The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge really has to be seen to be believed. It is amazing! It’s so grand overwhelming, It really is beautiful. Some of the views that we had from the lookouts point were fantastic. Here are just a few of the photos that we took…..

1. Driving over The Golden Gate Bridge.
2. The gang in front of The bridge.
3. Me in front of the bridge.
4. Us and our hire car. A Chrysler 300. Is it pimp or what!!!!!!

Alcatraz

Alcatraz Island was one the best experiences of my trip so far. It was extremely interesting and I learnt a lot about Alcatraz island and the prison. They had an audio tour which guided you around while you listen to old inmates and prison guards talking about how things were done back in the day.

1. A view of Alcatraz island from the boat.
2. The Alcatraz cell blocks.
3. Me sitting in one of the cells on the toilet.
4. The recreation area.

San Francisco

Hi everyone,

Today is the third of May and I am still in San Francisco for one more night. San Francisco has been amazing! It has been a lot of fun. Probably my favourite place so far although it’s hard to go past San Diego but living wise I think I would definitely be able to live in either.
Yesterday and the day before were big days, we have seen a lot of San Francisco: we went down to Pier 39 on Fisherman’s Wharf, we visited Alcatraz island, we drove over and near the Golden Gate bridge, we saw The Palace of Fine Arts, we went to Haight St. (a famous hippy St.) and also went to Castro St. (a famous gay and lesbian St.).

Pier 39 was a gorgeous little area as was the whole of Fisherman’s Wharf. There were lots of places to eat and it was really nice. We had fish and chips which were pretty yummy.

Lombard St. was pretty cool. We actually drove down it in out pimp mobile!

Castro St. was a weird but pretty cool experience. The street is just filled with everything and everyone gay and lesbian. Me and Jimmy got a photo over “The Sausage Factory”. Hahaha……

Haight St. was really fun. It’s pretty much Hippie central of San Francisco. It’s a bit like Brunswick St. I guess, lots of cool shop and restaurants. A extraordinary amount of weird people though for some reason, lol.

Today we are going to ride a cable car down California St. (one of the main very hilly street in San Fran) and probably drive around a bit and look for the “Full House” street with the park across the road,

Speak soon Ladies and Gents.



Paul.

More Pics from San diego

Other photos from San diego

1. Me, James, Gemma and Tim.
2. Me and Gemma.
3. Me and Beatrice (a girl I met from Switzerland).

San Francisco

Hi everyone,

Right now It’s about 2.30pm and I’m sitting here in our dorm room on Jimmy’s computer. We got home pretty late last night so we decided not to go to Universal Studios today. We are just going to have a relaxing day and maybe go to Rodeo Drive and look at all the expensive shops.
Yesterday during the day we went shopping down Hollywood Boulevard and I bought a couple of T-shirts because they were really cool and cheap and I also bought a pair of cool Japanese jeans which are also really cool.
After that we met up with Jesse and some of his mates. We went to Citywalk which is right next to Universal Studios. It was a really cool place but none of us had our cameras so we didn’t get any photos at all. We ate at the Hard Rock café which was there…..the food was delicious!
After that we went to the Walk of Fame on Sunset Boulevard. It was kind of cool but a bit disappointing. All it was really was a normal street with stars on the sidewalk. Mann’s Chinese Theatre was really cool though: that had celebrity footprints and handprints and signatures in the ground.
Tomorrow we are off to San Francisco. We were going to catch a bus there but it only worked out a little bit more expensive to hire a car so we went with that option. We are getting a Chevrolet HHR, it looks pretty cool.
I can’t wait to go to San Fran, it’s going to be a lot of fun!!! We’ll be there for four nights and then we are coming back to LA and staying with Jesse for a while in Thousand Oaks. I’m only going to be staying three nights and then I’ll be off flying home back to Melbourne. It’ll definitely be sad to leave Jimmy, Tim and everyone I’ve met but It’ll be cool seeing everyone back home who I haven’t seen for a long long time.

Okay I’ll try and keep you updated on what I’m doing. See you in a little while…..


Paul.


P.S. I wrote that I was extending my stay a night recently…….I meant just in Hollywood. I am still flying back on the 7th and I’ll be home on the 9th. Mum and dad were a bit confused…….hahaha.