Apparently you can see the lights from over 100 miles when you cross the enormous (deadly) nevada dessert to come there. It is amazing to cross through rough desert areas for hours and suddenly you arrive in this city which has about 1.6 million inhabitants .. and over 35 million visitors a year: Las Vegas. The world’s capital of gambling. And house to 8 out of 10 of the world’s largest hotels.
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Our apologies for any delays.. 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%!
Today I had to leave behind the big green parks, the multicultural splendid cities, white beaches, Victoria Bitter beer, kangaroos, other strange creatures. And no more ‘cheers mate’ and ‘no worries’. But after six weeks in Australia, it was time to move on. Although there are many parts of the country that I haven’t seen (most notably the west, north, south and middle areas haha), I think I have seen enough of Australia to really get a feeling of the country and the way of life.
“It never rains in southern california”. I can confess that this is not the case. But that was only the first day. Ever since the weather has been beautiful, although the weather back home in Holland is going crazy now (temperatures reaching 28-30 degrees celcius!). What do the people in L.A. do on a hot summer day. They go to Venice Beach. This beach is maybe most famous for it’s setting for the television show Baywatch.
My apologies for the lack of logitems lately. I guess the main reason is that I have not been travelling that much in the last two weeks. And although I really enjoyed myself in Melbourne, there was not much to tell about it for you guys. I spend some afternoons playing soccers in one of the numerours parks, readings books in the botanical gardens or along the Yarra river. Chilled out on a free african music festival.
