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World Trip 2005-06
3 weeks back in the place I love the most; Southern California, where the sun always shines and everyone is down for summer fun. As your probably aware I spent two months in LA two years ago doing a summer internship and staying with the Thomas family in Studio City. So I was back to visit! Very kindly they let me stay there for the duration of my trip in LA and again I had a great time. It was great to catch up with all the family again, catching up over BBQ's and swimming in their backyard. Loads happened within the three weeks and I managed to see parts of Los Angeles and California I have never visited before. Loads to tell so here goes;
Spent a lot of the first week with Patrick from Alston, he was visiting here after working as a snowboard instructor in Canada. We had nights out on the famous Sunset Blvd at the Standard bar, and Santa Monica at the Circle bar. We chilled on the beach in Santa Monica and Venice and checked out Hollywood. We also went down to an audition down at MTV for a dating show! I auditioned but didn't get the part!! Dammit, there were loads of aspiring actors and dancers auditioning too! We met one dude who danced in an R Kelly video and another who knew Nick Cannon (famous rapper) and even asked N.Cannon himself if we could go to his party that night! We couldn't! but we were close!
The weekend Patrick left was the weekend of England V Portugal; I stayed in a hostel to watch the game with a bunch of English dudes, the game started at 8.00am! I was awoken and immediately given a beer as soon as soon as I opened my eyes by the party organizer at the hostel. Anyway you know how the game turned out! Later in the afternoon I returned back to the Thomas residence and chilled there for a week, occasionally popping down to Venice to catch a street basketball game, Melrose to check the shops or Santa Monica beach. On Thursday I went for a drink at Sunset Blvd with Nick to see an old colleague from STA Travel. On the Friday I met with Matt, now Matt is an Auzzie dude I met in LA last time I was here, I also visited him for a week when Neil, Brides and I toured Australia. Coincidently he was back in LA the same time I was here!! Which was awesome, he has a girlfriend here called Taryn who lives in Orange County. That day I met up with Matt, Taryn and Brittney. We met at Rodeo drive, ate lunch at Westwood, checked out Brittnets dads awesome flat in Beverly Hills, took a quick trip to Santa Monica and then drove up to Orange County to party. It was awesome being in the OC, just like the programme!!! We visited a friend of Taryns who was having a party, the house was awesome with a big pool and Jacuzzi to party in. That night we also hit another party in the area before chilling. On Saturday we went to Huntington Beach, big busy beach vibes!!!! And then I took a train back into LA into Pasadena to visit an old college and friend from STA Travel. On Sunday we watched to World Cup Final and I returned back to the Thomas family and had a couple of nice days at the home before catching a train with Jimmy their youngest to visit Luke Thomas in San Diego on the Tuesday. Luke is at University there and has a big student pad close to the beach. The train journey was awesome, right along the coast so you get to see loads of beautiful beaches. We arrived and were greeted by Luke, ate some Mexzican food and then went back to the pad to chill for the night, the following day we went to the beach. He is really close to the 'Pacific beach'. Jim and Luke had bikes while I rode the skateboard. Later in the day we went jetsking at the bay, it was amazing, Luke works there over the summer hiring out boats and jet skies so we were able to ride them for an hour for free!! So much fun. That night I met up with Matt (the auzzie dude) again as he was also visiting friends down there. We went out for an awesome night of partying, loving the San Diego bars and getting 'MySpaces' all over the place. The following day, which was the Thursday Jim returned to LA while I stayed down for another couple of days. Luke was at work so i met with Matt, chilled on the beach, bodysurfed the waves in the sea and skateboarded around town. On the Friday Taryn came down to pick us up! Friday turned out to be a crazy day. We chilled on Mission beach in San Diego before driving through downtown San Diego and Conarado before hitting MEXICO!!!!!! Yes MEXICO, so that makes it 12 countries in 9 months for me!!! I didn't realize that its so close to San Deigo, just 20mins! We crossed the border with ease and instantly everything changed, it was like I flew for a few hours to visit another country, everything was so different, much poorer, the environment, smells, landscapes, a complete contrast. Anyway we were there for an hour, checked out the streets, ate tacos, tried on massive hats and then waited in line for ages to get back into America. When entering Mexico we weren't checked for passport or anything, on the way back was a different story. Me and Taryn passed through with ease, however Matt got stopped for not having his departure card!!! The border police were nasty idiots and took ages to issue him with another card, me and Taryn waited in America while they made Matt wait for an hour in Mexico, he was let through eventually though and we laughed about it before driving straight back to the OC to hit another house party. On Saturday we ate breakfast and then went canoeing at Huntington Harbor, the harbor was surrounding by massive million pound homes, all with massive boats sitting in front of their gardens. After that Taryn and Matt took me back to Aneihiem to catch a train back to the Thomas pad. On the Sunday Nick, Jenny, Jimmy and went to Malibu beach before returing for an evening BBQ at a friend of the family's.
Tommorow i will chill, pack, go out for dinner and then get ready for my flight to NYC.
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