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SAN FRANCISCOWalk across the famous Golden Gate Bridge

Visit the beautiful Seaside Town of Monterey and the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Bay Cruise or Alcatraz Island tour / cruise

See the sights: Fisherman’s Wharf area, ride the cable cars, Lombard Street, Union Square

SAN FRANCISCO FUN FACTS

Nickname: “The City by the Bay”

Population: 3.2 million

NFL Team: The 49ers

San Francisco on film: Bullitt, Vertigo, The Princess Diaries, Mrs Doubtfire, The

Rock, The Social Network, Milk, Full House (TV)

‘Frisco food: clam chowder, Rice-A-Roni, fortune cookies, sourdough

• San Francisco was the hub of the Beat Generation and is

prominent in Jack Kerouac’s novels On The Road and Dharma

Bums

• Most densely populated city in the US after New York

SAN DIEGO

Sea World - See Shamu in the Killer whale Show, plus sea lions, dolphins, penguin encounter, shark exhibit and petting pools

Old Town - Historical & Cultural Tour

City Tour - includes a trip across the landmark Coronado Bridge, USS Midway and Mission Beach one of California’s premiere surf beach.

San Diego Zoo - One of the world’s most exciting Zoo’s - home to over 4000 animals

“America’s Finest City”

Population: 1.3 million

NBL Team: San Diego Padres

Movies set in San Diego: Almost Famous, Anchorman, Bring It On

Famous San Diegans: Dr Seuss, Blink 182, Jason Mraz, Adam Lambert

SAN DIEGO FUN FACTS

• San Diego is the 8th biggest city in the USA• Incorporated in 1850, San Diego is “The Birthplace of

California”• Located right next door to Mexico• San Diego is known for its lovely year-round weather• The city is a major base for the US Navy

PHOENIX (extra $250)pp.Known as “The Valley of the Sun”

Grand Canyon Tour - 5 Stops made along the rim of the Grand Canyon

Tour around the Red Rock Country

Phoenix Zoo - home to more than 1300 animals

PHOENIX PHUN PHACTS

Nicknames: “Valley of the Sun”

Population: 4.2 million (metro)

NBA Team: Phoenix Suns

Phamous Phoenicians: Emma Stone, Jordin Sparks, Stephanie Meyer

Watch: Stagecoach (1939), Three Amigos (1986), Twilight (2008)

• Phoenix has a subtropical desert climate similar to Baghdad

• Many of the saguaro cacti you will see around are hundreds of

years old, and can hold up to 1 tonne of water!

• The State of Arizona celebrated its 100th birthday in 2012

VALDOSTA (extra $250 pp.)Experience Southern Georgian hospitality at its best.

Tour around Pebble Hill Plantation - Historical homestead rich in Art & History

Kennedy Space Centre - experience interactive simulators, live shows & massive rockets !

Castillo de San Marcos. Built in 1642 by the Spanish to protect from English expansionHas the worlds largest pirate artefacts & interactive exhibits

Chehaw Wild Animal Park - Boasting 55 species of wild animals

Albany Civil Rights Institute - Tells the story of the civil rights movement in Southwest Georgia

Nicknames: “The Azalea City”

Population: 55,000

Famous Georgians: Cee Lo, Dakota Fanning, OutKast,

T.I., John Mayer, Kanye West, Ryan Seacrest, Martin Luther King Jr

Read/Watch: Gone with the Wind, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Last

Song, The Colour Purple, The Vampire Diaries (filmed in Georgia)

State Food: peaches, pecans, BBQ, grits, cornbread, fried chicken

Sport: Valdosta is home to the “winningest” high school football

team in the USA. Go Wildcats!

VALDOSTA FUN FACTS