An American Road Trip; Part 3: San Diego

Day 6 - 8
Hotel: Grand Hyatt Manchester

Once we had left the hustle and bustle of the LA roads, the tension seemed to ease and life seemed much more relaxed.  San Diego was seemingly a chilled out place.

As we walked into the Grand Hyatt Manchester we were stunned into silence.  An awesome building with a spectacular lobby and being upgraded to a corner room with a view on the 20th floor was just an added bonus.

When Clare and I entered our room for the next few days we were just dumbstruck.  Each window brought us a new vista, something amazing, and something to say Wow at.  From the Harbour to Disney's Port to Down Town San Diego we knew the next few days were going to be interesting.

We unpacked our things and then went off for a mooch around to get our bearings.  My first point of call, being a geek, was the San Diego Convention Centre were the ComicCon takes place every year.  We the wondered down to one of the ports of SD which we later found out was designed by Mr Disney himself.  All of this small tour was done with our room towering above us.  The Hyatt Manchester is not a building you can miss.

There is a hop-on, hop-off bus service in San Diego that takes in most of the sights and a driver that is knowledgeable on everything San Diegan.  From the Gasworks around Balboa Park, Little Italy and across to Coronado Island.  San Diego is a fantastic city with something for everyone.  That night, we decided to venture to Little Italy for a pizza and back to the hotel for an early night.

The morning after we had booked to go on the SEAL, an aquatic bus tour of the island.  Again, we had a little tour of the main city with more information about buildings and filming locations, but then the fun started.  Our tour bus was also a boat and into the water we went.  The local seals were straight at our side whilst the huge sea lions just hooted and hollered from the jetties. 

Back to Disney Port for a coffee and then the Hyatt for a catch up nap we switched on the TV and this is where Clare got hooked on two TV shows.  The first we have since started to watch in the UK was Storage Wars, auctions of abandoned storage units and the money that can be made from it and The hunt for Baby Lisa.  Whilst we were in America a tiny baby girl, Lisa, had been "pinched" from her home at 10pm and no one knew were she was.  Immediately the finger was pointed at the parents, but as the story went on more suspects came into the spotlight.

We decided for an evening meal we would venture into the Old Town via the tram, this was like walking back in time and into a Sergio Leone movie.  The roads in old town are just like you would expect from the Wild West, the old church, the Mexican feel to the shops and restaurants, we loved it. The Fajita's and beer I had that night will possibly rank as the best Fajita's I have had.

In the morning we were due to leave for our next destination, Palm Springs, but we really did not want to leave this fantastic city, so we ventured up to Balboa Park again and then over to Old Town for breakfast.




Our time had to come to and end eventually, and off we set towards the desert.