16th Nov 2007... Chedcked out by 11.00 - bert had to leave to go back to LA for his vacation with his family. Just as i checked out, wondering how i was going to get to San Fancisco, i received a call from John offereing me a left as he was heading that way too - sweet. 8- 9 hour califonia road trip to Sanb Fran. Checked into the Green Tortoise Hostel - bit different, pretty liberal hippy type of place where you could drink, smoke and get high in the old skool b...

15th Nov 2007... That double bed was far to comfortable.....woke up at 3pm...to Bert supping a bloody Mary after already hittin the slots for an hour or so. Went to check out the pool, but as it was outside and late afternoon was a bit too cold for a dip. Instead Bert and I decided to take a tour of the casinos down the strip, just to check them out although most are really the same just a slightly different theme to try and differenciate between each other. Gam...

14th Nov 2007... Well the Grand Canyon, what can i say - awesome - Kind of like i thought it would be but was pretty special. Got the shuttle bus when we arrived and did the red route - hermits rest on the south rim. The sunset made it look perrty good too - man i doing so many cool things - how cool is this! So Grand Canyon - tick - now of to Vegas for the evening - Arrived at the Monte Carlo hotel right on the strip. I let Bert organise the accomodation for t...

13th Nov 2007... Pile of w***! - just the 35 hours bus journey then! Austin - Dallas - Delay - Amarillo - missed bus i needed due to delay - El-Paso - Pheonix - Flagstaff!! The only good then was that when i finally arrived at Flagstaff, Bert was there ready to pick me up from the station, got some well needed food then then it was time for the road trip to The Grand Canyon. Game on!!!

10th Nov 2007... Got to Austin later than planned, yep you guessed it - delayed with the greyhound. Hostel was cool, HI Austin, great location next to the river - chilled out atmosphere, just a little bit out of town but bus was so cheap so wasnt that bad. met the following people - Cameron, Bethany, Jen, Joe - all locals, Per and Gustav - swiss, John - english, Sanna - swedish, Bud - Birmigham, Paul - dallas, Devin - Houston. Chilled out at the hostel for the r...