San Diego

 

 

San Diego is indeed a very beautiful place with so much to see and do I could not possibly hope to even scratch the surface in a week!!  However I did my best and managed to get to the world famous SD zoo for a day with Steve and his daughter who were very kindly putting me up for the week and taking good care of me.  The zoo is very well put together with an amazing selection of animals to see and programs in place for preserving them for future generations, good fun and interesting to see!  The following day I met up with Ashley and we had a girlie day out visiting the sights on the trolley tour which we jumped on and off of at various stops like Old Town which has a lot of ghost tours, Seaport, and Coronado followed by a few margaritas at happy hour :) I rode the coaster train down to San Diego from Carlsbad which had some great views on the way down of the coast and enjoyed watching the surfers riding the waves!!  It was so much fun catching up with everyone again from the Bahrain days and we just enjoyed hanging out in various bars and restaurants in the evenings, mainly downtown in the Gaslamp area, famous for its nightlife and it did not disappoint!!! The food here is amazing and everything tastes great, I love the mexican influence this place has being so close to the border which we were sky diving over on saturday at 13,000 ft, thanks to our friend Thayer for organising that for us, it was such a thrill!! I ended the week on sunday with a BBQ at Steve and Heathers which they very kindly organised for me as a send off and then I headed to LA to start a new adventure!  Road trip!!!