Monterey

The next stop on our trip was Monterey.  It has a very touristy feel to it, with tourist shops all down the main street and lots of restaurants, with the aquarium at the end of the street by the sea.

Some people had tickets for the Aquarium as part of their trip, but I did not (I didn't even see the option), and I decided not to pay the $40 entry fee.

The main street here is Cannery Row, and several of the old warehouses are still there, most of them having been converted into restaurants nowadays.

I decided to have lunch in a restaurant overlooking the sea.

This meal seemed to take a long time and in the end, I only had a little time to wander around the shops, but I didn't buy anything there.

Some of the larger birds seemed very protective of their rock once they'd moved onto it.

There  were some people sailing their boats in the bay, with the water taxis darting across now and again.

 Some people even went out in canoes and were paddling about in the shallows.

Kenneth the driver told us that when he did tours of San Francisco city, the people would often ask him why there weren't very many birds about despite it being a harbour.

His answer is that they're all in Monterey!