Gaslamp Quarter

Cruising Coastal California

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January 20th 2009
It was dark by the time our Greyhound bus pulled into San Diego. The gruelling drive took most of the day and we wanted to just collapse for the evening. It was a transit day that consisted of lugging round our backpacks and sitting on the bus i-podless whilst the we chugged past the barren scenery we had passed on the way into Nevada and then California. We ended up getting a taxi to our hotel, f ... 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