Delores Park, San Francisco
A beautiful old tram.
My hippie tour guide for the Flower Power Hippie Trail.
The Famous Haight Ashbury St sign.Thursday, 5 July 2007
San Francisco
Delores Park, San Francisco A beautiful old tram. My hippie tour guide for the Flower Power Hippie Trail. The Famous Haight Ashbury St sign.
The rest of the photos from NZ (South Island)
The spooky Moeraki Rocks.
Where our travels in the South Island begun and finished. The old public toilets, The Welsh Pub, Wellington.
Apparently the 'steepest street in the world. They've never seen Constitution Hill in Swansea obviously.
Milford Sound.
One of the geatest burgers Jared's ever had. Queenstown
Monday, 2 July 2007
Cook Islands to San Francisco...
Just left the beautiful Cook Islands and eventually made it to San Francisco. It was a beast of a journey and we ended up being 21 hours late from when we were supposed to arrive here, fighting unhelpful ground staff at LAX, getting angry in queues to nowhere, receiving very poor communication from Air NZ about accomodation and reconnections, forgeting to print out our domestic US flight details and then hitching across town in amad rush to find the only internet cafe open on a Sunday to print them out after checking in for our flight to LA, being bullied by a stern security officer at LAX, catching a couple of hours sleep over 2 nights in 2 hotels and then having my flip flops removed and swabbed for "explosives" by security officers at LAX. (my feet must of smelled bad.)
But we're now here and it all seems worth it. Our hostel seems cool and central, we've already bought some must haves, booked a tour to Alcatraz and booked a 'Summer of Love' historical hippie tour around Haight Ashbury. We're also here for Independence Day celebrations so we'll probably go down the harbour and catch some free music and fireworks.
Our time in the Cook Islands was great. It flew by and we enjoyed plenty of lazy days in the sun. I think our suntans have returned. (you'll have to let us know when we return, which is very soon)
Highlights were:
Meeting lots of cool and friendly people
Videoing Rachel Brown dancing like a local on stage with a man at an 'Island Night'
Diving in 30 metre visibility and warm sea water with a 60 year old Welsh man
Increasing my libido trying Oysters for the first time
Hearing the locals singing in Church
Hearing some awesome percussion bands
Feasting on fish burgers with Rachel and Lauren
The impressive snorkelling sites (we loads of amazing fish, a shark and an octopus)
Drinking quite a few G&T's
Finding an awesome guesthouse
Hitching a lift from a Policewoman
Learning how to play 'Chinese Poker'
Passing my 3 minutes round the block Cook Islands Driving Test
Buying my wife a black pearl
We could have done without:
Getting lost with 2 of the fittest and disciplined people we've ever met on a 5 1/2 hour hill trek across the centre of the island
Attempting to sunbathe in a cold Southerly wind
Attempting to swim and snorkle in strong off shore currents
Moving us and our luggage to another hostel (the awesome 'Are-Mango Guesthouse') on a moped.
Those G&T's
Sharing our lovely guesthouse with 12 noisy teenagers from a Christian School in Oz.
The flight delay on our trip to LA
But overall it was all worth it.
Sheesh. Home soon. Feels very weird. Already made some plans. My head feels like its in 2 worlds: travel mode and settling home mode. Looking forward to returning home though for sure. We're going to be starting again i guess, finding new jobs and a new home. (If the security guards let me and my flip flops out of the US)
But we're now here and it all seems worth it. Our hostel seems cool and central, we've already bought some must haves, booked a tour to Alcatraz and booked a 'Summer of Love' historical hippie tour around Haight Ashbury. We're also here for Independence Day celebrations so we'll probably go down the harbour and catch some free music and fireworks.
Our time in the Cook Islands was great. It flew by and we enjoyed plenty of lazy days in the sun. I think our suntans have returned. (you'll have to let us know when we return, which is very soon)
Highlights were:
Meeting lots of cool and friendly people
Videoing Rachel Brown dancing like a local on stage with a man at an 'Island Night'
Diving in 30 metre visibility and warm sea water with a 60 year old Welsh man
Increasing my libido trying Oysters for the first time
Hearing the locals singing in Church
Hearing some awesome percussion bands
Feasting on fish burgers with Rachel and Lauren
The impressive snorkelling sites (we loads of amazing fish, a shark and an octopus)
Drinking quite a few G&T's
Finding an awesome guesthouse
Hitching a lift from a Policewoman
Learning how to play 'Chinese Poker'
Passing my 3 minutes round the block Cook Islands Driving Test
Buying my wife a black pearl
We could have done without:
Getting lost with 2 of the fittest and disciplined people we've ever met on a 5 1/2 hour hill trek across the centre of the island
Attempting to sunbathe in a cold Southerly wind
Attempting to swim and snorkle in strong off shore currents
Moving us and our luggage to another hostel (the awesome 'Are-Mango Guesthouse') on a moped.
Those G&T's
Sharing our lovely guesthouse with 12 noisy teenagers from a Christian School in Oz.
The flight delay on our trip to LA
But overall it was all worth it.
Sheesh. Home soon. Feels very weird. Already made some plans. My head feels like its in 2 worlds: travel mode and settling home mode. Looking forward to returning home though for sure. We're going to be starting again i guess, finding new jobs and a new home. (If the security guards let me and my flip flops out of the US)
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