Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Day 3 - On the road again


Lesson learned today, always try to book ahead by at least a few days. When we originally planned our holidays we thought that we could go to the towns and book when we get there or maybe the day ahead. Silly us. We learnt our lesson today though. Driving towards Pismo Beach our intened stop, I struck the bright idea that we might try and get a hotel first as we were running a bit late. Unfortunately for us – Pismo Beach seemed like its a really popular destination and all the rooms were booked out or reaaaaally expensive. Yeah... not good right. I thought so too. In the end though we managed to find a place in Morro Bay which I knew was only slightly further away. In the end though we found this to be an even better place to stay. Sure there were no factory outlets here but the view was amazing, plus it was closer to San Fran by a but . All good in the end :D

Another thing we forgot to book was car hire. Something else we spent a long time trying to sort out. The first place we went to was Budget and the only car they had for us to hire was a Dodge Charger. Awesome car – but man its a huge car. And crazy powerful and fuel guzzling as well. We definitely did not need it driving along the coast. Eventually after trying for 10 minutes to get into the Aviz compound and finding it walled off and guarded like fort knox, we ended up going to Hertz (mainly because we found they had a front carpark and a bus to drive people in. So we ended up getting a Chevolet Cruze (Holden Cruze?) and its a really nice little car. Smooth engine, well equiped and very comfortable. Definitely a great little car. Also really recommend Hertz – The guy that helped us was fantastic.

So another thing I have realised is that the food and drink here is so unhealthy! Well Ok, I already realised that before I came over but the reality of it is kind of astounding. The one thing that really hits you is the drinks they have here. For one thing it's massively sugary... like drinking cordial syrup straight. It's really rather scary...

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