And now the end is near... As I sit in LAX terminal 2 departures which is awful nothing here other than starbucks! I guess virgin pay cheap fees for this gate ! But it doesnt matter as in about 20 minutes my trip comes to an end as i board the flight home to LHR. And what a trip it has been the rest of my time in santa monica was spent cycling, shopping, eating and on the beach :) it was great today sunday as the sun was out the vball courts were all busy ther...

My camera has a habit of taking pictures when it wants, the pic I have chosen today is a memory of all the pics i have had too delete, due to this - although some of them were quite good :) Since my last blog I have had two full days on the big island and one day here in Santa Monica. My last accommodation on the big island was disappointing, it was clean but small and the host had no aloha spirit - I cant complain everything else was amazing including here in ...

Today was all about "Cisco" my companion for the day! When I got back from the tour yesterday I got an email offering me an electric bike for the day today for $35 cheaper than a Normal bike ! Well I took a little look at the hills and the route I was going to take and strangely enough I said yes please! You could mix it up with your own pedalling which I did except for the final 30 mins when I was knackered! However Cisco came into his own on the steep hills. ...

Well that was a busy day! Starting off with a free breakfast in the hostel, I spent the first 5 minutes trying to find the coffee ! I had to wash up my own dishes not the end of the world as I didn't even realise it was included. It was then all communal tables and I was probably the oldest by 20 years! I then took a stroll to union square and picked up "Dylan's tours" there were 14 of us a couple of families - one traditional American ! And off we went for 6 h...

Phew it has been a long day of travelling ! The flight was great and I watched three amazing films one was about Bletchley park, one was about Martin Luther king and the other I chose just because it was Robert Downey junior - the judge! The imitation game was just jaw dropping. After 2 hours trying to clear immigration I met some nice people in the queue! Then another hour trying to get into the city we went past a baseball stadium and it was heaving ! I fina...