Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 202

Welcome. If you're here, it probably means that we've said goodbye to you in person. Months from now, you will be missed. But not just yet. Right now we're too excited to sleep. As you probably know, Stephanie and Del are headed on a full round-the-world adventure over the next two-plus months spanning three continents and five countries: San Francisco (USA) - St. Petersburg/Moscow/Irkutsk (Russia) - Ulan Baatar (Mongolia) - Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai/Guilin (China) - Bangkok/Chiang Mai (Thailand) - Bali (Indonesia) and then back to our new home in New York City, USA. We'll try and keep this site updated with words and pictures on a weekly basis as we progress, but no guarantees. Our plans could be foiled by boundless hazards, such as a lack of internet cafes near Lake Baikal or even just frustration with the ... read more

The journey from Vancouver was ok but long, 26 hours!, customs was fine, in fact all the officer said to me was where are you going, I replied 'San Francisco' and he said 'go on then'! He didn’t even look at my passport that well! Not complaining though as it was a relief to get through quickly. Three people on the bus had to have their bags and everything searched though! I would be gutted if that happened to me, takes so long to get it all back in! We also met two girls who we had seen in Chicago, Faye and Elana, on the bus. Anyway, I had heard so many high reviews of San Fran from people we had met along the way so I was a little bit worried that it would not ... read more

San Francisco When we arrived in San Francisco the first thing that hit us was the temperature difference! All of a sudden the jumpers were coming out and the windbreakers as well, the wind was freezing! We decided to spend the afternoon driving the 49 mile scenic route around the city. This was well sign posted in some places and not at all in others so we got lost a couple of times. The route took us through streets lined with Victorian houses all side by side, a lovely park, and up Twin Peaks for a view of the city that rivaled the view of Auckland from Mt Eden. We also went down to Fisherman’s wharf and looked out across the bay to Alcatraz (where we were headed the next day). The route also took us ... read more

We arrived in San Francisco from LA after spending the whole day on a bus! We are used to that now, so it's no big deal. First impressions of San Francisco, not as glitzy as LA but then not as bad as some of the less impressive areas. The greyhound station, however, was not in a very savoury part of town. San Francisco was a bit of a blur to be honest; it came and went so quickly. We did a whole day walking tour of the district, which took all of 4.5 hours, the next day we couldn't walk! We saw all of the must see sights, the Golden Gate Bridge, the street with the most angles in the world and, of course, Alcatraz. All very interesting but to be honest, we are soo exhausted ... read more

Myself, Dan, Al and Berrett continued our holiday to San Francisco!! We were staying at the Stratford Hotel which was right next to union square and only a tram journey away from Fishermans Wharf. The rooms were nice and we had our own little corridor that just connected our two rooms. The first day we were all up early and spent the whole day sightseeing and packing as much in as possible. We took a tram to Fishermans Wharf and saw loads of sealions that sunbath on one of the piers. We also went to the aquarium and took a ferry over to visit Alcatraz. The prison tour was good and we had an audio guide so we didnt miss anything and learnt all the stories of escapes, killings and all about its prisoners. Once back ... read more