This is it, my final blog of the trip! Feels like yesterday that I was in Venice writing about my first weeks on contiki. Now I'm sitting on the floor in the corner of gate 123A at LAX wondering where all the time went? This sucks My final couple of days in LA were uneventful to say the most. I must've been still drunk when I booked my LA hostel last week in Cabo. Nevertheless, the suburb of Inglewood is not for the feint of heart. Hardly a tourisy hotspot. That...

Cabo San Lucas is paradise. Steve and I checked into our room mid afternoon Saturday the 11th and were both immediately in awe at one - how ridiculously good our resort was (2 massive pools situated around a pool bar with day beds scattered everywhere) and two - the location of our room (on top of the resorts nighclub, Passion, with a big arse deck looking out over our pool with the southern tip of Mexico in the distance). Pre-arrival I jokingly labelled the wee...

Back in LA on December 1, I checked into Hollywood for my 3rd stint. Main objective of my stay this time round was to get out to Santa Monica and Venice Beach. I caught the free morning shuttle the next day and waltzed about with a few people I met from the hostel. Both places were pretty cool. Venice Beach was packed full of loopy hippies, drug junkies, gym junkies, tricksters and people just high on life. We had lunch there and then strolled back along the beac...

A five hour flight got me into Miami just before midnight local time, Tuesday the 23rd November. When I arrived to my hostel on South Beach I knew that I was in for a huge week. Loud music and people everywhere flooding the patio and a good section of the street.. I could barely get my bags through to reception. I settled in and crashed soon after everyone left on the limo tour that I neglected.. The next day I woke up and went for a walkabout in the Miami heat ...

Monday the 15th, was my first day without Lewis. My morning was noticably quieter without getting a gobful about how much I snored the night before, and my walk to get breakfast was definitely more peaceful without getting pushed off the sidewalk every 10 metres. I was immediately bored though. After breakfast I headed to Hollywood Blvd. I'd overheard a rumour that Christina Aguilera was getting her star on the walk of fame, sure enough she was. There was a pret...