Showing posts with label america. Show all posts
Showing posts with label america. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

LA LA Land

"I got me some cash I'm headed back to LA...I'm gonna get me, outta here..." Jet

Hey hey,

sorry this is VERY late indeed but I've been having soooo much fun and I've been uber busy - this travelling about and not working malarkey is very time consuming...and brilliant!!!

I had three nights in LA which were great fun...just a few things I got up to include:
  • Coach ride from San Fran to LA - awesome and unusual landscapes throughout the six hour journey
  • Two pub crawls and a very late night in a Shisha bar
  • Walking tour around Belair with a very quirky guide with a little suitcase - throughout which he convinces certain security that we're architecture students and almost gets us in some of the houses, some of the houses I see are: Snoop Doggs recording pad, MJ's old house and Julia Roberts house. The guide speaks to the security on the gate of the Playboy Mansion and at the mansion myself and the guy I meet on the tour Ashley rub the rock outside the mansion for good luck as that is the thing everyone does before going into the mansion...
  • Saunter the Walk of Fame with Ashley, it's not as glam as you may think...cool to see it though and it was fun
  • Walking tour up to the Hollywood sign, lots of uphill and a nice little scenic walk with views and also lots of chatting to people, some of which were on the second pub crawl so they were hungover like myself!!
  • Delayed flight to Fiji due to a lack of two pilots and then a broken antenner which they do not fix...but we fly to Fiji anyway thank god...I was so glad the captain told us about that...hmmm ha...but at least I escaped America!!!
B xx

Monday, 28 February 2011

3 weeks to go!!

"It's a big big world out there and you can do what you like, you can do anything you want because darling it's your life..." Razorlight

First update!!

Well I'm off travelling in three weeks and I have a list the size of my forearm of things to do...and I'm struggling to get anything done...far too lazy...although they are very boring indeed, I have the excitement of:

  • Docs
  • Contact lenses
  • Phoneing people
  • Booking internal flights (maybe that's a bit exciting)
  • Car stuff...lots of!!!
  • American travel document
  • Travel insurance
  • Sydney and America travel plans - exciting again!!
  • Travel to Heathrow
  • Gym/phone/net cancellation
  • Sort a new phone - foreign sim
  • Travel money
  • Cheque to the bank
  • Photocopy passport
Then decide what kit I'm taking with me...oh and tidy my annex, but I've been trying to do that for about three years!!

But once I've done this...it gets me a step closer to...America, Fiji, NZ, OZ, Thailand...can't believe I'm actually doing this - I've given my notice with a few quid in my pocked and I'm buggering off for three months, ON MY OWN!!! Exciting and scary...but it has to be done...you only live once...so make the most of it!!!

B xxx