San Francisco, United States Travel Blogs

California............wooooooo
May 13, 2006 (19 photos)

... offer. We stopped at the crooked street in he world, which features on a lot of films. Speaking of roads,the streets of San Francisco are bloody steep! This means that any walking that was to be done, meant some not so leisurely strolls, but one positive ...

be sure to wear a flower in your hair
Sep 17, 2005 (5 photos)

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Back up north and on to San Francisco
Jun 1, 2008 (26 photos)

... the guy who won it but (sorry about this) his face rang a bell.  To end the day nicely we headed off to the San Francisco baseball park to watch the Giants take on the New York Mets.  What an experience that was!! Nine innings of ...

Pre-trip thoughts
Oct 13, 2004

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 ...

And We're Off!
Jan 11, 2005 (1 photos)

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 the ...

In Memory of Scott Stapleton
Aug 7, 2008 (18 photos)

A week and a half ago Scott took us out at midnight for the opening day of the movie he anticipated for the last six months. Scott grabbed me by the shoulders, looked me in the eye and said, "John, you have no idea how lucky you are." Other Batman ...

San Francisco - The Foggy City
Aug 23, 2006 (24 photos)

... getting to cycle over the Golden Gate bridge and seeing Muir woods but we won´t be cycling again anytime soon! I really enjoyed San Francisco and would definitely go back. Its a quick stop in Merced to visit Yosemite and then on to Las Vegas. Dean: ...

San Francisco
Dec 16, 2007 (16 photos)

29th November - 2nd December 2007. We both had been looking forward to visiting San Francisco since we decided to add it to our trip. The flight up from Vegas took only one hour and we were sitting next to a San Fran local who gave us the insiders guide ...

Golden Orange Gateway
Feb 17, 2007 (9 photos)

Back in San Francisco this beautiful city had just one more pin-up that I had to check out before I left so I rocked on over to the Golden Gate bridge. When I say rocked I really mean walked and by walked I really mean staggered with it first looking ...

Prescription Pizza
Feb 12, 2007 (5 photos)

Feeling better with the waffle-o-meter pointing to well enough to finish off a whole one. A good thing too since I'd arranged to meet Judi who I met on the Yangtze river in China, and lives around 30 mins outside the city, for some pizza tonight. Amazing ...

Escape to Alcatraz
Feb 14, 2007 (14 photos)

... this morning with the one I was in booked out tonight but shifting over to the oddly named Adelaide hostel here in San Francisco was just a short walk around the corner. Really homely comfortable place although checking in with at the same time as two ...

All the leaves are green, and the sky is blue
Jun 21, 2004 (8 photos)

... have to show for three hours of hard work. So that was it for LA, and hopefully the last of hostel living: next was San Francisco, a seven hour (non-Greyhound) dull bus ride up through California. I had arranged to stay the weekend with my friends Ed and ...

San Francisco - Meet the emperor
Sep 14, 2007 (76 photos)

... nbsp; There are a lot of homeless people too, but different than in DC barely any of them asked for money.  San Francisco is a lot of up and downhill walking, so don't forget your sneakers.  Once we finally made it to ...

COASTING DOWN THE COAST
Oct 5, 2003 (1 photos)

... We lay down on a collapsed redwood. "I would like to be one of these trees," said Nathalie, looking up. San Francisco's dirt-collecting buildings were not as peaceful as the redwoods. San Francisco's surroundings were nice, but the city ...

Win a road trip across North America
Apr 23, 2009

Digital "Roads Scholarship" Vagabonding in America Win a three month Road Trip Across North America this Summer. http://www.digitalvagabonding.com/road-scholarship/

What to take to China
Jul 1, 2008

... been spending my time getting everything ready for my upcoming trip to China. This will be the fifth time traveling from the United States to China, so I have my routine down pretty well. Before my first trip to China, I distinctively remember a feeling ...

Back to the Northern Hemisphere
Feb 25, 2005 (2 photos)

... leaving Melbourne today, thanks to the International Dateline. It's fun being a time traveller! Getting from the airport to downtown San Francisco was easy enough on the train ($4) and then another $1.25 to get a bus up to the Green Tortoise hostel in ...

Clam Chowder, Cable Cars & the Golden Gate Bridge
Apr 30, 2008 (21 photos)

... famous cities, generally seen to symbolise the dreams and devastation that can be the universal impression of the United States, then surely San Francisco is the middle ground, a quieter, more stable type of paradise. San Francisco meets the preconceptions ...

Bush to be honoured with sewage plant in his name
Jul 19, 2008

... , for which thousands have paid with their lives." The site, which calls itself the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco, shows the presidential seal with an eagle holding two toilet plungers. San Francisco has long been a liberal ...

San Flucisco
Feb 10, 2007 (1 photos)

Woke up feeling like crap with barely the energy to get out of bed. Being in the top bunk I peered down at the ground wondering whether my weakened legs would buckle and snap under me when I hit the floor. Making it as far as the bathroom I then ...

San Francisco
Jul 27, 2008 (25 photos)

... and suggested we go to Sausalito which is the other side of the bay. So, we set off at 9am via Fort Point which protected San Francisco harbor from Confederate & foreign attack during & after the U.S. Civil War. It's now a Museum. We made it to ...

San Francisco - It begins ...
May 24, 2009 (32 photos)

Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. I can beleieve it; it's bloomin' freezing here, real winter coat type weather. Trouble is, we've just flown in from SE Asia and we don't have any warm clothing. ...

Turnaround
Feb 13, 2007 (3 photos)

... but add the tax on afterwords only when you get to the register usually requiring another greenback or two. The trams in San Francisco don't turn by themselves, meaning that the turntables at the end of the route are a common gathering point for photo ...

Last details are coming into order!
Feb 6, 2008 (1 photos)

So, I've adjusted my itinerary and plans since I first starting dreaming of this trip, of course.  I initially planned on seeing the Himalayas (India/Nepal/Tibet) then when I starting learning of Round the World tickets options, that seemed like ...

Escape from Alcatraz!!
Aug 25, 2003 (7 photos)

... a cafe. We stayed here for a while (typing Travelpod - Vegas) checking emails, offering priceline silly money for a Sunday night in San Francisco and also checking out car hire. I made an offer on priceline for 30 pounds and got a different hotel from the ...

San Francisco
Jul 15, 2008 (129 photos)

... and spent the whole evening catching up while Chad showed us more of the city, we had a fun filled time with him and another great day in San Francisco. Unfortunately the campground was fully booked for the weekend so sad of heart we continued on......

"I am the only Gay in the village...!"
Oct 28, 2004

... last time we jumped into the car and drove, lets says, a bit more cautiously through the manic rush hour traffic to San Francisco international airport. At first we felt sorry for the valet, employed to clean all the mess tourists leave when the disembark ...

Losing stuff in San Franscisco
Aug 27, 2003 (1 photos)

... , bonus! (fruit and 2 bagels). Walked through chinatown (largest in N America apparently) with Mary-Anne and Emma. San Francisco consists of pastel coloured wooden seaside-resort type homes built on incredibly steep slopes. Got cable car up steep slope to ...

San Francisco
Feb 3, 2009 (17 photos)

... We found the "City of Lights" bookstore which was famous back in the day for not only selling, but promoting banned books.  San Francisco has seen its fair share of political protest and this bookstore was and continues to be a soapbox for free speech.  From ...

The Windier City
May 27, 2006 (12 photos)

... later I was settled into my room and then back out to take a look at the live music venue I passed on the way down. San Francisco is a strange city. It is quite small (pretty much a first in the US) with a handful of highrise buildings downtown and a ...