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Hanging Out at The San Diego Zoo

Today we are catching up with some friends from Australia at the San Diego zoo at 10am in front of the Panda cage. Leon and Simone are on their honeymoon and they have been travelling around California for the past three weeks, just as we have, but today is the first opportunity we have had to catch up. After an early breakfast we catch the No 1 bus 8:15am bus outside the hotel, and change to the No 7 bus at University Ave. The No 7 bus drops us off just near the zoo. From the bus stop turn left…

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Today there is a street fair in Rolando St which is only a couple of minutes from the Best Western Hotel in El Cajon Blvd. We head down the road at about 10am and not all the stall holders have set up as yet. After strolling down through the rides and stalls we go up the road to Ralph’s to get something to have for lunch later in the day. We want to do some work and are hoping our room is cleaned by the time we get back. Unfortunately it isn’t. We are finding that housekeeepking comes around really…

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Second Day in San Diego

After reading some of the reviews on the internet about Tijuana we have decided against going there today and instead we went into the Gas Lamp district to have a look around. Now that we have worked out the bus system, we caught the No. 1 bus right across the road from the hotel and this took us to one of the trolley stations. Unfortunately the bus doesn’t stop at the trolley stop we were going to, 70th Street, on Saturdays and we ended up at the Amaya Drive stop.  Here we hopped onto the Orange line trolley and this…

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Breakfast is provided by the Best Western Hotel so we were up early to make the most of this before heading out to take a look around. The Best Western Lamplighter Inn & Suites is in a good position if you have a car, which of course we don’t. So if you are like us and are relying on public transport, here are some instructions to help you get around. There are buses and the MT Trolley which will get you to all the main attractions, there is also a hop on, hop off sightseeing bus and the Old Town Trolley Tour – not to be confused…

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On The Flight From Las Vegas for San Diego

We are up early today so that we can fit in our last buffet breakfast before heading to the airport. Played a last round at the Wheel of Fortune but lost once more. Sad really as we have been having such a great winning run on this machine. Our flight to San Diego is with US Airways. We were unable to book in at the booth as our trip ends in Vancouver so we have to go to the counter to be booked in and the lady behind the counter puts us in different rows. So once we have gone…

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