Still not able to sleep and constantly waking up throughout the night is wearing me down. This morning was a slow start and I had promised to Cook my host Rong Rong lunch before she went to school at 12:30. I made my Aussie omelettes using dried Chinese Mushrooms, frozen veg, black bean and German sausage - they turned out really good and Rong Rong was happy. She was such a great host just a shame we didn't get to hang out more as she was studying lots for her up...

Still Jet-lagged and with only 2-3 hours of sleep under my belt it was a very slow start to the day. At about 11am I walked to Wilshire blvd (main road that connects downtown with Santa Monica), caught a bus and arrived at Santa Monica. I wondered around for an hour before finding a supermarket and grabbing some lunch. I took my lunch down to the pier and them sat, ate, enjoyed the buskers music and took in the serenity. Loads of weird, whacky and strange charact...

This morning Cheryl and I got up early and walked into the city to have a look around in the daylight. We found a nice spot to do some handstand photos and then spent 30 minutes trying to get the perfect shot. A lovely old Chinese couple came along with their professional camera equipment and started taking photos of me - we chatted with them and then they asked to take some more and then send through tonight to our emails - wow score good photos! I said goodbye ...