We have a 7 and a half hour bus journey down to LA but due to our second driver who decided to have long breaks at every stop we didn't arrive in LA till 9 hours later. The drive down though was quite good, we took the scenic route for most of the way down and the views were amazing. To one side we had big green and gold Californian mountains and to the other we had the torquise sea with little island scattered around. We have noticed that most of the Greyhound ...

We have another little town to stop at before heading to LA for a few days. We have been told that Salinas is a good little town so decide to stop here so we can split up the coach journey a little bit. Our hostel that were staying in describes itself as a hostel and a hotel. We get a private room for cheap but have a shared bathroom. When we get there the check in guy tries to rip us off. We always use the same websites to book the hostels and when we book it ...

The bus ride down to San Jose was really good. We went down the scenic route so saw all the Californian mountains and lakes. When we reach the terminal we realise that we have a long walk through the whole downtown so we get to see the place on the way. Have to say that there is not much here! It seems to be the financial district of California because all that is here is banks, parks and convention centers. Our motel is in a bit of a rough looking area but doe...

After looking for ages on the web for places to go (no public transport at all!) we settled for 2 nights with a couch surfer in Santa Cruz. We don't really know anything about Santa Cruz just that it's a little beach town. Our couch surfer seems ok. He is a marine biologist and makes his own beer! He is really into making his beer, he even grows his own hops for it but he didn't have a batch of it when we were there so we didn't get to try any. On our first nigh...

We get the greyhound up to Sacramento which to be honest is a place we don't really know too much about but thought we would check out anyway. Were staying in a Hostelling International hostel for one night then staying with a coach surfer for 2 nights. We arrive at the hostel to find out that it is a huge Victorian mansion that has been saved from demolition and converted into a hostel. The place is absolutely huge and is still all decked out in Victorian furnit...