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| (with free refill coffee) at Lori´s Diner |
Our journey begins in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful and charming cities I've ever visited. We were staying Downtown (near Union Square) - rightly notorious for being overrun with tramps and crazies, though they ended up looking relatively sane when compared to our 6ft 4 Korean hostel owner (Eric) who didn't sleep for 5 days and only ate speed tablets for every meal.
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| Fucking piece of shit loser cunt (and some homeless dude) |
San Fran presented too much to take in given the short time we had; the city itself is absolutely stunning and too often I found myself dorkily half-jogging to catch up with Ali and Dave after getting left behind taking hundreds of photos.
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| 1962 Plymouth Valiant |
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| Sunset over Ocean Beach |
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| Lombard Street (the windiest street in the world) |
We spent a fair amount of time in Haight Street, the 'Camden Town' of Frisco, where if you mooch around for long enough trendy hippies will offer you a free spliff, or hot homeless women will give you shrooms, or friendly advice, or both.
Walking across the Golden Gate was cool; attempting to hitchhike back for 45 minutes, failing, and then realising we had been standing under a giant sign which said ´NO STOPPING AT ANY TIME´ was not...
Although I did love the place, I left feeling slightly uneasy. The sheer number of people who live in San Francisco without a home was genuinely shocking; be they 'Rock' who showed us around the entire city with more enthusiasm than I could ever hope to have, or 'Q-Quinten', who whipped out his nob and pissed on a parked car whilst I was talking to him. Nowhere as wealthy as the United States can justify such utter neglect for its own people.
Next on the agenda was Yosemite National Park - I will try to update ASAP, but am flying into the Amazon Basin in 30 minutes, so - rain check?
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