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Another day in Sunny California!! We packed up the car and headed south from LA, down to San Diego, along the coast through the O.C! The only reason I mentioned this, is that the O.C is my favourite TV programme ever, so it was ace driving through!!!
It was only a couple of hours drive so we were in Sunny San Diego in no time! But not before our mammoth of a lunch in a roadside diner!! We all just ordered fish and chips, and what came was plate after plate after plate!!!!! It was HUUUGE! (here had a menu specifically for Bacon meals! There was a plate full of crispy bacon to Bacon Burgers, to... Wait for it..... Bacon sundaes!!!! SERIOUSLY! What is the world coming to?!?!?!?!
Anyway in San Diego, we checked into our pretty amazing hotel. Its the W hotel, san diego - Check it out, if you ever go to San Diego.... AWESOME!!! The guy at Reception asked us our plans during our stay... I mentioned our trip to Tijuana, Mexico, and he recommended we gave it a miss! There has been warnings to only travel into Mexico if necessary - and to stay away otherwise! He also told us a story of his friends going about 2 weeks ago, and having to pay a couple of corrupted cops Two thousand dollars to leave!! So with that in mind we pondered over a couple of beers whether we should brave it across the border the following day -
The following morning came, and we chose to stay North of the border, and not flee the country! So instead, we took the tram to 'Old Town' This is just how we all pictured Mexico to be anyway, so in our eyes, we went to 'safe' Mexico!! We bought some souvenirs, and we came across the most legendary T shirt in the whole of Mexico.... GI Jose!!! - So Joe is now known as Jose, and is walking around in an awesome T shirt!!!
Later that afternoon, we mooched around San Diego, and went to the Gas Lamp district, I pictured this to be really quaint and cute, but it was just like any ordinary town centre really! So nothing spectacular!!
I don't know if we've missed a whole section of San Diego - but its not living up to its reputation.... Its all pretty dull!! Its sunny, which is a bonus, and its a clean city - but there is just nothing going on!!
Anyway after our busy day we hung out in the room for the evening, and our room had a huge treat for us - A BLACK BOARD!!! So we spent the evening playing Hangman!! - This is how we roll!!
The following day, we woke to a glorious blue sky again, so made our way to Sea World..... We spent the whole day seeing all there was to see and do! And they left the best show until last..... Shamu! Shamu is a killer whale - and is what has made Sea world famous!! But as I was writing this I just checked Wikipedia to see whether this was same whale from the 'Free Willy' movies... and it turns out, the original Shamu DIED in 1971- but because of her Legacy they have continued to rename all the killer whales after her..... Boooooo!!!!
Then to top off the day, we went on the log flume ride - yes we were aware it was going to get us a little wet - thats part of the fun, i think! Anyway, we queued up for a short while then got on the ride, and within a few seconds this huge wave came over the side of the ride, over Joes head, and soaked everyone on the ride!! At this point, Joe was by far the wettest, and I would say I was the driest! But the ride continued, and so did the wetting! It became beyond fun! By the time we got off the ride, we were absolutely sodden! Not an inch of all 3 of us was dry!!! So with this downer, we left!! The park was closing up anyway, so we weren't leaving prematurely!
The final night in San Diego ended in Luke & Joe going to sleep, and I stayed up to watch the Royal Wedding....(Until 3.30am!) In one hand, im glad I did watch it - but on the other hand, I wish I had spent the hours wisely to SLEEP - The following day was to be one tiring trip!!!
It was a short stay in San Diego, Im glad I dragged everyone down to visit, but it has been ticked off my list, and isn't being put on my 'to return to' list..... Thats it from San Diego, were hitting the road to our last stop - LAS VEGAS.......
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