We had an early arrival into the greyhound bus station in downtown Los Angeles - we had read reviews that this part of town was a little dodgy. So we had already agreed to get a taxi from here to the Hostel located just off Hollywood Blvd. it was about a 15 minute journey to the hostel and we arrived about 6:30 in the morning, the hostel isn't even managed until seven. So we just sat outside in the smoking area. (Getting eaten alive by bugs). The hostel was in a...

Our last day in San Francisco, we haven't had that long here, but it was been amazing, and I really look forward to retuning! We have a night bus to Los Angeles tonight, but we still have a full day in San Fran. The weather wasn't as good today, very cold, wet and grey. We had to get up early to check out and also because we have booked to do the Alcatraz tour. It took a little while to flag down a taxi but we made it to the pier in loads of time. It was so grey ...

After a crappy night sleep caused by the snoring Irish guy, it was time for a fun filled day in San Francisco. We started the morning with a visit to a camera shop as I need to get a replacement because I have loads of crap in my camera lens. I found one pretty much the same for a reasonable price. We headed town to the bay and walks long all the piers until we reached Fisherman's Wharf. Famous for its sea food - we decided to grab a bite to eat and it wasn't bad...

Today was a travelling day, we woke up to a freezing cold Reno, looking out of our 22 story room you could see mountains covered in snow that wasn't there yesterday. It was an early bus so we got up. Checked out and walked down the road to the old smelly greyhound! The wind was so cold. It gave the Canadian Rockies a run for their money. Our bus driver was telling us of possible delays because of the snow the mountain range that we are just about to drive throug...

The bus journey was ok, I managed to sleep a lot of it. Chris was about 3 rows behind me. We had a scheduled stop at some town in the middle of nowhere. I hadn't seen but a strange crazy woman had sat next to Chris . He always gets people sitting next to him. (I had told him to come and sit with me if he loses his spare seat!) I wouldn't want to sit next to a crazy if I didn't have to. Chris told me that she had pulled his leg to wake him up As he was actually f...