US 14th March 2105 Monterey and Cannery Row ...

..Stayed in the Monterey Bay Inn. Really rugged and primeval / nautical atmosphere about this place ... saved by the creation of the Steinbeck Cannery Row artisan/artistic flavour for it ...we saw sea otters and sea lions and pelicans galore ...plenty of diving here as there is a very rich food environment for fish ..  Saturday 15th March 2105  .. looks like there is large scale dive training going on here today, looks like a big dive club operating here..

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay but with certain illegal activities going on below ...pretty non the less

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay 

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay 

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay in the morning ..

Our very own seagull ...

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay in the morning ..

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay in the morning ..

View from the room looking over the picturesque bay in the morning ..

The respectable part of the reconstructer 'cannery row'

The respectable part of the reconstructer 'cannery row'

Sea Otters

Dive photography shop opposite www.backscatter.com

$20000 worth of waterproff SLR camera case

$20000 worth of waterproff SLR camera case

The story of the wild life in the bay

Sea Lions

Centre for the Big Sur area Coastguard 

Our hotel Monterey Bay Inn

The story of the canner area

Dead cannery 

The Fish Hopper restaurant recommended for lunch ( but not tried )

Cannery Row

The sory of the statue below combining John Steinbeck with the restoration of the facilities at Cannery Row

The statue

The statue

'Doc'

A detail from the statue

John Steinbeck

A detail from the statue

Last night

The 'Sardine Factory' excellent restaurant in the cannery row area

No sardines in sight ... all fished to extinction in the area unfortunately  

Street view

This was the route back to San Francisco ...