title Travels Around San Diego, California - 11th-15th January 2005
intro After a couple of days at Qualcomm HQ, stuck mostly in windowless conference rooms, it's good to get out on a Saturday and explore downtown San Diego. By handy coincidence of timing, we're in two for the Martin Luther King parade and the San Diego Multicultural day, and the weather had significantly picked up from the week before our visit, which had seen more rain in a few days than the usual monthly average, and some heavy landslides further up the coast.
imgp2399 A nice old Rolls-Royce outside the Marriott Del Mar
imgp2400 An impressive January bloom
imgp2401 The hotel's palm-tree-lined swimming pool
imgp2405 A lack of swimming trunks meant Nosher could only look at the tempting water
imgp2406 A load of pool-side chairs
imgp2408 Further down Highway 5, a bunch of Harley-riding biker boys are out for a cruise
imgp2417 We stop by at the Broken Yoke, on Garnet Avenue, for breakfast. Its motto: "We've got huevos!"
imgp2418 Russell and John both opt for regular 4-egg omlettes, leaving for now the option of a monster 12-egg version
imgp2420 Garnet Avenue, San Diego
imgp2422 At Marina Park near Harbor Drive by San Diego Bay
imgp2423 The marina, with a shiny Marriott Hotel in the background
imgp2426 A San Diego Fire Department engine
imgp2427 John mills around taking photos
imgp2431 A kite flyer gives a demonstration
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imgp2439 The quaint, but perhaps obviously named Pier Café
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imgp2443 Russell, the "Man in Beige", scopes out some paintings
imgp2508 A San Diego war memorial
imgp2509 Cyclists raise money for leukaemia research
imgp2513 The USS Midway, with the USS Nimitz in the background
imgp2544 Some guy in the weapons control room fiddles with some radio knobs
imgp2550 A C-1 "Trader" aircraft, number 700, flown by Lt. Phil "Cowboy" Napierskie
imgp2551 Old Glory, with downtown SD in the background
imgp2554 An F-4S Phantom II
imgp2557 A group of Marines heads back up the runway after recounting stories of their time service on the Midway
imgp2559 The carrier's "island" - the Command and Control centre
imgp2563 One of the former crew, and now tour-guide, on the bridge
imgp2564 In the chart room
imgp2566 Further on, along Harbor Drive, the Star of India tall ship
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imgp2571 The San Diego City and County Administration Building, built in 1931 (?)
imgp2572 A line of parking meters and palm trees. Note the aircraft coming in to land at the airport.
imgp2573 A seagull on a statue
imgp2574 The Pickwick Hotel, in downtown San Diego
imgp2580 A bizarre place to find an unexpected ice rink
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imgp2584 In the heart of the Gaslamp District
imgp2586 Russell and John return from a futile quest to find a pool hall
imgp2587 Inside the "Rock Bottom" sports bar and micro-brewery
imgp2593 The crowds watch the New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL playoffs
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imgp2598 An old cinema, the "Balboa"
imgp2602 Water droplets from a fountain near the Convention Centre catch the evening sunlight
imgp2608 Russell gets this passing troupe of Mexican musicians to stop for a photo
imgp2611 It's SD's Multicultural event: here, some Maoris do a hakka
imgp2613 A guy in the audience has bought his dog out in a bag
imgp2618 A Samoan guy plays with fire
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