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Enjoyed San Diego a lot. 1st afternoon I was pretty knackered so just went for a tiki-tour. Ended up on the waterfront, there was a little village called Seaport Village. Was a cool little pace, with a chilled out atmosphere, shops and buskers.....pretty much Cuba Street I suppose but a different layout.
The 2nd day included a day out in La Jolla (La-hoy-ya). Did a bike and kayak tour which took 6 hours or so. Bike ride started at the top of a massive hill, can't remember what it was called but it had a controversial cross at the though. We then went down the hill around all the different spots in La Jolla such as Pacific Beach, Jimmy's cove etc. The kayak, we went out into the bay which is an ecological reserve. Did not see any Leopard sharks, but we did get within a couple metres of the Sea Lions while checking out the caves, but none wanted to playL. It was a looooong day; we ended up missing pub crawl as it took so long to get back....public transport failed.
The Zooooooo! It was huge, I wanted to ensure I covered the entire place; it took just over 4 hours. The Polar Bears were awesome because they actually did stuff. One was playing with a ball, and just showing off in general. But ultimately it is just a zoo, most of the animals are sleeping so not overly interesting but you got to experience it as Welly Zoo is mini.
Other bits and pieces: - Little Italy, just random restaurants and cafes. - Downtown, seemed deserted, lots of homeless. Gap lamp Quarter- The happening area of the city, lots of restaurants and bars, all with staff out the front trying to convince you to come to their place. - General waterfront, lots of stuff happening, you could spend a long time and go to all the different places, but no point with limited time there. Same deal with Balboa Park which was huge.
Trying to get home last night, we crossed on a red light as the only car in sight was a police car that had gone through the intersection 20 seconds earlier. Next minute he had turned around, pulled us over and was going to give us a fine. We talked him round, but he still made sure we did not have a gun with us and made us do sobriety tests that we managed to somehow pass. Another case of USA Police being OTT.
Observations:
-Reminded me of Sydney a lot.
-Well over half the back packers here were Irish. We decided Ireland and NZ are the same.
-I still have my chap stick!
-Subway is a lot cheaper here than Vegas, roughly the same as NZ prices once converted.
-Bike transport is big here itseems, the ones where you jump on the back of the bike and driver bikes you to location
-Most clubs close at 1:30, assume it is different on weekends, but seems silly when it is still full and having to kick everyone out.
-The sun burns here. Didn't in San Francisco or Vegas, definitely did here though :S
Off to LA shortly when the bus comes, free food and drink on the LuxBus which I am going to enjoy. Everyone is saying I should stay in San Diego rather than go to LA as it is not so fun. Am committed with the bus coming shortly though. Would have been cool to go down to Tijuana for a day.
Time to leave, by all. From people commenting through FB, email, message board and how ever else you can get a hold of me, seems like people are reading the blog, yay.
DO NOT USE LUXBUSAMERICA.COM: Now that I am in LA and had a sleep, do not use Luxbus when in the States. I didn't have food before jumping on the bus as I thought I would be getting snacks and drinks provided on the bus, as well as pillows and the like. Turns out, none of this was provided, the chairs were not comfy and it was over hours while I was on the bus....it's only a 130 mile trip. Going to try gets me a refund.
Time to leave this time, free beers are waiting!
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