Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 214

Day 3 We packed our things and jumped into the supershuttle (Very Very Hung over sounds of the night before a bleak distance memory). It appears that our driver has no idea of the road rules and nearly runs down several people, millimetres from people leaning of the cable cars and running all red lights, once we get outta the traffic we would be doing upwards of 80-85 miles an hour (130-135kms) these guys are crazy fuckers, we get to the airport and catch flight 1 of our two flight stretch from San Fran to Denver Colorado on schedule.. this however was all about to change... we arrive at Denver as planned for our transfer and hope on our flight to MSP, we make it as far as the runway then the plan grinds to a ... read more

After a massive day one we are up a little later than were hoping for are rediscovering Chili in the one of the many 24hour dinners in San Francisco we headed out to Fishermans wharf to have a look around and check in for our prebooked trip out to ALCATRAZ "The Rock" We discovered some friends for Neil LOL!!! for those who know Neil SHOUTS OUT to him.. heading out on the ferry we had an amazing view of the the golden gate bridge and San Francisco city wer soaked up the atomosphere of it all anyone that has been overseas to another country will know what i mean by that!!! Alcatraz was one the most interesting places I have been looking around the norrow corridors and ultra small cells. This goal was in place purely ... read more

Golden Gate Park Presidio - East Battery Alcatraz. Clam Chowder in a Sour Dough Roll. ... read more

Arr San Francisco. Fishermans Warf. Tram to Castro Street Fair. Walk/Subway/tram/walk back to motel. Pizza for dinner.... read more

We bought our tickets to Africa (SF to Istanbul to Cairo to East Africa and beyond) three months ago, but with just two weeks til departure the anticipation is killing us. 99% of our preparations are done--pouring over military survival guides and McGuyver reruns, perfecting our poop-'n-bury techniques, and learning how to tame a pack of wild hyenas with a spork and peanutbutter. We also got vaccinations, updated our passports, and packed the band-aids...just in case. In lieu of travel guides, we've been reading an eclectic assortment of Africa-related histories, memoirs, novels, and essays with hopes of gaining a better sense of context for our trip than what might be gathered from "The Gods Must Be Crazy." Most of all, we're amazed not at what we've learned, but at how little we knew. Like the fact ... read more

I thought I would set up a travel blog for this trip to keep everyone informed of our whereabouts (Lou and myself). As we are currently on flight from DC to San Francisco, I thought this would be a great time to write the first entry. FYI, our flights and destinations are as follows (I am including the time in flight and miles flown just for reference): Sept 26 United flight189 from Dulles (DC) to San Francisco (5 hr 47 min, 2,426 miles) United flight863 from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia (arrives on Wednesday Sept 28) (14 hrs 30 min., 7,436 miles) Oct 2 Thai Airways flight 992 from Sydney to Bangkok, Thailand (10 hrs 25 min., 4,676 miles) Oct 4 Malaysia Airlines flight 783 Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2 hr. 5 min. , ? ... read more