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 rest of the day with the above. then headed out to 6th Street in the evening, was a biggie - had a good night, good laugh.

Bud - Go. Go. Go - fell out of Devins car....funny, funny s***.

11th Nov 2007...

Devin, John and i decided to go into town. Walked around the capitol building, art useums - Devin pulling ground - should have seen him working his magic - funny stuff and then on to the UT campus. Meet up with Andrea and Heather and then agreed to meet up with them later in the Spider House - wicked little place. went to an Ice cream Parlour and then ended up going back to Andreas apartment on the campus and played the Nitendo Wii until the early hours of the morning - good laugh ' americans Vs English - i wonder you reined supreme!!!! - gole.

12th Nov 2007...

Time to leave today for a few of us. Devin in the morning, John by 7pm and me 11pm. John and I went to Barton Springs - just the 4 miles walk then, - Great idea Neil, where s***ty flip flops for a 4 mile trek, not the trekking shoes you have just paid $80 for - nob head! Anyway was a cool natural spring that stays at a constent 68 degrees - does look like a outdoor swimmin pool though down one side. Meet up with Kcie and Lady Bell (Yes that really is her name) Both from Austin - Went and had some spag bol together, then had to cut the night short a bit, John had to leave to catch his train and then i had arranged to met up with Andrea. Walked around the UT campus a bit before i then headed back to the greyhound station ready for thr manmoth mission to Flagstaff, AZ where i would meet up with Bert from LA who i met up with originally in NYC.

As for Austin, well its a pretty cool place, loads better than i expected, great nightlife, people are really friendly, nice weather, but i geuss not that much to do in the day, but as we were right on the river it was nice to chill out.