Our Amtrak travel by bus and train to Los Angeles started in Monterey on a chilly but clear winter morning. After a speedy (hair-raising!) Uber journey we arrived at Salinas station far too early. It was chilling cold, misty and windy.
Our Amtrak travel by bus and train to Los Angeles started in Monterey on a chilly but clear winter morning. After a speedy (hair-raising!) Uber journey we arrived at Salinas station far too early. It was chilling cold, misty and windy.
As we arrived in Monterey I made a horrible discovery – my wife’s passport was missing. It had been in my computer bag ... now gone!
As I replayed the last few hours in my mind I knew when it happened.
We decided that Amtrak train travel overnight from Portland to Salinas would be a new experience. The adventure was nostalgic and pleasantly enjoyable.
Taking me back to my days of travelling to and from boarding school in the 1960's in Southern Africa … where we endured three days on the train getting to school and three days getting back ... three times a year! One and a half times around the world!
We spent time in Portland Oregon to visit a son I hadn’t seen for six years. Been married for five years and we’d never met his wife!
After my US visa drama it was a great relief to arrive in San Francisco as planned with no delays or extra costs.
The change in weather was expected but the difference n temperature came as a jolt. From a humid 30 degrees in Kuala Lumpur to a chilly 8 degrees in San Francisco.