I have a couple of flights to get to San Francisco where I am meeting Jodie and my parents. On the train to the airport I got talking to a Scottish woman who ended up being the check in woman for my flights. Good job I was polite because she ended up changing my flight and got me on a direct earlier flight! I was meant to be meeting Jodie at the airport but she was unable to get on the first flight from the uk so I wasn't sure when she was landing so I went to ch...

We arrive in San Diego late afternoon and check into our hostel. We actually have a half decent kitchen for the first time in California in this hostel so the first thing we do is head to the supermarket and get some food for the week. Our first impressions of San Diego are good, the place is clean and feels very safe, which is good after the uneasy feeling of LA. After we had our dinner we ventured out to find a decent bar and found one that had $2 pints! Jodie ...

We have a quick hour bus journey to Venice beach on the coast of LA. As Santa Monica is near Venice beach we are going to do a full day in Venice before spending a day up Santa Monica. We arrive at our hostel to find a pretty run down looking place. The dorm isn't the best and 2 of the beds (which thankfully we aren't in!) have half of the frame missing so they are literally just half a bed each, not the best if your on the top bunk! There are 3 bunk beds and on...

We have a 7 and a half hour bus journey down to LA but due to our second driver who decided to have long breaks at every stop we didn't arrive in LA till 9 hours later. The drive down though was quite good, we took the scenic route for most of the way down and the views were amazing. To one side we had big green and gold Californian mountains and to the other we had the torquise sea with little island scattered around. We have noticed that most of the Greyhound ...

We have another little town to stop at before heading to LA for a few days. We have been told that Salinas is a good little town so decide to stop here so we can split up the coach journey a little bit. Our hostel that were staying in describes itself as a hostel and a hotel. We get a private room for cheap but have a shared bathroom. When we get there the check in guy tries to rip us off. We always use the same websites to book the hostels and when we book it ...