So Now I'm in Auckland! The rest of my week in Los Angeles went well. Universal studios is great, I spent Wednesday there. It was hot. The next day I went to Santa Monica, home of the legendary (depending upon how you look at it) Baywatch. Santa Monica is beautiful, the beach runs for miles and miles down the California coast. I walked the famous pier and then explored Palisades Park, which is amazing! - hundreds of palm trees and green grass set on the cliff...

My flight into LAX was 10.30 hours and landed at 5pm US time (1am GMT) yesterday so I was fairly tired! Even more so when it took an hour and a half to get through American customs and border control. I was star-spotting before I even got out of the airport when Noel Gallagher stood 2ft from me in the customs queue. I then found my bag and attempted to get the metro to my hostel. I met a Swedish guy (or was he Dutch?) called Toby who was also trapsing around wit...

So I am going away on Sunday 3rd Feb for an amazing 10 weeks! It's come around so quickly - time flies. I am very excited about going and am currently fine-tuning my packing! My bag is 70 litres I think, so not huge, it's going to be a squeeze. One of the things I find very strange is that I will be crossing the International Date Line and will therefore lose a day. On the 9th Feb 2008 I will not be present. How weird. Anyway, I will keep updating the blog as...