......Fri 22nd leaving San Diego today, quite hungover, very little sleep as some strange new german girls and a lady with re-hydrated packs of food were banging and crashing around the room from the early hours. Luckily for me Kate was driving today, not so lucky for her. We had to do some quick last minute shopping before heading off, but as we were in slow motion it took us 3 hrs. We had a mcdonalds to soak up the alcohol and after 3 trips to the loo and ...

......Tuesday 19th we checked out of the Santa Monica Hostel and headed towards San Diego, about a 3hr drive and we were staying in a hostel called Banana Bungalow. I say 'were' as, we arrived, checked in, walked out, went Oh s***! to each other, deliberated over lunch and decided there was no way on God's earth that we were staying in that hell hole. Got in the car, found another hostel in Downtown San Diego and never darkened Banana Bungalow's d...

What an adventure already and its only been 48hrs...... Where do I start ? Day 1 The first 6/7 hrs of the our 11.5hr flight was a breeze but I think it lulled me in to a false sense of security because the final few hrs were not so pretty. We landed fine, big clap to Rodger our pilot, but I think I left my stomach back home because it was a big dash through immigrations to my first view of an American lavatory. After my intimate relationship with the toilet , I f...