San Diego, United States Travel Blogs

Hi! This is sze. Today was a busy day wrapping up all our loose ends before our evening flight out of San Diego. Our man-buddy, Anthony dropped us off at the airport around 6ish and this became the start of what would be known as "the most horrendous ...

A travel blog entry by cottonbud
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Not really been up to much travelling or anything, but for a few updates that have been happening in my world, you have come to the right place. I have realised that USA was never really high on my list of places to see before I go, but I only came here ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... had a great time. I can't wait to go!! There also seems to be a lot of people from other parts of the States visiting San Diego as well. I can't really imagine travelling England. Although, I guess we all do, but don't realise it. Also went and say ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... of green, lots of desert, not alot to do. I was pretty sweet though to just look at. Then eventually from out of nowhere popped San Diego. So yeah, now I'm here. For those of you who don't know, Ellis (or Paul as his first name states) is a guy that ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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Well chuffed. Walked up to West Point Loma which is a little east of Ocean Beach (called OB by the locals and Tijuana is called TJ - go figure). Its still Ocean Beach, but the house are more expensive and mediterainian looking, where as everything in OB ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... and the market potential of both our works. He has had enough of Ocean Beach. He was thinking about going north, maybe San Fran, but I reckon New York is where it's at. This conversation is ongoing. Stay tuned for updates. I'm definitely off to ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... , doing my own shit. This place is kinda like a cross between the med, some Aussie surfer town and Jamaica (don't ask). San Diego is made up predominantly of beach towns and a downtown. I live in the best part (apparently, but not surprisingly) I'm ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... I couldn't ask my fellow passengers, and it was only when I saw a newspaper at the hostel that I learned about Ronnie Reagan. San Diego is only about half an hour from Tijuana, one of the busiest border crossings to Mexico. I was thinking of going across ...

A travel blog entry by dazzla
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... down the road to pick up our anti-malaria tablets for Central and South America and Dan booked us on to the Amtrak to San Diego for that afternoon. After a 2 hour trip into Downtown LA (comprising one bus and three trains) we eventually made it to ...

A travel blog entry by andanddan
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... stay with Joe and Becky in Orlando we met some friends of theirs - Larry, Marisa and their son Anthony who lived in San Diego and graciously offered us accommodation if we were in the area. The weekend we arrived coincided with Marisa's birthday which she ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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... 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, which ...

A travel blog entry by schlossie
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... 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 screaming children running to and from every exhibit and pushing every button and knob they could find ...

A travel blog entry by bobsonthegreat
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... like this day are made to be remembered. So yeah, went to the 'Comic Con' at the convention center in down town San D. It was like a Star Trek convention running headlong in to a Marilyn Manson gig. There were freaks, weirdos, geeks, saddo's, obsessed ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... the zoo unless you're really into zoos in general. The Toronto zoo is more impressive, in my opinion. However, downtown San Diego is fantastic. I'm staying in the Gaslamp district, where all the bars, eateries and cool shops are. It's sooo pretty. ...

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn
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... the people in the cowboy hats. However, I was dissapointed by the lack of pickup trucks in the airport parking. :( I arrived in San Diego safe and sound at 7 pm. local time, and found the hostel without a problem. I'm now completely exhausted, and ...

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn
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... bargain stores, to stock up on clothes and supplies, before heading down into Latin America. We´ve been really impressed with San Diego. A clean, friendly, modern city, with a great bar/cafe culture. Although it´s right next to Mexico, it still looks ...

A travel blog entry by marc-patty
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... day at work was Thursday, June 19th and we left for San Diego on a 6 am flight on Friday morning. Wheeh! We flew to San Diego to attend Sally Joo's (now Bailey) wedding. San Diego was the perfect setting for a romantic wedding. The bride and groom were ...

A travel blog entry by sharadnsusan
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Currently on the brink of hitting Mexico......one night in San Diego and tomorrow i cross the border. And then the real journey begins. Four years ago I visited Mexico and I knew I had to go back for a longer visit. But before all that let me bring you ...

A travel blog entry by mrjoey
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... my time. Not just yet. For a mix of reasons, the elation we felt as we set foot on the streets of San Diego was indescribable: long bustling streets lined with modern restaurants and soothing lights, all of it teeming with life and civilised living. ...

A travel blog entry by scottwoz
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... Beach has won me over, and I could stay here. It has the sea, surf, sun and five mins away there is the city of San Diego, so there is loads of things to do down there if I get bored of Ocean Beach. Or something like that... And also last minute ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... and then heading to Venice beach to enjoy the sun for a few hours. Then it was get out of the damn city and head south towards San Diego. The traffic here and driving on the other side of the road is going to take some time for me to get used to. The ...

A travel blog entry by wkfoster
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... it is America! Never been in a convertible before, and I have to say, they are a lot of fun! Unfortunately the journey to San Diego was not a lot of fun. It normally takes 2hrs but because it was the start of a long weekend (4th July is Independence Day) ...

A travel blog entry by shonandgraham
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... for him. Living in the US? Yeah, could do. Living in New York? Yeah, could do. Living in Ocean Beach - San Diego? Possibly, when I retire. Living with Ellis - again? watch this space... I'm too old for flat mates and would rather have ...

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour
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... in any of the zoos we had been to, but we also saw quite a variety of other animals. In the evening we drove over from San Diego to Coromando to have a look around but the restaurant we were going to eat at was closed. It was only 8pm as well. They ...

A travel blog entry by shonandgraham
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We flew to San Diego for about 5 days to get together with the gang and enjoy some much missed sunshine. April & Eric (Yellowstoners) picked us up from the airport and off we went to a bar where CMF (Shane Ring - Garmischer) met us and we all caught up and ...

A travel blog entry by hildreth75
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... ; We then drove to "Old town" which is an Historic State Park - about 4 miles out of the harbour city. This is where San Diego started as a Mexican/Spanish mission town. They had managed to keep it intact because the city "moved" closer to the port when ...

... !) so why was San Diego so great? Great hostel for a start and err...well its just cool and we liked it! What more do we need to say!? Fact is...... San Diego is great!!!! Just accept it and lets move on and talk about the ming that is ming??????

A travel blog entry by neilandamy
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After a gruelling and awesome 3-day bus ride, I arrived at San Diego, only a few steps from Mexico. I stayed at the Hostel by the beach, meet a couple of English RTW backpackers, and tomorrow, i will be off to Baja California. Note: The border crossing ...

A travel blog entry by panf007
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Hola, I actually got online to write a bit. I don't have a lot of time though, so I just wanted to say hi to everybody. The first trip was a blast. All the kids were awesome, and got along really well as a group. They were also stoked to do ...

... aus. Dan kommt die Craduation (keine Ahnung wie man das Wort schreibt) und Auto sei dank, düsen wir ab auf San Jistro, eine Shopping Paradies voller Nike, Guess, Oneill etc zum Verschleuderpreis. (Warum existieren bei uns keine Outletstores) Um die 15.45 ...