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Sam and Laura (and the GHD's) travel America!
Hey!!!
First things first, those of u who don't work at TBI are probably wondering who our little friend the grey bear is. His name is Teebs and he is our mascot (thanks Dee) and bodyguard on the mean streets of the USA! U will see him in lots of our photos, so far he has got drunk on the plane, been eaten by jaws and nearly drowned in a waterfall in Yosemite by Laura (I saved him!)
Yesterday we got up at the ridiculous hour of 5.30am and drove over 400 miles in a FREEZING mini van cuz the mad German driver didn't turn down the air con! Went to Yosemite National Park which was just gorgeous, as you can sort of see from our photos. There were waterfalls and mountains and really big trees (sequoia's, my new fav word!). We walked up and down really big hills and nearly died of exhaustion, but Dolly Parton and the Backstreet Boys got us through it!
On the way back we stopped at a lake/ reservoir thing where our German tour guide Ramone removed all his clothes (yes everything and no we didnt look) and swam across it! It must have enticed Sam however as all of a sudden her clothes were off and she had joined him!!! (dont worry Mrs Mallen she had her undies on) So sat next to a dripping wet Sam we made the 4 hour trek home which got even more bizarre.
Mad German tour guide dropped everyone else off and left us till last even tho he had already been near our hostel (the other people on the tour were lovely- everyone keeps telling us to have a safe trip should we be worried? i keep biting my lip from yelling out i am nearly 25 you know and am perfectly old and ugly enough to take care of myself thank you very much!!) He then preceded to sugest to us that we should go out partying (bearing in mind it was then after 9 and we had been up since 5) and that he was going to camp by some hot springs over golden gate bridge somewhere that only came up on full moons and that we really should try it! If that wasnt bad enough he then told us he married for a greencard hes an anti globalization activist that travels all over to protest against the war and such like and that he is in charge of the giant puppets! After that didnt entice us to dance around naked hot springs with him he tried a different tack by using music.
"Have you ever heard of the band Chumbawumba girls?"
"Er yes they had 1 hit 10 years ago with tubthumping or something are you mad" i ask
"There lyrics are like totally amazing you should hear these 2 tracks"
"no thanks were good thanks a lot for an interesting day " then we did a quick runner
That is the last time i let Sam skinny dip with strangers.
Today we have been to China Town which was cool and are now waiting to board a big boat for Alcatraz- We are currentl eyeing up all in one stripy jump suits to wear cos we think its funny!
Tomorrow is bike riding across golden gate bridge and a fun evening out on a bar crawl with the hostel people- hopefully we have had our fill of weirdos
Write again soon
Love Laura and Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
P.S Do my parents not love me????????? Sam!! Remember me? Leave me messages! I feel unloved!!
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