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California ‘07

Arrived in San Fran on Tuesday and have been busy seeing the sights I missed last year. I headed straight to Haight-ashbury, which is one of those ultra hippy suburbs which refused to die from the sixties. It is also home to one of the coolest record stores in all the world, Amoeba music. The little map which I have from the hostel is a little unclear about the fact that after a certain point the scale is no longer relevant, so I didn’t realise that the Golden Gate park is approximately 500 kilometers long. I had planned to walk all the way to the beach but I got tired and found a tram instead. The beach was really unexciting.

Tuesday night I slept in a dorm which had a terrible snorer, practically had a megaphone attached to his mouth. I ended up crashing in another room after making friends with some backpackers at 3am. That didn’t count for much since I had to awaken at only 5:45 for my ride to Yosemite, which really was a highlight. The bus guide was awesome and we did a photo tour of the sites in the morning. Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning I spent on my own hiking as much as I could through the wilderness. This morning I went for a walk and saw countless squirrels and chipmunks, as well as deer and a bear! The bear was really exciting. I guess I’ve probably walked about 25 km over the last two days in the park alone, so I’m a bit pooped currently. I’m too tired to even upload photos. But I promise, they will come soon.

Tomorrow I’m going down to Silicon Valley for the Google Mentor Summit day. This will be lots of fun.