So all packed ready to go, breakfast eaten, driver outside, it all started very calmly, just what I needed for the imminent 2,200 mile drive on the wrong side of the road, in an automatic car and with crazy American drivers on the road. Started with a very funny Italian airport driver and a kiwi couple advising us how to drive in California; it's always good to get a few tips but the scary stories, ya just gotta take them with a pinch of salt. Get to the car ren...

Hello San Francisco!!! How I've missed you and how excited I was to return here! Hoped Kenny loved it as much as I did... That's a yes. Got ourselves off to a good start by getting free fancy coffees in Starbucks at the airport :) Hopped off the plane and onto a shuttle straight to the hostel. The Green Tortoise is exactly how I remembered it; good atmosphere, ok rooms, tiny bathrooms but with free breakfast daily, activities every evening and free dinner three ...