Golden Gate Bridge

Streets of San Francisco

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January 17th 2008
We had an early start to leave Bangkok and were soon on the flight to Hong Kong. Despite there being no leg room seats (we always ask due to Hugh´s size!), this was a reasonably new plane and a comfortable flight so we had our fingers crossed for the next and much longer one. We managed to spend all of the Hong Kong dollars I had found in my pile of foreign money before we left during our couple ... read more

North America » United States » California » San Francisco

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more