The drive from Merced took about 2hr 30mins, we had to pay $5 to enter San Francisco over a huge bridge. We checked into our hostel which were a pretty cool place with lots of room to chill out in. Then we made a big decision to take the car back to the rental office a day earlier as the parking fees in the city were ridiculous. By doing this we probably saved a little bit of money. We then went for a little wander around trying to find somewhere to grab tea, we ...

Leaving Vegas we had considered driving through the unbelievably hot Death Valley.... due to the very high temperatures we decided to drive around death valley instead of through it. It was about a 5hr drive from Vegas to the small town of Bishop which is east of Yosemite National Park. We didn't do much at Bishop, Lucy wasn't feeling too good either so we just chilled out watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The next day we were up early and had a very p...

We arrived in the lovely city of San Diego early afternoon after the 2hr 30min drive from Los Angeles. San Diego is California's second largest city and we can safely assure you that its much nicer than the biggest. Checked into RK Hostel located on the edge of the Little Italy area, which was in walking distance of both the harbour and the city centre. After getting our things sorted out, we went for a wander through the lovely Little Italy which was lined with...

Los Angeles.. what can i say?? Celebrities, fat people, skinny people, burgers.. more burgers and a shed load of tramps.. more about this as i write the blog. Obviously we had a huge flight of 10hr 20 mins.. Lucy wasn't looking forward to it but actually slept most of the way through it, but unfortunately Peter didn't sleep at all. We had to queue to go through imigration for quite some time but when eventually getting through we jumped onto a shuttle bus whic...