I have ventured 30 miles north to Santa Barbara, where I had previously spent one night two months ago. I stayed with couch surfing host Kate on Thursday and then checked into the Santa Barbara International hostel for three nights. Kate was a real bubbly character and a pleasure to stay with. She took me on a tour of Santa Barbara which was great as I never really had an opportunity to do so back in September. We had a semi relaxed night, however I did intro...

If there's ever a time where I fall in love with a place so quickly, it has to be my visit of Santa Barbara. The place is beautiful. It has a harbour (pictured), beach and is a college town which makes me so envious of the students who are studying there. As the over extended trip to Santa Cruz meant that I had to stop in Monterey. I only had one night in Santa Barbara. This 24 hours was truly maximised as I continued to meet some great people. In no time at al...