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San Francisco

A travel blog entry by stevosteve

... queue outside so they wouldn’t know the damage and charge me, it was getting much cooler and darker. We caught one of the famous trams back to the hostel, rested up a little and that evening went for Thai meal with the same group of people. This was followed by a hostel planned pub crawl which turned out to be a bit of a waste but at least we got to see a few different bars. It was by this time I realised I was having issues with my bank cards and would need to think of ...

Triathlon

A travel blog entry by wheelersmiths

Having made full use of the washing machine, we went our separate ways this morning, Kiz, Honor and Lesley-Ann to the mall, Josh to the record store and Rob and Rhiannon on another marathon bike ride across the Golden Gate bridge and then a mammoth walk up the Coits Tower. We then met up at Pier 33 to take the night trip boat to Alcatraz. This is the famous prison, built on an ...

Arrival

A travel blog entry by ruthsk

... the flight go quick chatting to them! Watched 3films. Arrived in San Francisco and got a train to my hotel...it's called the good hotel....and it's good...but very basic! I'm sharing my room with another girl called Sabrina who is 23 and from Adelaide! So all is going well so ...

Great trip to San Fransisco

A travel blog entry by globalelin

... the temperature was lower than the other days before.

Sunday the 16th of october was the birthday of Bodil, my friend. What is not better than spending the birthday in jail :) At 10 am we took the ferry to Alcatraz island. We had a nice day walking trough the old building that once was a prison, holding famous prisoners like Al Capone. It was a nice day. We celebrated her day by eating out at an indian restaurant.

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Max's Random Thoughts about American Loos & Cars!

A travel blog entry by mnkschultz

This is a top pick!

... reach, often behind you where you can't see it, or so close to you that it is hard to get. I always feel that you have to be a contortionist to get it! I watch 'House & Garden ' TV a lot & occassionally in 'House Hunt' programs when Americans are looking at buying overseas, they come across a separate toilet room as we have in Australia, and don't think they could live with that!

I have been quite surprised that all cisterns, whether in private homes, ...