This is my room, with an unfeasible number of pillows and a sort of cushioned pool noodle thing. And a view of Canal Street. And hotel corridors which are … a little unusual in the lighting department. That said, the…

Got as much sleep as I could in Sauna 307, and the packing up process went very smoothly. Maybe I’m getting better at that part. Taking a bus to the station was the easiest approach, and the only trouble I had…

Not sure that I specifically took a picture, but somewhere along the line I’ll have looked at the Pacific Ocean, probably during the Christchurch to Wellington portion of the trip. This is what it looks like from the other side. And…

The Amtrak thruway bus was scheduled to pick me, and any other passengers, up at 7:25am. Advice from Amtrak suggested being there a half-hour early. It was about a half-hour walk from the hostel to the bus stop in the…

Yosemite turned out to be way too difficult to get to without a lot more planning than I’d done, and a conversation with someone in the hostel kind of put me off the one-day bus tour option (roughly a third of the…

When I leave San Francisco, it’ll be by train, but the train doesn’t come into the city, and the cable cars don’t run out far enough, so Amtrak has some buses. Given the consequences of missing the bus, and my…

Alcatraz was all booked up, as is to be expected, so I did a boat tour which took you out under the Golden Gate bridge, did a lap around Alcatraz, and down to the rough area of the ferry terminal.…

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yeah, these aren’t getting any better, are they? So, the view from the hostel, or the hostel area, is still worth the walk. There’s a network of paths & steps to get down from the headland, plus some roads if…

The hostel I’m staying at is in Fort Mason, so it’s all historic. Also uphill. I remember the hill from cycling around SF in 2012; It’s the one where I had to stop because I couldn’t stay upright due to…