Stayed downtown first in cat hostel, got a trolley from Tijuana border to here. Great night here, its ran by young people in a warehouse turned hostel! Did some shopping in the nearby gas quarters and then partied! Next day went drinking in the bar Bare back, my first Guinness in the states! Then up to pacific beach (PB as they call it) stayed in banana bungalows, right on the beach front the front deck, sweet! Met dave and Joanna that night took it easy as had the American football game the next day.
It was san diego chargers first match, got the trolley out to the stadium, lots of dudes having barbies outside in the car park beside their kick ass pick ups, cars here are big and awesome! Seen the fighter jets fly over beforehand, was pretty cool, the noise was deafening. Went to hooters café after this near the hostel, and then up to gardner street to johnnys old pub, Tiki bar with dave and the gang, met Hannah a girl I met in Bolivia here, was a really good night.
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| From Sandiego |
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| From Sandiego |
Next day woke up to dave handing me a beer, drinking most of the day on the patio playing beer pong, sweet! Got a keg later in the hostel, what I expected when I came to the states! Niall injured himself been a lifeguard jumping over the balcony to the beach, just to save his sunglasses tho. Met a norweigan girl that night and a Slovenian, hehe!
Decided then to rent out a family RV to go travelling around the west coast in a month with Cruise America.
Las Vegas (9th – 11th August)
Drove down that evening to las vegas, only took a few hours to Nevada, seen the lights on the way in, really cool. MGM is the biggest hotel in the world, called into the casino there, so many games! Dave and Joanna stayed in new york new york hotel, really nice inside, ride went throught the hotel and there was a fake statue of liberty inside too! We walked down the strip the next day and got a buffet in Village buffet in paris hotel, really cool interior and lots of cuisine to choose from. Got the monorail then to Stratosphere, ride 800ft above the strip, scary!
Walked back and seen the bellagio fountain display, fountain springs play in sync with the opera music. Went back then to daves room seeing as we were living in the RV in their car park and had some bucky before hitting the town. Had a guinnes in the Nine Fine Irishmen and then to coyote ugly but that was pretty disappointing so hit the Hard Rock to go clubbing and some gambling, was a really good night. Next morning up early and hit the gun store, shot a desert eagle was really good fun. Then took a short drive to Hoover Dam, very big!
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| From RV trip to Vegas and Southern California |
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| From RV trip to Vegas and Southern California |
Yosemite National Park (11 – 18th)
Went down RT 95 travelling all day to get to this beautiful national park, stayed in a camp site on the outskirts the first night, had a Barbie that we brought with us, unlucky if you’re a vegeterian!
Entered on the east coast side Tiago pass, up over 10000 ft. Chilled out near Lake Tenaya, another barbecue, beautiful view. Seen the Tenaya Canyon at Olmstead point,very big time of year so had to head west to find a trailer park outside for accommodation.
Next morning heading up to san Francisco, stayed at north beach, and went out that night but was pretty tired as we were travelling all day so was an early night. Seen the golden gate bridge the next day and the island of Alcatraz, then headed down to LA. Drove to Beverley hills, took a few pictures and then seen the stars on the street, hit santa Barbara that night for another barbecue, then back to san diego, long trip, but a lot of fun! Funny the next morning we cleaned out the RV, but the pipes were clogged so on a random street emptied shit out, haha got away with it too!
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| From RV trip to Vegas and Southern California |
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| From RV trip to Vegas and Southern California |
San Diego (18th – 20th september)
Back to banana bungalow for our last few days, rented out a jeep to cruise around as its pretty cheap, seen the naval air base and went to san diego zoo for a day, lots of monkeys and cats and seen a panda bear! Called down to mission beach and see the harbour and an old naval aircraft carrier. Went clothes shopping as my clothes were becoming ragged, drove to a factory outlet in San Ysdiro near the border, lots of shops. That evening then beer pong in the hostel and did some night swimming with a Slovenian, haha good times! BBQ on the patio and vodka and mountain dew is what our diet consisted of. Was great to see dave and Joanna again, had a brilliant time with them.
Hawaii (20th – 29th)
Stayed on Waikiki beach for the first few days as was meeting my brother darragh here, stayed in the beach hostel on lemon road 30 dollars a night, including our own kitchen facilities. Met my brother the day I arrived and was great to see him, had not seen him in over nine months! Went out at the weekend to Zanzibar and senior frogs, was good fun. Hit a cheesecake factory with my bro, awesome! A lot of coral reef this side of the coast line so not the best for swimming. Went up north shore then for a few days, only two hours up the coast, stayed in sharks cove rental near waimea bay, really nice place to stay here, really good for swimming and surfing also, biggest wave was caught in waimea bay. Worked on the tan here before hitting Australia. Went back to Waikiki before flying out the next night and had an awesome night, ended up meeting a cool English girl in the hostel called Hannah, more night swimming! Pretty expensive Hawaii but a beautiful place, so many beaches to hit.
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| From Hawaii |
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| From Hawaii |
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