08/03/20106 hours of long, boring, straight freeway we arrived on the outskirts of San Francisco and crossed the Bay bridge. The views of the city at night from that bridge made up for the unspectacular journey berforehand. It was amazing and possibly the most impressive city skyline we have seen yet (and we have seen a lot). Excited to see the city we drove to our hotel and got our room sorted. Our hotel was fairly central and the room was clean and spacious. By...

04/03/2010Arriving in LA 8 hours before taking off was an odd feeling due to the international date line. The flight was comfortable and we managed to get a few hours sleep. We landed at LAX and were immediately met by soldiers with guns and I got told off for taking a photo of the Welcome to USA sign... brilliant.Having collected our bags fine and fairly promptly we said our goodbyes to Matt as he had a connecting flight to Vancouver that same day and we went in...