The saga continues, this blog is more addictive than Harry
potter.......or crack!

The last month has been spent in San Diego. Due to the lack
of funds (and donations) I was working in a hostel called Lucky D’s in
downtown. I use the term working in the loosest form, I spent most of the time
drinking and watching Anchorman! It turned out to be a good choice as I met
some really cool people and got to see loads of the city/bars. I’ve tried to
get into American culture by watching American football and going to a couple of
baseball games, but both bored me to tears so decided I’d stick to drinkin’.

I only had one mission for the entire month I was in San
Diego, to find a car for the road trip. Kinda failed on that one. Turns out
time flies when you get drunk everyday, it’s all a blur. Nick flew back out
last week and made it clear that I actually would have to sort out a car and
staying in San Diego for the remaining 2 months was not an option. As a quick
fix I decided to rent. Soooo nearly bought an old brown limo for $900 which
would have been amazing but the gods were against us on that one, as would have
the police been as I’m pretty sure it was stolen.

We had a final big blowout night in Pacific Beach which
entailed a large quantity of the foulest rum I’ve ever tasted in my life and
another night sleeping in a hostel I wasn’t staying at. Gonna miss those guys,
made some good friends.

I thought to make up for my sins we would give a girl we met
at the hostel a lift to LA, so that was our first destination. It turns out
Americans drive on the wrong side of the road and even the car controls the
wrong way around, who’d of thought, I’m only simple and it confuses the hell
out of me!

LA did not impress me for the one night I was there, it all
seemed a bit dingy and fake. We did drive into Hollywood to get hideously lost
looking for the Hollywood sign though. I don’t think I’d make a very good pap
as we didn’t catch any celebrities.

On Tuesday we did a mammoth drive up the coast to San
Francisco. We have had a tour guide for our stay here, in the form of Krissy
Tate, who we met in Guatemala. I love this girl, she showed us all the sights
and helped conform to my budget of zero dollars a day!Last night I found out by chance that Biffy
Clyro were playing in the city so after a bit of investigation I found the bar
name. Turns out they are not big here so we arrived and paid $12 to get in.
Best money I ever spent, those guys rock my world. It was such a good gig and
really intimate, probably less that 200 people there. We even met the band at
the end of the show who were up for a chat until one of our drunk American
friends told them to f**k off, unsurprisingly they did exactly that.

Today has been spent nursing a hangover and cycling over the
golden gate bridge, it’s big and cold. We ended up going for a 4 hour ride so
by my calculations I’m healthy again and ready for another beer.

I managed to buy a tent and am planning on stealing some
camping gear so the next stop is Yosemite national park where hopefully I can
wrestle a bear. After that Vegas..... so the next instalment should be an
interesting one.

Hope all is good back there; Keep in touch and don’t go
changing to impress me,

Gibb