Around the world in 110 days...: It never rains along coastal California.

It's 5am and I can't sleep because I got woken by rain so hard the gutter overflowed and was spilling onto a metal unit attached to the wall outside our room.

We're (nearly) on day 3 of San Diego. We had a smooth journey down and are finding it easier to get around now! It's much harder to find your way if you get lost in the UK than it is here actually. Whenever we have gone wrong, it's only taken a minute to get back on track.

On Saturday after checking in, we were going to venture into Old Town but got as far as Fashion Valley, where the 'trolley' stop is, and after wandering around there we decided we were too tired, so headed back and had a (large) bite to eat at the restaurant next door, then crashed out for 12 hours, it had all caught up. Felt much more refreshed in the morning, which was good because I don't think I'd have survived a long day at the zoo yesterday..

We started the day by going to a Jack in the Box fast food place for breakfast. $2.99 for a 'Jumbo Breakfast Platter' which was scrambled egg, a big flat sausage, loads of mini pancakes and loads of mini hash-browns. Then for $1 you can get a HUGE cup of drink, easily a litre, if not more. I had strawberry Fanta and Phil had Dr Pepper - we were buzzing by 9.30am. That sorted us for the whole day so we only had a sandwich for dinner when we got back!
Anyway, San Diego Zoo was amazing, I can see why it's dubbed one of the best zoos in the world. The enclosures for the animals are excellent. I saw a panda bear for the first time which was fascinating, and saw polar bears having a great time splashing around playing with each other from a close up viewing box. It was incredible. My camera battery was dying at this point, so I didn't manage to get a film of them, but I got a few snaps. They were chasing each other, belly flopping into the water, pushing each other into the water, boxing, this went on for about 10 minutes until one settled down to eat a carrot. The place is huge and there is so much to see, but we managed to get round it all and were done in by 6pm.

I will go back to bed shortly, but today we're going to Knott's Soak City which is a big water park. And for the rest of the time we will hop on the trolley and explore the different parts of the city.