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California Slideshow
Travel Blogs from California, United States
Big City Reunion
This is a top pick! ... to be planned before I left again, I hunkered down for a day. Before I left however, I managed to experienced some of California's sunshine, grand boulevards and taco trucks. So when the day came I was ready. Luggage in hand I made for the ...
SoCal for five days
This is a top pick! After leaving Sayulita, it was about eight hours by bus to Mazatlan. We arrived in Mazatlan about 10 pm, and had to leave the next morning for the airport at 5:30 am, so we decided to just crash at one of the hotels surrounding the bus station. We ...
Survived China, hello USA.
This is a top pick! ... a considerable Latino contingent. The eucalypts give you an Australian feel but the palm trees remind you that you are in California.Ventura seems to have a more relaxed and comfortable atmosphere than you would imagine to find in LA, we are enjoying the ...
Day 1, Pt.1: The Thirty Hour Flight
This is a top pick! It's 10:30ish Tuesday morning. After leaving nearly all my errands for the last minute, I've finally finished moving out and packing for my three months abroad. Jeff shows up, him, Dan & I load the luggage and monkey into Princess (Jeff's car), and ...
Time machine to last year
This is a top pick! 9th July - on Monday of each camp week all coaches have to arrive 1 hour early - so we had an early start. As we didn't have anything in for breakfast we headed down to Ralphs for some cereal bars. I was assigned the 7 year old skills and thrills group ...
LA Story
This is a top pick! ... Someone at the ATM was discussing a recent shooting in town which fills me with confidence for the next few weeks in the States. I am warning in advance, there will probably be quite a lot of me whining about how stupid the gun laws in USA are over ...
Cars, Wine, Beach and Theater.
This is a top pick! After a long night of inter-netting, updating the travel blogs and sorting out the photos for the last few days we decided to have a late start. We missed the breakfast at the Hotel, so decided to head out for brunch and to check out the town. It was ...
Welcome to the Rock
This is a top pick! John Mason: "The Rock has become a tourist attraction?" A quote from one of my favourite action films. The Rock, (Not the “If You smell What the Rock is Cookin..” wrestler type, but the island in San Francisco). Based on the island of ...
Wine tastings and traffic jams
This is a top pick! The idea was to leave early this morning, but this remained yet an idea as we checked out of the Hotel at noon to head out for Los Angeles. We woke up early though to watch the Holland-Japan match, but we were not early enough so we just missed it. Good ...
California , I'm coming home
This is a top pick! ... , McDonalds and tourist and some other places, Hawaii is another exotic polonysian island. Los Angeles is the only place in the United states where more people take their dogs to coffee bean than their spouces and New York ... Well , I don't think I ...
Escape from LA
This is a top pick! We walked a little way along Melrose with our bags and it was nice and fresh for a change. After a great day yesterday we both feel pretty chirpy and a little bit more Christmassy. We jumped on a bus at the corner of Melrose and Vine and squeezed our way ...
Driving the California Coast and Big Sur
This is a top pick! ... called Cambria, which is the last town along the coast for 115 kilometres before we meet the well-known area of coastal California known as Big Sur. The journey from Cambria to Big Sur is quite breathtaking. The whole distance sees tough, winding ...
California............wooooooo
This is a top pick! Well San Fran here we are!! Woo what an amazing city.......we arrived here on Tuesday May and had a good five days to go and explore the city and check out all the cool bars! First good sign was the weather... we were pretty lucky and had some Hot Hot ...
Hollywood
This is a top pick! We only spent one full day in Hollywood and decided to go celebrity spotting. As it turns out we only saw their houses or their names etched onto stars on the pavement. We took the 'Home of the stars tour' located at Gourman's Chinese theatre. Highlights ...
Pre-trip thoughts
This is a top pick! It is the eve before my 30-hour departure to India (via Cincinnati to Paris to New Delhi) and I am feeling very excited and a bit fatigued after learning to maneuver on my crutches for the past four days. I tore a muscle behind my left knee from a little ...
Hollywood round 3
This is a top pick! 14th July Once we arrived in Hollywood we checked into our motel and then went for a walk along the boulevard. When we reached Hollywood it was around tea time so we headed out for something to eat - myself and Beth were then dragged ...
Back up north and on to San Francisco
This is a top pick! Let's start this entry with a quiz - a quiz question that I cannot understand or get my head around. A quiz question that left me feeling confused and bemused for some time. A man arises at 9am on a Sunday morning, spends a full day relaxing (as ...
The Joshua Tree
This is a top pick! It was a long drive in the night. Cool and exhausted we slept soundly. By the morning we had already begun to feel the baking heat from the Colorado desert. We made our way to its heart, the Joshua Tree National Park. Immediately, it ...
Hanford, California, of all places..
This is a top pick! At 08:45 the waiter knocked on our door. Breakfast had arrived. We are planning for an early start today. After our breakfast we packed up again (we are getting really efficient in this process), loaded up the car and headed in the direction of highway 1 ...
Once a day posts will be boring, here's 3 in 1
This is a top pick! So Nic and I had a chat about how this blog thing should go. We decided that the best we can realistically do is a blog entry every few days and we don’t think that you really want to know every detail of everything that we do. It would end up ...
Yosemite and Tioga pass
This is a top pick! After a good night of sleep we started out today around 09:00,on our way to Yosemite. Our first stop was to be Mariposa Grove close to the south entrance. Here it is that the oldest living thing in the world rises around 210 feet (64 meters) above the ...
Day 91: Journey's End at In-N-Out
This is a top pick! ... back of a motorbike, looking up at the stars - Any "Dave Moment" at OCRC - Moped drives in Bali - Abdul crooning "Hotel California" in Bukit Lawang - Martinis in Thamel - Norman's beard - Lindsey: "No, I can't accept this kitten!" - Watchin the scooters ...
And We're Off!
This is a top pick! We left -40C in Saskatoon yesterday and travelled via Calgary to San Franciso where it was a balmy (well, it seemed like it to us), 10C. Stayed at the Powell Hotel (lots of character, not much glitz - just our style) right in the downtown area. Took ...
Off to Napa
This is a top pick! Late in the morning we headed out towards Napa valley. We decided to drive further along Highway 99 up north via Fresno, Madera, Merced and Modesto. It was quite a long drive and the 'scenery' was quite boring along the way although people advise this ...
To the beach beach lets go away
This is a top pick! ... family had never heard of it and it is in fact in Nevada just 90 minutes away from Las Vegas. This location is right on the California-Nevada borderline and is another 100F place as it is close to Death Valley. This camp like Hemet is going to be a 5-8pm ...
City of Angels
This is a top pick! ... for dinner. It was recommended to me by the staff at Orbit, as I was after some good Mexican burritos before I left California. I was not disappointed - the food was pretty good. While I was tucking into my veggie burrito, sitting at one of the ...