HEALTH & SAFETY 33 part of your comprehensive travel- insurance package or buy Travel Guard s BagTrak product (for contact info, see above). Don t buy insurance at the airport, as it s usually overpriced. Put any valuables or irreplaceable items in your carry-on luggage, as many items (including books, money, and electronics) aren t covered by airline policies.
ment. Pharmacies There are Walgreens drugstores all over town, including one at 135 Powell St. (& 415/391-4433). The store is open Monday through Friday from 7am to midnight and Saturday and Sunday from 8am to midnight, but the pharmacy has more-limited hours: Monday through Friday from 8am to 9pm, Saturday from 9am to 5pm, and it s closed balboa park museums Sunday. The branch on Divisadero Street at Lombard (& 415/931-6415) has a 24-hour balboa park museums pharmacy.
CHAPTER 3. FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS 62 Gasoline (Petrol) Petrol is known as gasoline (or simply gas ) in the United States, and petrol stations are known as both gas stations and service stations. Gasoline costs about half as much here as it does in Europe (about $2.10 $2.50 per gallon in California at press time), and taxes are already included in the printed price. One U.S. gallon equals
A couple of new additions to Ventura: Deco, 394 E. Main St. (& 805/ 667-2120), serves a mean San Francisco style cioppino and wasabespiced crab cakes; and Taquer a Vallarta, 278 E. Main St. (& 805/ 643-3037), is another authentic order-at-the-counter locals-only hot spot serving excellent enchiladas.
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