The reviews of downtown LA, where the Greyhound bus terminal exists, was to say the least... extremely scary. According to the reviews we expected to be beaten, robbed, attacked and possibly immediately murdered on arrival. Alas, we arrived in the early hours, and deemed the surroundings to be fairly safe, so risked a bus journey into town. The only thing dodgy about the arrival experience was the blunt bus driver, and a woman (sane) trying to give S money to t...

Seattle had been all about visiting friends and San Francisco has been all about reacquainting with Family and seeing some very crooked streets and a not so 'Golden' Gate Bridge. We hopped on board the Amtrak Coast Starlight train to Sacramento - 20 hrs of looking at the scenery, sleeping and eating but all coach class this time (as opposed to the luxurious experience we had on the Canadian ViaRail). We based ourselves in Antilope and then Fremont for re-conn...