Time to leave San Fran.. We've had a really interesting time and ticked some big fat tourist boxes. The city itself is pretty and unusual as far as cities go. It's most unique freature is probably the cable trams, operated by levers that grab on to and let go of a cable that continuously runs underneath the road. They're very picturesque and - for a country that goes to great lengths to warn you that there may be "uneven surface" - pretty white-knucklingly excit...

The eagle has landed. Well, a couple of extraordinarily tired and slightly bewildered eagles anyway. And maybe we're more like mallards than eagles... But you get the idea! San Francisco is warm at a balmy 11 degrees. Si's already a bit concerned that he's over packed insulation-wise. Not seen much yet as we've just arrived at San Francisco International hostel (see photo of our dorm room for two). The slightly drunk girl on reception has told us that there is ...