San Diego Zoo After a restless night, having been woken up at 1:30am by some noisy neighbours being rather inconsiderate, we eventually got up and going, and headed up the road to the San Diego Zoo. This zoo is highly regarded around the world as one of the best, and it certainly is very impressive. … [Read More »]
US Day 3: Santa Monica to San Diego
Santa Monica to San Diego Got up relatively early this morning – 8am or so, had a shower, and walked down the road to buy some milk for breakfast. Alas, the local gas station’s milk fridge had broken down, so I headed back up the road, jumped in the car and drove up to a … [Read More »]
US Day 2: Santa Monica and Venice Beach
Santa Monica and Venice Beach We mostly managed to sleep through our first night in the US – eventually got up after 9am (much later than we had originally planned). It had been raining heavily overnight – and was still raining quite hard when I first awoke … not really the sunny California weather we’d … [Read More »]
Donating for relief
I notice a lot of people on some of the forums I frequent asking who is the best to donate money through for aid to the people affected by the tsunami tragedy in Asia. Many people seem to be wary of religious based charities, or charities that seem to be overly political – and have … [Read More »]
US Day 1: SYD-LAX and Santa Monica
Sydney to Los Angeles – LAX to Santa Monica – around Santa Monica Well, it’s nearly the end of our first (very long) day of our trip. We arrived about 90 mins late into Los Angeles International Airport (due to the late departure) after a very pleasant trip in a rather empty business class cabin … [Read More »]
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