Hilton Los Angeles Airport

Heute gingen wir es gemütlich an und vereinbarten einen late Checkout. Nach dem Frühstück besichtigten wir noch das Crystal Pier Hotel. Die Zimmer sind, wie es der Name schon sagt, auf dem Pier gebaut, so dass man sozusagen "über dem Ozean" schläft. Wir sind hier in den USA, klar kann man daher mit dem Auto direkt auf den Pier und vor sein Häuschen fahren. Am Nachmittag fuhren wir dann nach Los Angeles. Die Abfahrt verzögerte sich ein wenig, da ich ein Teil meines Handy-Navigationssystems nic...

Arrived safe and sound, back in the Good Ole USA. Flight across the Pacific Ocean was uneventful. Mostly I slept for the 12 hour flight between Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Unlike the trip across, the middle seat was occupied so I was not as comfortable in my window seat. So sleeping helped pass the time and keep me from getting frustrated with my very restless neighbor. Since my flight arrived later in the evening, I had previously decided to catch a flight back to Denver the next morning. So ...

Only adding this for the pin on my world map. Should have been a 7 hour stay in the airport between flights but due to a massive delay in Auckland I got to stay in the Hilton, full board for 1 evening...but I had to buy my own drinks, shame!! Nice hotel...and it wasn't until the following morning I saw there was a strip joint a few hundred metres down the block (they weren't advertising that in the hotel foyer!).

The day starts with a hardcore workout training (for astronauts) at hermosa beach. The rest of the day is reserved for a special astronaut tranining at Six Flags. The evening we spend at the Beach, Paradies Cove an amazing romantic place. Pinguins, diving Pelicans and dinner at the beach is our moto.

Compared with the intensity of San Ramon, my time in LA was a more relaxed easy going time a sort of "vacation" compared to the intensive seva and regged lifestyle in San Ramon. In San Ramon I slept in the living room of an apartment on the floor with many other devotees. Eventually I actually had a foam mat to sleep on which felt like a luxury. In LA I was in a hotel at the LAX hilton, had a actual *bed* to sleep in and many other divine amenities including access to a pool, jacuzzi, beach s...

Well, here I am reliving Tuesday 17th October all over again. Not sure after that long flight my brain is quite up to working this whole date business out, but I can't complain I suppose. I'll have to make sure I am careful when I fly out to LIANZA next year, because it is right on my birthday and if I'm not careful I'll lose it on the flight over and that would be totally unacceptable!! So, my flight from Auckland was excellent. Although the plane was not as new as the one I flew out on, it ...

Well, I can quite emphatically say that the bed in this hotel has been the most comfortable so far. It is huge for a start - I can lay in the middle and not be able to reach the edge in any direction - it is really soft, and really cosy. I only wish I could have stayed in it for longer than until 6:30am when my alarm rudely awakened me reminding me that breakfast was on it's way up in 15 minutes. Breakfast this morning was what they categorised a 'fruit feast'. Basically it was an enormous fr...