Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
Hey Floydy. Is this your first trip to the US?..Maybe you're an old hand but if by any chance it's your first time in San Francisco, a few tips depending on how much time you have. If you're wandering through the CBD around Market and Van Ness be careful not to stray into The Tenderloin district. It is a bad place especially for tourists and it's easy to end up there by accident. One minute you are surrounded by banks and business suits, boutiques and art galleries and you literally cross a corner and you're in the worst part of town. LOts of dodgy dudes, pickpockets, shysters and thugs. The locals will help you avoid it. Pier 39 is fine and Bubba Gumps seafood palace is an experience but there's better restaurants elsewhere you can try if you have time. Golden Gate park is beautiful especially the arboretum. Make sure you have a good jacket because SF is a very cold place especially in summer weirdly enough. And Alcatraz is FFFFFFREEEEZZZZING!!..Rug up for that. Maybe you know all this already. Have fun. I've spent a fair bit of time in SF. I feel quite at home there. I Lived in Noe Valley for a while. SF is Sydney's sister city. They are similar in many ways.Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
Yep best avoid The Tenderloin although the locals there kind of look after you and steer you out again if you stray in. It's pretty grim. It makes Kings Cross here (Sydney's "equivalent") look like Mayfair. Haight Ashbury has some good places to go. It's a kind of museum these days with lots of hipsters and gentrified sub areas. Still plenty of weirdos around. Mostly old hippies that have survived with a bit of brain intact. If you're staying around the Embarcadero/ Fisherman's Wharf or Marina area and you want to go it alone on the cheap you can get the tram (Not the little cable cars The electric streetcars -) From there to The Castro. The line you want is the F line unless it's changed. Then get the Muni bus from there to the Haight. It's a great ride and you see a lot. Golden Gate Park is just a bit further which is awesome. Also don't forget to stop off at The Presidio on your way to the Golden Gate. That is really worth seeing along with Chrissy Field which is a great recreation area. Not many people that haven't been there realise how small San Francisco is: only 48 square miles and 850,000 pop. But's it is incredibly dense and has a "big city" feel. It's easy to see a lot of it in short time. Anything else you want to know about SF just ask.Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
I'm sure you will love it Floydy.Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
I just remembered the first breakfast we got in the hotel, similar to a full English but with pancakes and syrup. It was so funny hearing all the Brit's complaining that they had not ordered them.Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
Re: USA 2020 - Itinerary
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