Back on the road tomorrow

I've been in San Franciso since Saturday, it's been good to have a decent amount of time off the bike and see a lot of this city. It's also been good to see Brady (it had been 10 years!), and meet his wife Kate.

On Satuday we went to a night that was part of the Litquake literary festival and saw various writers doing readings while drinking (they were doing the reading, we were doing the drinking).

I've also been to check out the famous Haight Ashbury district, which turned out to be a bit like Camden but did have some good record shops, and had a look round the Mission district which is the Hispanic area of the city.

So I'm off again tomorrow, it will be a short ride to my next destination - Half Moon Bay - which is supposed to be beautiful. I think I've got about 10 days riding until I reach the Mexican border. I was thinking about heading into Mexico for a few days as I've been making good time, but there isn't anywhere good to go in that kind of timeframe. The famously dodgy Tijuana is the town just across the border, which isn't a great option. If you have more time you can cycle down Baja California but you have to go a bit of a way before it's starts getting nice.