Bobbi and I decided to each go shopping on our own after breakfast and meet back at the hostel at midday. Before I headed out I made the most of the good wifi and called home. It was lovely to catch up properly with Ben and Mum. I visited every shop on Third Street and was very unsuccessful! Bobbi in the other had managed to get an entire outfit for Vegas. That afternoon we hired bikes, our hostel gave us a discounted price and we collected the bikes from the ...

We had landed in LAX airport and now all we had to do was get through immigration, which I had been warned that it could take a while. I had not been informed incorrectly! We queued for nearly three hours and when we made it to the front of the line the staff kept moving people in front as they had to make a connecting flight. Finally through customs, we met Mary, a friend of mine from university who I have traveled with before. I was so excited to see her and h...