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San Francisco: 37°47N 122°25W, pop (1995e) 793 000. City co-extensive with San Francisco Co, W California, USA; bounded W by the Pacific Ocean, N by the Golden Gate, E by San Francisco Bay; built on a series of hills; connected … Continue reading →

Sunday the 7th Sept 4:00 am.I was asleep, when I was awakened by a violent juddering, and the train stopping abruptly. I thought that maybe it was antilock brakes or something, but they wouldn’t have done much…the train wasn’t on … Continue reading →

Preface I love America. It’s a huge, wonderfully diverse country in so many ways. All of the people I chose to spend time with were intelligent, interesting people. But I read a lot of papers, watched a lot of TV, … Continue reading →

Day 10: A warm day in a warm city It’s no coincidence that Denver not only has the highest educated per-capita ratio, but it’s also the thinnest and healthiest city in the USA. And what a lovely city it is. … Continue reading →

We collected the second car, a little Plymouth Neon. Not quite up to par with the previous Buick, but within budget. And so, for the third time, we saw the stretch of road heading north out of Vegas towards Utah. … Continue reading →

An unhurried start towards Vegas that morning. Fairly quickly encountering desert, we made good time along the fast roads. Something that had either changed since I was last there, or is perhaps a regional thing were the speed limits. I … Continue reading →

Day 4: Down Mexico way We stayed a little north of San Diego last night, and then drove down and parked in one of the many car parks right by the border ($6/day). The was the option of a bus, … Continue reading →