Apparently there are only two Filbert Streets in the whole-wide world, one is in San Francisco the other is in Leicester. (I’m sure that that’s wrong, but it makes for a good story) This photo was taken in San Francisco around about 1998 with my old university chum Amy. My biggest worry before I started…… Continue reading Marin County and Oregon, USA
Category: North America
Last Day in Hawaii
My last day on the island was spent with Tatiana, Mamen and Samir had both left. It was a relaxing day until we got back to the hostel at 11.50pm to find the the luggage room where my bike was stored was locked and wouldn’t be opened until 8am and my flight the next day…… Continue reading Last Day in Hawaii
More Hawaii
One of the Christmas Dand Sculptures in the Sheraton Waikiki. We watched the sunrise, hiked, snorkelled and ate shaved ice, which was one of Obama’s favourites eats. Cactus flower Tatiana made me swim in the sea, which was good as I’m not a strong swimmer. Tatiana found a bottle washed up on the beach. It…… Continue reading More Hawaii
Hawaii
A few days in a met three others and we spent the next week together hiking and on the beach and taking a ridiculous number of photos Me and Mamen We got up early to watch the Sun rise. This is a fake lagoon. Dole pineapple plantation. Samir, Tatiana and Mamen
Hawaii was a Slog
The weather forecast for my 9 days on the island wasn’t particularly promising. Outside the Iolani palace. He was a very graceful dancer. My first few days were spent sightseeing. Waikiki where I was staying was very touristic. On this section of the tour my bike stayed in its box, I couldn’t be arsed to…… Continue reading Hawaii was a Slog
9 days on Oahu
Sadly I had to watch a bit of the new series of Hawaii Five O on the flight over. I gave myself 9 days here just in case my bike got lost in transit. Luckily it arrived when I did and the TSA opened it and inspected it and they did an excellent job of…… Continue reading 9 days on Oahu
San Diego
After spending two days getting a bike box, gaffer tape and Chinese bags. I finally did a bit of sight seeing and went to the Cabrillo National Monument on a bike ride organised by the hostel. Views from the National Park San Diego’s dog Beach 🏖 Sunshine everyday in San Diego. The hostel that I…… Continue reading San Diego
Swann
When I turned up to my hostel in San Diego I bumped into Swann. I met him maybe about 8 weeks ago in Oregon at a campsite. There were a lot of cyclists at the campsite that night and we all arranged to meet at the same campsite the next day. Neither Swann nor I…… Continue reading Swann