About to Cycle Over Golden Gate

Escape from Alcatraz

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January 24th 2008
Hi All, We're writing this from Hollywood, California. A very wet Hollywood California. In fact if Japan didn't exist we would have had Universal Studios to ourselves yesterday as the weather was so lousy. Anyway, I digress, this entry is about our stay in San Francisco. WARNING, I might use the word 'amazing' quite a lot. We had five amazing days in SF. It was our first stay in a hostel, an ... read more

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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