Nob Hill Lambourne San Francisco

... we could handle it for the next four nights.....

We decided to venture to Chinatown for dinner and, armed with a map, made our way to the bus stop 10 minutes walk away. Not sure if it was just us, but we found the SF transport system so confusing compared to the other major cities we had visited. There is only one map that includes all the bus routes, tram routes, metro routes, overground train routes, cable cars etc on it, but you can't ...

... just give the stuff away! I had a quick look out of curiosity and some of the items available included old shoes, half used bottles of clothes detergent, hats and plastic pots...a fine collection! There was also a free bbq, open to anyone who wanted a bite to eat, at absolutely no cost.

Saturday night arrived and a few of us from the hostel fancied a night out. A bit of googling later and we found a club up the road ...

WIth a hop, skip and a jump we arrived in San Francisco and checked in to a hotel (ooh, aaah luxury!). Naturally we did what all normal people do when arrivng in a city - headed down the Irish pub.

Next day Sir Timbo had the great idea of cycling to the Golden Gate Bridge. Great fun (you might think) but we had no idea how far the bridge was, nor how hilly San Fran turned out to be.

Our relaxing cycle in the park ...

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Burning Man Supplies

Evap Pool
Wading pool Hula hoop
Wire to hold up ...

... went back to the hotel afterward for a much needed nap! After our nap we went out to dinner at place called "Nicks Crispy Taco". We were meeting Amie's cousin Billy there for some tacos. It took forever to get a table, but once we did we had some good eats and good times.
This morning we headed out of San Francisco, and stopped in Sausalito for breakfast. We went to this cute local place, and got a table outside facing the ...

... which is so unique to San Francisco and which I simply loved photographing. I think that the constantly growing and changing population which has helped this city evolve into a veritable melting pot of cultures makes it so similar to my favorite New York. Just like in the Big Apple, many people of different nationalities I met are pleased to call San Francisco home. One of the best ...

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... friends that they conquered Lombard. Unfortunately the footpath doesn't follow the curved road and is instead on either side, which does provide some good picture opportunities, infact many passengers would hop out to take a picture of there car on the famous street and hop back in at the bottom. I got some ok pictures but the sun which had appeared wasn't helping, I also couldn't get the necessary elevation to get a shot of the road to show the corner, this is when at ...

Well, what have we done today, we haven't stopped. First of all we went to Twin Peaks, did a detour then had to find our way back. What a view from up there. We could see all of San Francisco, both bridges and Alcatraz. We could also see the street that we drove down and took some pics so when we show you you will be able to see what side of San Fran we stayed on. Certainly don't regret the location as it has been so accesible to everything. Some of the streets ...

... laid-out so I had no problems finding the rapid transit system (right in the freaking terminal!). A twenty minute ride later, and I'm downtown San Francisco. I didn't have a lot of time before my flight to Auckland (liftoff @ 21:00, and it was almost noon before I got off the BART), but I made the most of my time. I took a cable-car down to Fisherman's Wharf, where I caught a short cruise around the bay, which ...