninsula west of San Diego owned b the US government. At the tip of Point Loma, there is this Cabrillo National Monument and the Point Loma ... read more

I got to San Diego in early december. Moved straight in with Brian, Amy and Brian's sister Karen. Was bad timing tho coz they all had their exams on when i got there. Spent the first few days checking out the UCSD campus. Once they finished exams, went out to a few bars and did a bit of tourist stuff. Their place is pretty big, 3 bed, 3 bath and now that karen's moved out theres an empty bedroom. Its in a quiet estate- really typical american suburb. San Diego itself is pretty cool. Beaches are ok, but no way near as good as Oz. Downtown feels a bit like perth. Theres plenty to do but without a car not much chance of getting anywhere. One of my biggest problems with it is that bars are ... read more

In the San Diego hostel i was in a room with 12 other people, a mix of nationalities and of males and females. I don't mind this actually and it can be o.k. to spend nights in rooms of many people. Anyway, what proved to be a problem here is that i was on a top bunk and on the bunk below me were a guy and a girl (both of whom resided at the hostel, he worked there and she was..er..well, i dunno actually, but she seemed to get off with a lot of guys, not just this guy). From my first night there, the bunk was shaking and shaking because the two of them were, well..you know on the bunk below me. Now i've no problem with people having sex when they want, but ... read more

I've heard many stories about how people hook up with other travellers on these round the world trips. Prior to this past few weeks we have met a number of people but havn't significantly hooked up with any of them because they have only been part of our lives very briefly, but recently we have had much more significant hook ups. I have to say that i should not take any credit for this, all the credit goes to Elaine who unlike me is a very sociable and outgoing person, she also smiles a lot (the exact opposite of me) so its because of her that this has happened. The first significant person we have hooked up with is a guy called Jeff, hes from Vancouver and we met him in San Francisco, after ironically having ... read more

We took a greyhound south from LA to continue the festivities in San Diego. Finally, after travelling all year we managed to stay at a YMCA (500 West) and it wasn't half bad. In fact, it was built in 1924 as the Army YMCA (there's lots of military still in San Diego) but now it's really just a 'hybrid hotel' (according to their literature)...no we didn't understand the difference either! We took in the sights: Santa Fe station, maritime museum and harbour (where they've got a very cool cold war soviet submarine), Embarcadero waterfront area (where the large cruise ships and also the USS Midway) dock, Seaport Village, the Gaslamp quarter (where we made it to the Hard Rock Cafe in time for happy hour margaritas)... Also, we spent a day at the 'world-famous' zoo with ... read more