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Unfortunately, most flights from Europe arrive in the late afternoon or early evening, when passengers will feel extremely jet-lagged. (Remember that Californian time is 8 hours behind the UK.) San Francisco has two youth hostels, one in Union Square in Downtown and the other in the popular Fisherman’s Wharf area of the town (Fort Mason – the bus stop to Yosemite is a 25-minute walk from this hostel and a good supermarket is only two minutes’ walk away).

Booking is strongly advised for visits in the main summer holiday season (Hostelling International, 312 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (sfdowntown@norcalhostels.org) and Hostelling International, Fort Mason, Building 240, San Francisco, CA 94123 (sfhostel@norcalhostels.org). The San Francisco hostels can also be booked on the Hostelling International website.

A view of the Lyell Fork river in the Lyell Canyon (Day 4)

The best form of accommodation in Merced is a motel room. This can be booked easily for the major chain motels (such as the Best Western in Merced) over the Internet, but again it seems to be more difficult to book a motel room at the cheaper end of the market over the net.