Well we made it to San Fran after a 22 hour train journey. Lovely. There were no smelly people or crying babies this time, just incredibly uncomfortable seats.When trying to get to sleep every position I got into I started to seize up, imagine what it was like for 6 foot 1 inch Philip!
The 15 min walk we were promised, by one of the reps at our hostel 'The Green Tortoise', turned out to be more 35 mins. The odd wrong turning here or there may have added a few mins but not 20!
We got to the hostel around 11.30 ish and weren't allowed to check in till 1.00pm so we dropped off our bags and went investigating. We sat down in a park, phil will know the name of, and watched an old chinese man doing tai-chi ( i hope that is spelled correctly) and a bearded hippy trying to imitate him. Reminded me of Olympia for some reason!
After checking in we went to China town. If china town is anything like the actual country I have no desire to go there. For me it was hot, smelly and intimidating. That wasn't the main reason I disliked it, but even now i can not put my finger on why i just wanted to get the hell out of there, I just did. Phil seemed to enjoy himself though.
We have booked to go on a trip to Yosemite National park tomorrow. A trip organised by the the same company that run the hostel, so it should be good and hopefully we'll get to know some of the people here better. There certainly is no internet there so you may not hear from us for a few days. But guaranteed we'll be having fun, well hopefully.
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Well, at least you got to San Francisco in one piece. Perhaps you should have taken your inflatable pillow after all, Rose. Still, now that you know what it's like on the train, you might be able to rig up something more comfortable for the next journey.
I look forward to hearing about your further adventures in S.F. and seeing the pictures if the internet cafes allow you to upload them.
Hiya Rose, found your blog at last! The link you sent me at my Yahoo account wouldn't work, but google did. It's 1.50 in the morning here, and I've just finished one of Joe's finest kebabs (bad, I know, but sometimes you just have to...) with too much chilli sauce, so after chuckling at your chilli incident I'm now feeling your pain! Miss you hun, but I'm glad you're having fun! xxx
Hey Rose! It sounds like you're having a great time, you're really making me jealous and I can't wait until I can travel the world in my gap year!
i do have to say though, at least those toilets had a lid... when you're back I'll tell you about the toilets I saw in India, one of which I decided it would be better if I went round the back, where there was loads of rubbish and mud and bugs, than to use the actual 'toilet' - lovely!
Lots of lovin', I'm thinking of you! Maxine xxx
Rose! we miss u sooo much, glad your having fun loving ur pics!
keep us updated
lots of love
lauren (florence) x
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