Today was the day we were on the move again and heading to Santa Monica for a bit of beach life. Mary and I had checked out the bus route and figured it would take two busses to get there. It was a lot further then we had thought and took us 90 minutes to get to the hostel. It was hardly worth Mary coming over as she had to then leave Santa Monica by 2.30 to head back to Hollywood to catch her bus to San Diego. Bobbi wasn't feeling well so decided to have a l...

The hostel offered free breakfast and it was definitely better then previous free breakfast on this trip. It consisted of tea / coffee, porridge, cereal and toast and fresh fruit. After breakfast we headed to the Farmers market a short walk away from the hostel. The market was an outdoor street market with produce and goods from local farmers, ranchers and vendors, who offer a variety of fresh California-grown fruits and vegetables, and other goods such as honey...

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...

The afternoon spent back at bamboo meant we had time to do all of our washing to rid my clothes of any bed bugs! Bobbi and I enjoyed dinner on the beach before getting an early night. The following morning as I was getting ready and packing my bag I noticed that my walking boots were missing. I panicked and dashed to reception as I had a feeling I left them in the taxi yesterday afternoon. With no luck at reception, I noticed there was a taxi from the same c...

Whilst on the catamaran transfer from Blue lagoon to South Sea I heard my name called on the tannoy. The lady at the travel desk was informing me that Bobbi and I would have to vacate South Sea Island tomorrow for the entire day as a cruise ship was coming in and they wanted the island exclusive to themselves. Firstly, I was not impressed as the reason we had chosen to select our islands rather than getting the Bula island hopping pass like most backpackers was w...