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Santa Monica: Putting the ‘me’ back in Environmental

Santa Barbara may be the official Californian home of the annual ‘Earth Day‘ festival (first started there back in 1970) but Santa Monica is proud to have been surfing the sustainable movement wave for some time before the word sustainable … Continue reading

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The Chumash Indians of Santa Barbara County

Like many Californian towns and settlements along the coast, Santa Barbara bears the mark of Spanish occupation in the form of its Mission (definitely worth a visit for the view from the tower alone – Santa Barbara’s was the tenth … Continue reading

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Santa Barbara

Leaving behind Morro Bay and its rock, we made our way slowly further south to Santa Barbara, arguably one of the last relaxed oases before you hit the urban jungle of LA. Santa Barbara prides itself on its smart, chic … Continue reading

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Cambria and Morro Bay

After initially getting lost, and driving up and down the same main road in Cambria more than a few times, we finally found our hostel tucked away down a quiet road in the ‘East Side’ of the village, next to … Continue reading

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Big Sur

The concept of the Great American Road Trip has been immortalised in song, speech, film, on paper and canvas and probably many other mediums over the last century or so. Highways more famous than the land that surrounds them slice … Continue reading

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Carmel

Carmel is as it sounds: a gentle, sweet seaside town which reminded me slightly of certain pockets of the Isle of Wight (especially when the sea mist was in). We stayed in a cosy bed and breakfast, complete with porch … Continue reading

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