Hey dudes Wow - i nearly melted today - it was soooo hot! Hope it isn\'t too wet and grey back there! :) I caught the Pacific Surfliner train from LA and I\'m now in San Diego, my final stop in the States before heading into Mexico. San Diego is a pretty cool place. My hostel is in the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter - a really vibrant area with lots of old buildings housing cafes, restaurants, bars, galleries etc (Posy - THI site visit needed i think!) Today ...

Greetings from LA - Los Angeles, not Little 'Ampton! My trip around the National Parks finshed yesterday - had an amazing time with some really nice people - every place we went to was amazing - incredible landscapes, fantastic campgrounds including one on a cliff top overlooking Monument Valley, went horse-riding (i know me on a horse is probably really funny seeing as i have a fear of large animals but hey, quit laughing!) on Boulder Mountain, did some knacke...

Hey dudes Just cracking in California. Note for the observant - i know the picture doesn't show San Francisco, but there aren't any on the website, and uploading pictures is proving to be a right pain!! Anyway...13 hours on a greyhound bus brought me to Sacramento. Just spent one day there, then arrived in San Francisco. The hostel i'm in is in the Tenderloin - supposedly one of the dodgiest areas in the city. But after chilling with the drug-dealers, pimps a...