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I have arrived in San Francisco, officially the CITY OF FREAKS and HOMELESS BUMS!!!
This was after spending a week with Suntrek tours around California, which was one of the best experiences I've had. We started with a nights camping in Joshua Tree National Park, and it was a quiet night next to lake Havasu, we didn't buy enough beer so it was early to bed ha ha! Then we drove to the Grand Canyon, took in the sunset with pizza, then awoke after many beers to catch the 5.35am sunrise! The camping was very easy, looking after dan was the tricky part though!
After this we drove to a motel in Las Vegas, the city of sin! Had an excellent night out, also finished $200 in profit! can't beat that, won at poker on the first table, which lasted from 12am til 4am. Preceeding this we had booked a limousine to drive us through vegas strip with free alcohol!!
On our tour there was myself and Dan from England/Wales, a Swiss guy called Marcel (who is crazy but great bloke!) a couple from Czech Republic, the girl was very very hot!! A boy from Moscow and a girl from Finland, all similar age to me, the guide was a bloke called Clemens and was 23years old ex Austrian Army, funny as you like!
After a heavy night in Vegas we headed to the baking hot Death Valley, not a good combination but equally impressive landscapes and picture opportunities! Then two nights in Yosemite National Park where I had a close encounter with a black bear and a night in San Francisco hostel...
Now i have moved to my hostel in San Fran, which is pretty lively, met a few people but can't really be bothered because I am leaving on Tuesday, so just hanging out with the Swiss guy from my trek. I am sharing with a french bloke who is 42 and does boogieboarding, and two german mates who are travelling together and want to go for a beer tomorrow night!
First and lasting impressions of San Francisco is that it is two completely different cities day come night. During the day it is beautiful to see and there are quite a few things to occupy yourself, I have spent the last two days with the finnish girl off the tour who is really nice too ha ha, we've seen all the sights, caught a movie, now she has gone home I have had a chance to do my washing at last!!
At night, the city is not a safe place to be (sorry mum!)... there are more crazy people here than anywhere I have ever been, per street the lenght of Lowlands there would be 10 or more homeless bums or drug sellers or prositutes, so it's best not to go out at night alone, or even in twos! Shame for such a nice looking city. There is no middle class, just the rich and the very poor!
Tomorrow I am going to jail, Al Catraz in fact! I have done nothing wrong, I am innocent!! They wont listen so... Then I am showing two germans, a french and a swiss lad how to drink!
I am really looking forward to going to Fiji - better weather and I have had enough of the city life too, it's working out expensive and can imagine it getting quite stressful too, so will be glad to move on to my next destination...
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