I fell asleep pretty quickly in our little corner of the airport because of being exhausted from the cycle ride. However, I didn't sleep for very long, and woke up at about 3.30, and couldn't get back to sleep. We checked in at 5.30, and flew at 7 to Portland airport, where Alice's cousin, Stephanie, picked us up and took us back to her house for breakfast (which beat our plan to get pop tarts and coffee from 7 eleven). We had eggs, sausages, toast, fruit and muf...

It was bliss to have a proper night's sleep- the only problem was the bunk I was in was a bit squeaky, but that's nothing compared to snorers/ late night showers/ upright seats for a mere 7 hours on the greyhound (compared to semi-cama South American buses), and it was nice to have a free (self-made) pancake breakfast with coffee, served with maple syrup and a very smooth grape jam. After packing our bags and putting them into the luggage storage, we headed to ...

The weird guy on our bus stayed around at the Greyhound station and was asking what we were doing in terms of hostels. We hadn't booked anything yet, and were intending to use the Wi-Fi there to book something. I feared that he would keep asking us and invite himself along to the same one, but luckily he left of his own accord, in good timing as we were preparing to leave ourselves. Public transport in San Francisco is a lot easier to use, and the city isn't as ...

The bad snorer was at it again but also came in at about 5 and had a shower, and I couldn't get back to sleep so it was easy enough to get up early to try and fit in depositing our bags at the Greyhound station, a trip to Venice beach and the TV show we had tickets for. However, the first bus we needed to get didn't seem to be appearing an so we got on a less direct bus and, despite leaving at about 8, we didn't get to the station until about 10/ half past. We st...

We both agreed it would be better to get up early today to make the most of the limited time we have here, so we got our freshly baked muffin and coffee breakfast at about 7.30 (it was actually quite easy given we are in a 20 bed dorm and the guy in the bed next to me has a snoring problem). I kept having to ask reception questions as it seems quite hard to travel around- they only provide $5 road maps and not free pedestrian maps like everywhere else, so one of...