Dear all...just returned form 4 night/3 day trip to Yosemite national park, Mono Lake, Giant sequias and Tulomne Meadows. Went on a Greent Tortoise bus that converts into 3 levels of bunk beds! Awesome! Met some great people. had camp fires, washed in lakes, had sing songs etc. Mono Lake has a 10% salt content, which means that you float in it. Yosenite is breathtaking and I am positively knackered after having had 3 hours sleep or so. The whole park is like a ...

Now in San Francisco....one word: COOL! looking forward to spending next weekend here after Yosemite....staying in a slightly questionable part of town...the word NUDE appears to feature in neon a lot, oh and also some other choice words. Vibrant place though, met some guy who worked part time at the hostel and i sampled possibly the best and cheapest noodle dish i have ever had.Jamie Oliver's picture features on the wall as he apparently rated it highly when he...

Hi all....apologies for no photos...again! Been busy couple of days,left Santa Monica, drove to Santa Barbara, stopped over night in the college town/Spanish mission town of San Luis Obispo.I was too busy partying to do the tourist thing ;-)) met some cool people, then drove up to Monterey on route 101 through the Big Sur.Words cannot describe how stunning the scenery is. Every time you round a corner the views get more beautiful.Then stopped in Santa Cruz and tr...

Apologies for no pics yet!Uploaded them this morning, but not worked obviously.Cost me a penny to try also.Now in hostel in Santa Monica, so internet cheaper (slightly!).The views are stunning,you can see right up the coast as far as the eye can see,beautiful.Glad to be away from Anaheim now,4 days in the land of cheesey Disney stuff was enough,food not so good.Lots of sugar,and coffee,so no change there then!I may stay another day here,due to seeing England game...

Terry, for your information, I am a grown man and there ARE NOT internet cafes everywhere in California, in fact a distinct lack of! Found out Sun was hottest day o nrecord in LA ...115 degrees fahrenheit on the thermometer round the pool. Disneyland yesterday, cheese, flawless and seamless, Unadulterated US. Off to Santa Monica with this Kiwi fella I met at hotel. Check the photos of Hooters, food and rollerskating Barbie dolls, great. Already been Santa Mon, ma...