Goodbye, San Francisco!
Well tomorrow morning I farewell San Fran for San Diego on a 12 hour Greyhound voyage. Today i cycled the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog and visited the lovely little town Sausolito; then ferried back past Alcatraz.

This also signals the end of free high speed internet and great service at this hostel; who knows what San Diego and the rest of the trip holds for those two criteria.

I also have some news from Katie; she emailed from 3440 metres at Namche Bazaar! She says she is healthy and keeping safe which is good news.

Talk soon.

Love David xoxoxoxo.

I decided to take a trip to Vegas on a whim and this is the end result. I'm not sure if this has gotten through to the Australian media yet but this happened just of the runway....only joking!! This is from Universal Studios in LA from the set of War of the Worlds. And more importantly there is colour and photos on the blog!

I decided instead of writing a heap of summaries I'll let the photos do the talking.









Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills.
The British guy i was with was getting very excited every time he saw a car that they only made 5000 of. He saw three of them here in the space of 20 minutes.









LA, Hollywood International Hostel
Lesson #1: Don't go to LA; Lesson #2: If you must go to LA, don't go to the Hollywood International Hostel.









Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theater sights.









Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill, San Francisco
On the other hand, go straight to San Fran, it's a wonderful city. Small, charming, creative and friendly.
















Walking to the Golden Gate Bridge - 3 hours in All Stars was painful but beautiful; Caught the bus back.

Anyway there is somewhat of an update. I was going to connect up my camera and get some photos of Yosemite and more of San Fran but it won't accept my camera; I'll have to wait till I get them burnt onto a disc.

Today i bought my Greyhound bus ticket to go to San Diego on Friday; a grueling 12 hours no less. Hopefully i will get to see some of the interesting Californian countryside; not just the backside of a fat American trying to get past me to the bathroom.

I saw the band Man Man last night and it was one of the most amazing shows i have ever seen. Dressed in tennis outfits and war paint, they set up in a circle on the stage and bashed junk yard instruments and growled for about 2 hours; was spectacular. Highly Recommended. And i got to use my 21st present coat last night as well (was still cold though) and it was very luxurious and good looking; thanks again present givers.

Anyway that's it. Thanks for reading, good to read from some of you in the comments, i will respond right now.

Hello to The Littles as well. I hope the bus renovation is treating you well; I wish i could have been there for that. Say hello for Lacey for me. I'm Katie is having a fantastic time up the mountain, hopefully altitude is treating her well.

Bye for now. xoxoxoxo

David.

p.s. i will be cycling the Golden Gate Bridge tomorrow and going to the City Lights Bookstore again so i can say i bought a book from there (Ginsberg, Dylan and Kerouac used to hang out there, get high, get drunk and hide in the basement from fans.)

Hello...
I am back. Sorry it has been so much time between posts here. I have been to Yosemite and i will report on that in parts tomorrow probably; part 1 tomorrow, hopefully. I also went to the Google Offices in Mountain View, California to visit one of Elizabeth's (my sister) old university friends; obviously I will be talking in detail about that as well.

Missing you all.

xoxoxo

David.

p.s. what's been up with everyone there. Email me or comment here...besides the usual suspects who i am emailing constantly.

UPDATE:
ok, ok no post for today. I need to find time to catch up obviously. I booked a hostel in San Diego today, right on the beach and I'm very happy about that. I will be going there via a 12 hour Greyhound bus trip on Saturday the 7th of April. I'm also going to a Man Man gig tonight which should be cool. Obviously i will try and update progress tomorrow.

p.s. Katie is heading towards base camp as we speak, having the time of her life no less I'm sure.