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Last Day in the USA

25 Wednesday Sep 2013

Posted by tomaszdunn in Tomasz Travels

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Golden Gate, Park, San Fransisco, Tour

Got up early to go the Post Office to post a load of my souvenirs home (like that cowboy hat and baseball bat) – it must be a universal thing that there is always a queue of at least 15 people in the post office, but the staff were all very helpful.

Got my hair cut it some trendy salon as I didn’t want to walk around any more to look for somewhere cheaper. Fed up of walking around I went on a highly entertaining tour around the city on a motorised tram/car type of vehicle. We got plenty of views of many of the parks around San Francisco and the downtown area – plenty of pics as usual. I got some nice pics of the Pacific – in a few days I would be seeing the South Pacific!

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As with all tour guides they all attempt to be comedians. I liked his description of San Franciscan drivers – honking on the horn means “I love you” and laying on it it “I love you very much”!

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Left the hostel early to get my cab to the airport and to say bye bye to the USA and hello South America!

Aircraft Carrier and Friends

02 Monday Sep 2013

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Aircraft Carrier, Lombard, Navy Day, San Fransisco

This day started quite slowly.Did some laundry in the morning and managed to find and get my photos all backed up to DVD – hence this is why you can see them all now. (In fact I realised 4 years late I haven’t actually uploaded the ones from this day!)

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Walked up the road from my hostel and had a look at the new St Mary’s Cathedral. IMG_8936 IMG_8946 IMG_8952 Plenty more walking later all the way down to Bay 30, where i saw the Richard Bonhomme amphibious assault carrier because it was Navy Day – hence the Navy Officer’s hat from the other day. After an hour long wait out in the sun which was worth it. IMG_8958 The marines on board explained all the kit they had on board. The hovercraft, vehicles and numerous guns all displayed neatly around. As usual I asked plenty of questions! IMG_8970 IMG_8979 IMG_8978 IMG_8982 Sadly on the deck all the aircraft had been taken away 😦 . They did have a big crane which was exciting but not as much as a deck full of aircraft would have been! IMG_8989 IMG_8986 IMG_8996 IMG_8991 IMG_9006 href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdd/3401294685/”>IMG_8997_stitch IMG_8959_stitch In the evening I meet up with my friend Aislin who went to the same uni for a term and her frien Dani, we walked around a bit, up to Lomabard Street. IMG_9017 IMG_9031 IMG_9029 IMG_9028 Wangled our way back to Japan town where we went to Benihama (or however its spelt) where the chefs cook it in front of you – plenty of knife waving and chopping, not the greatest of tasting but very entertaining. Todays Route and Pics

Last Day of the Trip

21 Tuesday May 2013

Posted by tomaszdunn in Tomasz Travels

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California, San Fransisco, USA

We got up at a reasonable time time and back on to the bus heading off to Lake Tahoe, out of the mountains and towards the coast,San Francisco. IMG_8597 IMG_8601 IMG_8605 IMG_8602 Closer to the city we were kindly greeted by the first traffic jam of the entire trip and also the roaring of the Navy’s Blue Angels shooting ahead above us. We ended up at a hotel and we were all unceremoniously unloaded from the bus alogn with all our bags. I went down to the hostel to sort my self out before joining the rest of the group at Pier 39 (the one with all the Sea Lions( for a boat trip. IMG_8609 IMG_8608 IMG_8606

The boat trip went right around the bay – around Alcatraz and under the Golden Gate bridge as the sun was setting and I managed to get some beautiful shots.

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After that went to eat clam chowder in a bread bowl which was horrendously expensive.  Went for a few drinks and said bye bye to a few people of the group and bye bye to our Tour Leader. The girls got chatting to some Navy Officers and got a cool pic in a Navy Officers hat. Smile  whom I found out were here for Navy Day, hence all the ships in the docks and the Blue Angels earlier in the day. Went back to my hostel for a night in a real bed an not on the floor.

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More pics from today and the route

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