Woke up on the bus about an hour out of Santa Cruz, so managed to get a few hours sleep at least, the bus eventually turned up and I hopped off and started my walk to the hostel, it was only 10 minutes but after an intense game of ultimate and pretty broken sleep my legs didn't work too good so felt a lot longer, I got to the hostel about 7:45 so only had to wait 15 mins before I could drop my bags off and make use of the facilities. After getting settled I poppe...

After waking up I got out of bed and sat in the kitchen, Juliette immediately offered me some oatmeal so I took that up in a heartbeat and after added an unhealthy amount of syrup polished off two bowls. I wanted an early start to the day so set off and headed down to the USS Midway which was docked in the harbour as I wanted to check out the ship super badly, I got there at about 10am as it opened and got my ticket fairly quick and hopped aboard, this aircraft w...

Today started off shambolockly and ended pretty well, first off all I had a pretty crappy nights sleep due to what I presumed 90% was a homeless guy sleeping in the bunk above me, he was fully clothed, looked horrendous and smelt bad, I feared not only for my possessions but my personal health and hygiene too! So when I got up I immediately moved all my stuff out of the room and in to the hallway and packed it, I put my bags in the lounge and had a bite to eat, I...

Started the day with some more free breakfast, rinsing that bad boy! Then I got my head down again and with all my research yesterday starting booking up a bit more of my trip, I managed to book 2 buses, a few hostels and a flight to Miamiiii! Freaking pumped about that! That took the pressure off for a little bit anyway, this did take me a little while so it was around late lunch time by the time I finished, made myself a quick bite to eat and then Sarah and I w...

Today was a mix of hangover/productivity/laziness... Started with an early (involuntary) wake up which wrote me off for the morning really, after I had showered and eaten I said goodbye to the boys as they were shooting off, but Sarah was sticking around so that was cool. I chilled out in the lounge a wee bit before getting my head down and actually looking into my USA trip a bit more seriously, I looked into everything from flights to buses to trains to hostels ...