Monday 24th January We awoke from our first night in the hostel to the realisation that were not allowed to inhabit the hostel from 11 until 5, therefore we asked the reception for things to do and they recommended Henry Cowell State Park. We made the trip up via bus and then hiked for around 5 miles deep into the heart of the forest. A days excursion ensued where we trekked up to the viewpoint (overlook bench) which looked over Santa Cruz and Monterray; a beaut...

Saturday 23rd We awoke at 4.00 am our time to watch my beloved Wolves to be completely outclassed by Boob's Liverpool. This was to be the lowest part of the day for Christian, however things were to improve for the three of us. Wardy's mood was off the wall due to Bent's goal and Villa's win. (Christian has to go because Pierre the Frenchie is vehemantly protesting about doing the washing). Ward will take over whilst Frenchie and "Roast Beef" wash some...

Thursday 20th January 2011 An eventful day ended in an eventful night, which preceded an eventful morning. We started with a Thai curry for only $5 round t'corner of our hostel, panang curry is the bomb. And so is the Red Curry and Yellow Curry. Bargain. We went on down to Hait street which was the centre of the hippy movement in the 60s, and visited the houses of Charles Manson and Jimi Hendrix. A street that had a drugs salesmen everywhere and the best Music s...

Tuesday 18th Jan Sorry for the lateness of this blog but we have been very busy over the last two days. Ok then, lets begin about tuesday and what we did. Woke up quite early and we decided to hire bikes and go cycling over the Golden Gate bridge. It was a truly remarkable experience, the photgraphs which we will upload soonish will prove so. The only thing which overshadowed it was Boobs comment, " Theres Alcatraz", even though their was a bridge com...

Saturday 15th Jan Well, we eventually made it to the hotel which is 15 minutes from terminal 3 in a lovely place called 'Slough'. Put it this way, it's a local place for local people with nothing to do there. You can understand why Ricky Gervais set 'The Office' there because it's a complete and utter s***ehole. We had a lovely sausage and chips for tea and the highlight of our night was to watch an obituary on the late Pete Postlewaite. It would be fair to say ...