Balboa Park San Diego

San Diego

Maybe to start with lets give some random facts about San Diego: San Diego the 8^th largest city in the whole of the United states! Its average age of residents are under 35 years old as they have the Coast guard, Navy Seals, Army Barracks there!

I started my Contiki trip and this was our first stop of the trip …

Our bags are packed...
our motorcycle is on a boat to Cartagena...
and our Honeymoon Sabbatical in South America is about to begin!!!

Come celebrate the beginning of an incredible 5-month journey of exploration, adventure and love!!!






Since we will be cruising the Pan American Highway for most …

San Diego
Downtown blends old and new with mixed results, though no one can deny the value of saving the Gaslamp Quarter from probable demolition in the 1970s. Little Italy, the hot business and residential district along India Street (between Ash and Laurel Sts.), has been endangered by the building craze in recent years. Still, it's thriving …

Day 97 Set off from Palm desert, stopped at lake Poway and did the mount Woodson hike (6.4m) To potato chip rock. After lake Poway, the trail is up, up, up until the summit, gives a good workout, should probably have started earlier when not so hot, but drank plenty of water and took a few breaks in shaded areas. Pleased to complete this trail and …

San Diego was a cool city with a very energetic, yet chilled downtown. There are so many restaurants there, you will never go hungry ha-ha. I had a great time there and experienced some very nice places. Please see in my photos …

We've arrived! We took a direct flight from Cleveland to San Diego …

There are times you just cannot get comfortable on a train over night. Going to San Diego was one of them. I have to admit I was getting pretty creative, using my pack at the bottom of my seat in attempt in making a bed, curling up on one seat etc., I think I just didn't like the fact I had to share my two seats with somebody else. First world …

Lunch: Shades Oceanfront Bistro, 5083 Santa Monica Avenue #1f, San Diego, CA 92107
Laid back place, that serves surprisingly nice food at decent prices.

Dinner: Coronado Brewing Company, 170 Orange Avenue, Coronado
Large place, busy early, good for groups. Food was average but good, their beers are nice but pricey. The food is …

This morning was a return trip back to the USS Midway Museum. We got our tickets stamped on the way out yesterday and as we both loved it so much (and we didn't get a chance to visit the Bridge, Admiral's and Captain's Quarters) we are back to visit for a second time.

I have to say the idea to have retired servicemen as guides …

Hello there family, friends and stalkers! We are now on our flight to San Francisco flying United Airways. We now know that domestic flights have a surcharge of $25/ bag.. Ouch. San Diego was amazing. The people, the food and the weather were awesome. They should call it Sun Diego.. It was sunsational. Hardy ha ha

Day 1

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... I wanted to see somewhere hot and dirty and have kids hassling me to buy stuff I would have stayed in Cambodia. Instead I went to Balboa Park which, this being California, has more roads and car parks than grass. I thought about going into the zoo but it ...

... and Italian music.  Their food was the most authentic Italian food I've ever eaten in the United States.  It didn't taste "americanized".  Actually San Diego's Little Italy is the best Little Italy in the U.S. that I've visited so far, ...

Monday 12 May   We drove into San Diego this morning and went to Balboa Park. This park is beautiful with heaps of museums and the zoo right in the middle of the city. The museums would take a week to explore all in very impressive buildings built ...

... for tacky souvenirs and buying cheap alcohol, other than saying "no" to everyone of course. The next day I walked around Balboa Park and visited the science museum there which is one of the most visited attractions in San Diego, although hordes of ...

... including a mesmerising hot sauce shop; and we also met up with James, a Couch surfing ambassador, who very kindly showed us around Balboa park and his new home turf, and let his pick his brain about how best to present ourselves. Hopefully soon we'll ...

... base on the west coast  We did a lot of exploring on foot, taking in different areas including Little Italy and Hillcrest, Balboa park and the botanical gardens.  We have been carrying around a jar of pasta sauce and a box of pasta since we ...

... day was really really sunny and we had a picnic. We also rode the 'skyfari' which gave you views of the entire zoo, Balboa park and the San Diego skyline. Jonny had an encounter with a crazy lady, who force fed him spaghetti she had made, that was not ...

... because of our stupid age :( still a fun night though!  Yesterday, we rented out bikes for the day, and decided to ride to Balboa Park, which took about 25 minutes. When we got there, the streets had all be closed off, and it was FULL of people. We ...

... were happy with. My Aunt Linda (Uncle Johnny's wife) and cousins Dianne and John came here for a visit.  We went to Balboa Park and visited museums.  While walking through the park, my Aunt Linda fell down a huge hill.  I remember ...

... od pracy- Columbus Day, wiec duzo ludzi z dzieciakami bylo. Nad parkiem jezdzi kolejka linowa:) Jeszcze pozniej poszlam do Balboa Park- tez super miejsce- pelno muzeow, parkow... Architektura "meksykanska". Dzisiaj wybralam sie do Old Town- stare miasto ...