"WHY LIE? NEED BEER" DAY 6: Santa Barbara After a couple of hours researching the next few days, we headed down to the beach again, just in case the sun did a disappearing act on us. It's been great to just chill in the sun as there was a danger of not relaxing with so much to pack into our three weeks in the US. California has the most honest tramps I've ever seen. I went for a walk on the pier and some homeless guy had laid out his blanket with some coins ...

TIME TO START WORK ON THE TAN DAY 5: Santa Barbara Today there were no clouds in the sky so we hit the beach with one aim - chillaxing. We spent the first few hours reading, listening to the iPod and generally enjoying the sun and the lack of people on the beach. It's amazing how quick time goes when you're doing nothing. Soon enough it was time for lunch. We headed to the Natural Cafe in search of some fruit, vegetables or something vaguely healthy. Cue a sa...