What a busy few days! Fishermans Wharf. Check. Golden gate park. Check. Union Square. Check. Dripping grease all over my jeans whilst eating a gigantic burger. Check.... oh and getting sloshed on $2 vodkas. Double check. Having a fab time. We love the hostel it's great fun and meeting lots of cool people. Going out on the bar crawl last night was a perfect way to get to know our neighbours however had resulted in us being rather unsociable today! We were ...

Sat in the cavernous common room of the funky Green Tortoise Hostel and it still feels as if we're on a movie set. It's 8.35pm here, 4.35am UK time, so we've now been up nearly 24 hours including a 10 hour flight. This will inevitably make everything seem a little surreal! our room is as crummy as we should expect for the price we've paid but the hostel itself has a great vibe and is everything we hoped for. Free beer and crab racing from 8.30pm, what more could ...