Sheraton Anaheim

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.

Today we used the second day of our Disneyland Pass. As we are staying in a Disneyland Resort we were able to enter an hour before the general public. This was great as the busier rides that had long wait on day one we got on straight away. Our first ride was Finding Nemo, this ride took you under the water in a submarine at the Great Barrier Reef. It was excellent you felt like you were there, clown ...

... was a two hour limit here so we put our $2 (yes, $1 per hour for prime beach-front parking!!!!) and headed off. We wandered along the sands of Santa Monica beach, which were soft and white. After a while the sand got way too hot to walk on so I had to put my sandals back on before I burnt my poor feet. We came off the sand at the 'world famous' Santa Monica Pier and took a walk along there. The Pier has its own mini theme park with roller coaster ...

I arrive at LAX at 2 pm. Only 6 hours to kill until flight number 2. I'm thinking that LAX is one of the world's major connection hubs, there must be something to do here, right? Turns out, no. In fact, best I can tell, except for the International Terminal, you can do nothing but sit on the curb outside the place if your airline ...

... working there, either on the stalls or as craftspeople - which was unusual for every other theme park we have been to. Universal has the more usual under 40's working there. Knotts' sticker prices almost universally did not include taxes nor were notices clearly published indicating the fact (this practice is illegal in New Zealand in a retail store). Stall holders told us it was impossible to mark inclusive prices as ...

... we *re still * little worried *bout scoring from 7-up. We go on to see the building th*t die h*rd 1 w*s filmed in, the bridge where the bus jumped from in speed, *nd skid row where we could w*tch cr*ck de*ls going down in bro*d d*ylight. Finished up *nd got dropped off b*ck *t the hotel. From there we h*d * few beers *nd then went to * b*r, B*rney's Be*nery, which sells pitchers for $8 e*ch, which comp*red to $5 * pint is gre*t v*lue. So I rounded up * Posse *nd *bout 12 of us went ...