Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
So we drove down the state highway 1 in our sweet Mazda 3 along the coast of California. Stopped at a few deserted beaches along the way to Santa Cruz.
Hostels are pretty thin on the ground in this student-dominated town so we decided to stay in our first sleazy US motel. This particular "Budget Inn" as it was called cost about £10 a night and was actually nicer than the hostel back in San Francisco.
In true student style we decided to go out on the juice and found a slightly pretentious bar which luckily had a very wide selection of European lagers. That's what we I like to see. In contrast we moved on to a punk bar called the Blue Lagoon which sold tinnies for $1. 50p. We also like that.
25 October
Originally we were due to drive on to Santa Monica today but we liked this little town so much we decided to stay an extra night. Keeping with tradition we went out to a pool bar and met some students who offered to take us up to the Redwoods region just north of Santa Cruz tomorrow afternoon.
26 October
Went for a walk around the forest and took a heap of photos. Left Santa Cruz around 4.30 for the drive to Santa Monica.
- comments