Here's a brief updated. I did get a new room, one untainted by cigarette smoke. Unfortunately, I also managed to get some road grit in my eye while walking in the Fisherman's Wharf area, and when I tried to remove it I stumbled and fell hard. I fell hard enough, in fact, that I jammed the heel of my left hand, tore the knee out of my favorite jeans, and ripped a piece of skin off my leg the size of a golf ball. This isn't good under the best circumstances, but when you will be spending the next four days walking up and down hills, well, it sucks even more.

I did take a bunch of photos, though, both before and after my fall. If I can get Flickr to cooperate I'll link to them. In the meantime, enjoy this strangely angled image of the "World's Largest Tapioca Chain Store." I'm guessing there's more than one, which is a little freaky.