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  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 77 – San Francisco to Los Angeles, USA

    Tuesday 25 January 2000 Highlights: Golden Gate Bridge, Girhardelli House Ice cream. For our last day in San Francisco we decided to walk to the Golden Gate Bridge, so called because of the entrance to the bay.   We totally misjudged the distance and ended up walking for over 2 hours.  I know I felt the…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 76 – San Francisco, USA

    Monday 24 January 2000 Highlights:  Girhardilli House, Fisherman’s Wharf, Cable Cars We woke to very heavy rain but that is no excuse no to explore.  We walked down to Fisherman’s Wharf and split up.  Jon visited Alcartz which I skipped having been there only 14 months ago.  Instead I explored the local area in particular…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 75 – Los Angeles to San Francisco, USA

    Sunday 23 January 2000 Highlights:  Nothing today. Leaving Los Angeles on the 3 am bus, I’m not sure what we were thinking here, we didn’t get into San Francisco until after 11 am and it was raining heavily. Possibly the worst trip on a Greyhound Bus so far and that is saying something! After arriving…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 74 – Los Angeles, USA

    Saturday 22 January 2000 Highlights: Six Flags Magic Mountain. After confusion at the hostel over our booking to Magic Mountain we paid an additional $11 (total $71) for transport and entrance. Magic Mountain is purely a roller coaster attraction with a DC Super Hero theme.  The best ride was the Riddler’s Revenge.  You stand up,…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 73 – Los Angeles, USA

    Friday 21 January 2000 Highlights:  Universal Studios, live taping of ‘Suddenly Susan’ Like the backpackers we are we caught the public bus to Universal Studios saving about $8, every bit counts. The highlight at the park was the Terminator 2 3D show.  The show includes live actors plus footage of all the movie stars including…