Esa Los Angeles-Arcadia

All packed and ready, it seriously hasn't hit me yet. My flight leaves LAX at 11:20pm and i highly doubt I'll be able to sleep... nerves man. i hope there aren't too many suburban soccer moms out in Queensland. because I'm pretty much fed up with that **** ha ha. Hervey Bay, i am ready for my bicycle and part time job with lousy benefits but great scenery! WOOHOO!!!!!! let the adventures begin..... is Oz ready?

trapped, no more, i am.

... but had a good look around and enjoyed the peaceful and exquisitely conceived gardens, interwoven with sculptures and water features. The whole complex is constructed from Travertine (1.2 million square feet of it) which is a fossilized, textured stone that reflects the bright Californian sunlight, imparting the whole place with a luminous, ethereal glow. Overall an incredibly successful public space and a great example of modern architectural design and ...

... in LA than there are Starbucks or McDonalds! One neighbourhood has twenty four Starbucks, ten McDonalds and thirty nine cannabis clubs! It doesn't get anymore LA than that!




Along the beach Muscle beach can be found. It is well known throughout the world as the home to body builders. The original Muscle Beach was in Santa Monica, Arnold Schwarzeneggar was among the many famous body builders that were regulars there back in the day. It is now in Venice beach ...

... now noon in LA, so it is 9am tomorrow in New Zealand, so that means the difference is...uh...erm...21 hours ahead... or to not have to carry too many ones, three hours behind, just add a day. Oh man. Now I have a headache. Whatever. I won't think about the time difference too much (and then my parents can be blessed with random 2am phone calls because I miscalculated). Moving right along. I'm not sure how I dig this journal ...

... of leather armchairs!!! (David: It was also used as a backdrop for Bladerunner... which is far more interesting....) We also saw the huge LA Courthouse where OJ Simpson got sentenced (I forgot to mention in our Death Valley blog that we drove past the prison where OJ Simpson is now being held..for 33 years and about flaming time too! The prison is in the middle of absolutely nowhere surrounded by barren land and high electric fences. We stopped to get some petrol nearby ...

... in Houston, Texas. As I waited for my country accept me back again, in a customs hall as spotless as an operating table, a video glorifying the good ol' USA as diverse melting pot entertained us. It was accompanied by a soundtrack that was even more glorious and patriotic. I spent 5 or 6 hours in that airport, marvelling at how expensive everything had suddenly become, and working out the chords to the song that had finally hit ...

... there.. He showed us all the cool places in LA, like Hardrockcafe Hollywood and all those touristic places that night. But before that we had a really nice dinner together with his family and his cousin that moved there with him. They are from Iran so for the first time we had some real food, and not fast food ;-)

... april 12 - morning in buenos aires, afternoon flight to ushuaia april 13 - afternoon in ushuaia, afternoon board cruise!!! april 14 - sail through the beagle channel! to cape horn!!!. go ashore at wulaia bay. april 15 - view gunther pluschow glacier. sail on to chico sound and take zodiacs to view piloto and nena glaciers. april 16 ...

... lies) and the next bus was at 4.20 by which time i'd be really late for check in. But i went all the same. and the bus was there, and i got on it (after paying Mike Jone (i read his badge) $15. I was on my way again. Except i wasn't because the driver, a chinese man who i then nicknamed Wang, after a certain derogatory term, wouldn't leave because i was the only one on the bus! I got mad, i said 'the schedule says 4.00pm i have a plane to catch, i will ...

It's the day before Christmas (Eve) here in California and I'm going to spend Christmas on a plane this year... it's probably the least romantic way of spending Christmas but at least I'm going to be with friends in Coromandel on the 25th. A late-night shopping trip allowed me to ...