Woohoo! Feeling much much better today having broken out in a fever last night which seems to have sweated the flu out me, lovely. Had to move hostels 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 ...

Ben Reporting: If New York and Los Angeles are America's most 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 more than Los Angeles, and p...

--------------------------------------- ----------- #05 - So Long San Fransisco - 01/10/03 to 08/10/03 --------------------------------------- ----------- Hi again. I'm actually in Los Angeles now and having a great time. The message below has some stories from my time in San Francisco last week where I spent a very pleasant few days and met man...

1st stop San Francisco. We're staying in the Adelaide hostel/hotel. Tis an ok place. So far we've wandered around the city (not very big to be honest). We've been to chinatown, Union square (about a block away from us!!) been shopping. Today we're planning on getting on a city sightseeing bus to tour around SF. We've booked a few more nights sta...

We caught a very early flight from Las Vegas to San Francisco, and decided to get the train instead of paying for a taxi - bad idea! We ended up straying into a dodgey area of San Fran where it seemed all the crazy people live!! Had a few strange people come up to us and realised we were in the wrong place and had read the map wrong (despite hav...

So, that's it, I made it, coast to official coast across America. I think a fanfare is in order, if you'd all care to take a moment to do so...! Turns out, someone in San Francisco must have been forewarned about my arrival as they held a parade to say how proud of me they were. Lots of gay people and transvestites there for some reason, but I s...

Booooooo hoo hoo hoo hoo. Booooo hooo hoo hooo hoo. It's my last day in America, my last day on holiday...But the first day of my new life. I know it's a cliche. but traveling really does change you. Got my day off to an early start thanks to a phone call from a little someone, who didn't quite appreciate the time difference. Thanks darling. So ...

Armed with my secret weapon - a particular Puerto Rican's personal insights into the best of San Fran - I headed out into the city for some fun. Started off with a walk down through the Tenderloin area.  It's not quite Uppermill, that's for sure.  Full of homeless people, but some nice cafes and stuff.  I was aiming for the Civic Centre.  Here t...