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Hiya!!
We are at our final stop now, San Francisco!! It is absolutly FREEZING!!!
We managed to get a flight here last Wednesday after a very scary night in Inglewood, LA!! Its not far from the airport but is only a few miles from Compton which is the 2nd most dangerous area in America. We took a walk out to get some dinner and we were the only white people on the street (not being racist but it was pretty intimidating!). We left the ghetto and spent the night in our hotel with a pizza delivery and movies!!
We had to fly back to Las Vegas to catch a connecting flight to San Francisco, slightly annoying considering we'd flown back to LA from there the day before!! Still nice to see the slot machines in the airport again, lose a few dollars!! We eventually got here at about 6 that eve, having caught a limo ride to our hostel (hard life being a backpacker!).
San Francisco is a nice city and it felt alot safer than walking the streets of LA after dark (although we have seen like two different incidents where people are lying on the floor waiting for ambulances). Our hostel is nice too - we have free internet accsess and a tv room.
We took the boat over to Alcatraz the other day, it was weird to be in an actual prison (obv. there are no prisoners there now, it closed 50 years ago). We took the guided tour around the main bit and they showed you where all the escapes took place etc. We got some pretty good pictures which we'll upload when we get a chance. Some of the big criminals were there like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and Robert Stroud, bird man.
On the boat over to the prison we had our first glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge, which is actually Red not Gold but hey ho!! From a distance it didn't look that amazing but we're planning on cycling over it tomorrow so will tell you more then!!
Thats the only really touristy thing we've done since being here, we've spent alot of time wandering around the wicked shops they have here!! Bloomingdales, Macy's, Saks etc.... They also have a huge Levi store where we've been buying Xmas presents. (I have also purchased a pair in a size 5, only time its ever going to happen so just thought i'd mention).
We're looking forward to coming home now though as we've run out of money and it is stupidly cold without winter clothes!! We fly back to London on Friday, landing about half ten in the morning.
See you all soon,
Loadsa Love
Lou & Dave xxxx
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