More of california

Bas Geertsema

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San Francisco is indeed a cool city. The city is build on 42 hills and ofcourse the best (well at least most fun) way to get around is by tram! There are still some old cable-cars (pulled by a cable under the ground) that will take you around downtown. Another way is hiking and this sure will get you in shape, as some hills are inclined at more than 15%! That is why people here are ordered to park their cars 90 degrees to the sidewalks, since some cars have the tendency to fall back otherwise.. San Francisco is compared to Los Angeles a hundred times more beautiful, with a beautiful harbour, the massive golden gate bridge (much bigger than I’d expected!) and one of the biggest inner-city parks in America. Maybe not directly known to anybody.. but S.F. is also home to Alcatraz, the famous prison-on-an-island where among others Al Capone has been locked away for some years. And is the basis for many movies such as The Rock with Sean Connery and Escape from alcatraz with Clint Eastwood. Ofcourse I had to find out if it really is impossible to escape from there so I visited the island and the cellblocks. Pretty impressive and I am sure it was impossible to escape!

S.F. is a hip city with many bars, clubs, etc. With some guys from the hostel we checked this out and had a great night out, although the party ended at 2 a.m. when everything in S.F. closes.. A little bit of a dissapointment. It is a good thing that I’m over 21 though, since they check everywhere here!

But now it was time for something all different.. it was time for Las Vegas! How it was? Crazy, amazing, impressive and better than I would have expected! But I’m running out of time so I’ll keep you updated next time!

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