Shane says: Immigration in LA took me aside on our transit trip home, chucked me in a holding area akin to a jail, made me wait there for 2 hours while we missed our flight home to Melbourne, and then the stupid cow working there explained to me that they are on a mission, and it's her job to assess if I am worthy of entry, and that I am knockin...

Hey everyone!! The long ride from China Airlines was a bit fustrating, but as soon as it touched ground, I  immediately felt alot better.  The hostel I stayed in was Downtown L.A.  The city itself is quite big!  However, still has all the touches of a westernised city, so wasn't anything too different from what I'm used too.&...

Gonna hang out with Bekky boo for our special ´one night only´ appearance in LA! Twas great to see Bekkles, or 'Lucky' as she now prefers to be known, to compliment her new boss, whose name is Boomer. She took us on a tour around Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills and other such famous landmarks, I wasn't s impressed as I thought, and definitely didn't ...

Lordy, there's a lot to write.  Some of these stories are ones that I will be writing for the 3rd time, so I really, really, really don't feel like doing it.  However, I have a commitment to my loyal blog fans, so I must... As I had written, we were so excited to go to Cana on the days of the free clinic.  First of all, when we re...

After having a long long sleep the day before, we had to be up at 6AM to meet Carlie, Megan's sister, at the airport.  Eventually after seeing her come out last from the arrival gate we headed off to catch the train to the new hotel in Hollywood!  About one and a half hours later on the Metro and taking a wrong turn we arrived in the f...

We were up and out by 11am, returning the remote control and getting our $5 deposit back and dreading the drive ahead. Catching the sight of a lady waiting in the car for her hubby to check out, whilst getting a tin of beer on the go - nice! To be fair, we didn't know for sure it was beer, but it was in a brown paper bag, and there's nothing els...

Day 1 - The plane is broke! We have arrived. We are now in sunny Los Angeles, Santa Monica to be precise. We arrived unscathed, if a little late. Unfortunately we had to change planes after boarding, but it was made all worth while by getting free burger king thanks to BA. Talked to an American from LA on the plane, from one of the well-to-do di...

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS .... YAY!!!! I was up at 7.30am this morning and got ready to be picked up by the bus at 9.15am out the front of the hostel (the tour place I chose was luckily only located next door). The bus arrived at Universal Studios around 10.30am and I got in pretty much straight away. First stop was the Backdraft stage where they light ...

I stayed in LA again for a few days. Stayed at the same hostel I stayed at the first time. Met quite a few cool people that I spent time with. 3 awesome girls from Taranaki, NZ, who were on their way to go live and work in London. - Just like me :) On the monday I picked up Emily, one of my companions when I was a missionary, and we drove from L...