Coping with public and private transport since 2001
After over four years of dutiful work, my trusty Asus V6800 (or V6V) laptop suddenly threw errors at me during startup. With a SMART status of BAD, it instructed me to go buy a new HDD, as the likelihood of failures would increase dramatically in the near future. So I did. I grabbed myself a Samsung 160GB 2.5″ HDD, and
Continue readingMoving further down south along the coast from Los Angeles, one may find a huge urban area driving on the 101 southbound. That is, until one reaches another San, which is San Diego. This town with 1.3 million inhabitants is also the home of Sea World San Diego, which is the original Sea World. Here they feature shows with dolphins,
Continue readingAye matey’s, raise the anchor, clean the decks, we’re going whaling! Oh well, whale sightseeing then. A short drive from Santa Maria to Santa Barbara brought us to the Condor Express, a twin engine hydro propelled catamaran operated entirely for the whale watching business. It a 75 foot long vessel equipped for the scientific and touristic spotting of all kinds
Continue readingRight after our spectacular day in San Francisco, we were forced to leave town to head towards Los Angeles. We have been planning on doing so via the renowned Highway 1. This is said to be the most beautiful road in the entire United States. It turned out to be the best road ever, albeit curvy, steep and really slow.
Continue readingOur only full day at San Francisco was planned full to the brim. First, we started off with the Painted Ladies, 5 original imperial style houses painted in pastel colors sitting in a row next to a big park which made for a very scenic view. This featured a long drive by trolley bus and San Francisco’s most famous way
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