Southern California Travel Stories

Mellow Monterey Bay...Where Solitude Can Carry You Away - Monterey Bay, California Heather	Southern California is not the East Coast - Carlsbad, California, USA In spite of their differences, Nancy Bevilaqua and her mother managed to get their fixes while navigating the treacherous mountain passes of family relationships.

To Live and Die in L.A. - Los Angeles, California Barukh Shalev heads to L.A. with bricks of marijuana and a friend and ends up on the wrong side of town on New Year's Eve.	California Dreamin' - Marina del Rey, California In Southern California, you can jam to music, drive a chrome motorcycle, dress your poodle in all purple and lounge around the rich and the famous, all without someone batting an eye.
Riverside, California - Who Said You Can't Come Home Again? - Riverside,California,United States Carmen Matthews discovers that although you can't go home again...sometimes, it's even better than it was before.	Hotel Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, California, USA Laurel Miller returns to warm and sunny Santa Barbara - this time, as a guest in a hotel she's always admired.
Spring Into Old Palm Springs - Palm Springs, California, USA Charlie Barrett reviews two of the top hotels in P	Phoenix to LA (March 2004) - Arizona and California In most of the world Al is riding a heavily-laden bicycle and therefore he is very rich. In the USA he is riding a heavily-laden bicycle and therefore he is very poor.
Sand or Surf or the Central Coast Wine Country? - La Quinta, La Jolla and Paso Robles, California Charlie Barrett spoils himself rotten in three sma	Yes, We Have No Burritos - Santa Barbara California, USA The real way to the heart of Santa Barbara, Meagha

Spring Signals the Return of the Swallows - San Juan Capistrano, California Chris Millikan returns to San Juan Capistrano not	An Amble in Anaheim - Orange County, California Andrew Walker takes on the challenge of finding so
A Year and a Day #6: LA - the dream of the world - L.A. and San Diego, California, USA Daniel's San Diego hostel was filled with a quite staggering collection of odd people, most of whom were allocated to his dorm room.	Youth Hostel Days: the Secret of Angelina - Los Angeles, California, USA One woman represents the best and the worst of Ale
SoCal's Finest - Los Angeles, California When visiting LA, Vanessa E. Harris recommends you	1: Leaving Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California and Mexico The thrills Delara gets flying over the blue of the Sea of Cortez, fade quickly as she hits the blacktop to try to catch a ride into town.
The Year of Living Differently #30: From Here to Eternity - La Habana, Cuba to Los Angeles, USA Trisha has finally completed her RTW trip, but it is not the end, merely the beginning.	On The Metro - Los Angeles, California Using the LA metro to get to her destination, Dela

Anza-Borrego: Losing Myself in the Desert - California, USA If star-gazing and quiet, relaxing desert hiking i	Four Wheels Spinning - Stories from the States #8: We'll Be Right Back - Southern California Jessica has two tips for travelling in California: you can't stay in a hostel in L.A. if you're an American, and you can't do anything quickly in Southern California.