Day 42: The day I could have died. I woke up with a hangover and thought the best thing for it was some 7-11 coffee and oreos. Today we decided to rent some boards so I could have my first surfing experience. I thought $8 a hour was pretty good. I was really nervous as I don't really like water anyway, but I was so wanting to try surfing - especially in Cali. Sol, in thw water we went and it was awesome. The waves were a lot bigger than they looked from the bea...

Day 41: Saki is evil! The train to San Diego was another great train joruney. We went through all the rich southern californian towns that looked so perfect - and then I fell asleep... Arrived in Downtown San Diego and felt like I was in Spain. Obviously being so close to Mexico, it has a very Spanish feel to it, in the arcitecture, and the fact that everyone around me was speaking Spanish. I then had to make my way to Point Loma which was where I was couch su...

Day 40: I knew there was a reason I loved California... After getting all of 45 minutes sleep last night,, I moved out of my seat at around 5am to watch the sunrise over northern calirfornia. It turns out, it pretty much all looks the same. Lots of hills and sand and many many fires still to be put out. So, I sat and drank a lot of coffee and spoke to many people whos first reaction was "wow, you're English" Which is odd, as I spoke to about 6 other E...