Mexico City – Part one

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My abiding memories of Mexico City will be traffic, food and amazing hospitality. We stayed with the family of friends Sarah made on her year of exchange in Calgary. The Gonzalez’s have a beautiful house in a gated estate on a golf course in the […]

San Diego – It’s not all Disneyland

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Sarah and I differ in our views of San Diego. Where Sarah sees gritty street life I see people who would do you over as soon as look at you. Where Sarah sees an admittedly beautiful stretch of cliffs along the coast I see a smoggy sea-scape […]

Death Valley – Now I know what a baking biscuit goes through

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While the entire Eastern side of the Sierra mountains is dry, nothing quite prepares you for the hellish nature of Death Valley. You enter the valley through a 5000 foot high pass. Getting out of the car here it feels hot but not unbearably so, like a […]

Yosemite – Yogi Bear has a bloody nice house

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Our gateway to Yosemite was the quaint little town of Mariposa. There are some small towns in the US that just have a good feeling about them. Everyone is friendly and in a good mood, the buildings are old fashioned but not touristy, and […]