The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge really has to be seen to be believed. It is amazing! It’s so grand overwhelming, It really is beautiful. Some of the views that we had from the lookouts point were fantastic. Here are just a few of the photos that we took…..

1. Driving over The Golden Gate Bridge.
2. The gang in front of The bridge.
3. Me in front of the bridge.
4. Us and our hire car. A Chrysler 300. Is it pimp or what!!!!!!

Alcatraz

Alcatraz Island was one the best experiences of my trip so far. It was extremely interesting and I learnt a lot about Alcatraz island and the prison. They had an audio tour which guided you around while you listen to old inmates and prison guards talking about how things were done back in the day.

1. A view of Alcatraz island from the boat.
2. The Alcatraz cell blocks.
3. Me sitting in one of the cells on the toilet.
4. The recreation area.

San Francisco

Hi everyone,

Today is the third of May and I am still in San Francisco for one more night. San Francisco has been amazing! It has been a lot of fun. Probably my favourite place so far although it’s hard to go past San Diego but living wise I think I would definitely be able to live in either.
Yesterday and the day before were big days, we have seen a lot of San Francisco: we went down to Pier 39 on Fisherman’s Wharf, we visited Alcatraz island, we drove over and near the Golden Gate bridge, we saw The Palace of Fine Arts, we went to Haight St. (a famous hippy St.) and also went to Castro St. (a famous gay and lesbian St.).

Pier 39 was a gorgeous little area as was the whole of Fisherman’s Wharf. There were lots of places to eat and it was really nice. We had fish and chips which were pretty yummy.

Lombard St. was pretty cool. We actually drove down it in out pimp mobile!

Castro St. was a weird but pretty cool experience. The street is just filled with everything and everyone gay and lesbian. Me and Jimmy got a photo over “The Sausage Factory”. Hahaha……

Haight St. was really fun. It’s pretty much Hippie central of San Francisco. It’s a bit like Brunswick St. I guess, lots of cool shop and restaurants. A extraordinary amount of weird people though for some reason, lol.

Today we are going to ride a cable car down California St. (one of the main very hilly street in San Fran) and probably drive around a bit and look for the “Full House” street with the park across the road,

Speak soon Ladies and Gents.



Paul.

More Pics from San diego

Other photos from San diego

1. Me, James, Gemma and Tim.
2. Me and Gemma.
3. Me and Beatrice (a girl I met from Switzerland).

San Francisco

Hi everyone,

Right now It’s about 2.30pm and I’m sitting here in our dorm room on Jimmy’s computer. We got home pretty late last night so we decided not to go to Universal Studios today. We are just going to have a relaxing day and maybe go to Rodeo Drive and look at all the expensive shops.
Yesterday during the day we went shopping down Hollywood Boulevard and I bought a couple of T-shirts because they were really cool and cheap and I also bought a pair of cool Japanese jeans which are also really cool.
After that we met up with Jesse and some of his mates. We went to Citywalk which is right next to Universal Studios. It was a really cool place but none of us had our cameras so we didn’t get any photos at all. We ate at the Hard Rock café which was there…..the food was delicious!
After that we went to the Walk of Fame on Sunset Boulevard. It was kind of cool but a bit disappointing. All it was really was a normal street with stars on the sidewalk. Mann’s Chinese Theatre was really cool though: that had celebrity footprints and handprints and signatures in the ground.
Tomorrow we are off to San Francisco. We were going to catch a bus there but it only worked out a little bit more expensive to hire a car so we went with that option. We are getting a Chevrolet HHR, it looks pretty cool.
I can’t wait to go to San Fran, it’s going to be a lot of fun!!! We’ll be there for four nights and then we are coming back to LA and staying with Jesse for a while in Thousand Oaks. I’m only going to be staying three nights and then I’ll be off flying home back to Melbourne. It’ll definitely be sad to leave Jimmy, Tim and everyone I’ve met but It’ll be cool seeing everyone back home who I haven’t seen for a long long time.

Okay I’ll try and keep you updated on what I’m doing. See you in a little while…..


Paul.


P.S. I wrote that I was extending my stay a night recently…….I meant just in Hollywood. I am still flying back on the 7th and I’ll be home on the 9th. Mum and dad were a bit confused…….hahaha.

Hollywood and Disneyland

Hi,

The last couple of days we have spent in the Los Angeles area. We are staying in Hollywood. Jesse and his mates have been haging out with us and taking us out which has been great they are all really nice!
On Wednesday night we got really drunk and went out to dinner at this really nice Asian restuarant. There was so much food, I ordered two bowls of rice and couldn't finish them.
Yesterday we went to Disneyland!!!! Wow, that place is amazing, it's a lot different to how I remembered it. It's so so big and the rides and extremely fun. We got there around 12pm and left at 12am. It was a huge day! After we were down with the attractions and rides and stuff, we caught the monorail to Downtown Disney and ate at this awesome place called "The Rainforest Cafe". It was like a rainforest inside and the food was delicious!
Today we were goig to go to Universal Studios but I think we'll just stay in Hollywood and see the sights around here.....we are thinking of extending our stay an extra night because we have so much to see.

Okay speak soon.


Paul.

1. The entrance to Disneyland
2. Me and Gemma on the Splash Mountain ride
3. Jesse and me on The Haunted Mansion ride
4. Me killing some aliens on the Buzz Lightyear ride
5. Me and Joe on Matterhorn
6. Joe, Joey and me in a teacup
7. Fantasyland
8. Jesse and me with Joe in the background
9. On the way to Toontown
10. Toontown
11. Gemma and me trying to escape
12. Toon town
13. A ride in Tomorrowland
14. Me and Jesse on the Space Mountain ride
15. Me with Darth Vader Lego man
16. The Rainforest Cafe

More pics of San Diego

Hi,

Here are some more pics of San Diego.

Yesterday we went to downtown San Diego. The Gaslamp Quarter is really nice. And we ate at Hooters. Shayna and Sam were very nice! Hahaha. God it was great!!!!! :-)

San Diego

Hi guys,

Today is our second real day in San Diego. This place is fantastic. We are literally staying on the beach. It’s called “The Banana Bungalow”. It’s so much fun, yesterday we sat out on the deck and drank all day. Later we played beer pong, which is a great drinking game. I’ll have to introduce it to everyone back home. When we got here we were a bit skeptical because me and Jimmy are staying in a room with about 10 other ppl but the ppl here are really nice. There are ppl from Scotland, England, Australia….all over the place. Today we are going for a bike ride down the beach. We are staying in Pacific Beach but we might check out Mission beach and maybe La Jolla.
Sorry I haven’t been writing much lately, I’m having way too much fun!!!!!!

Shooting Guns!

Today we shot guns. It was crazy, the biggest rush ever!

It was kind of scary, we just walked in and gave them ID and they gave us a gun. It was soo soo loud, AMAZING!

Here's some photos!

Grand Canyon

A few days ago we went to the grand canyon. It was amazing! The drive was really long from Vegas and the North Rim was closed so we had to go down a dirt road to get there. We drove for 12 hours, we left at 10am and got home just past 10pm.It was awesome fun though. Well well worth it!!!!!!
I'll put some pictures up soon........

First night in Vegas

Hi,

Wow, this place is so much fun!
Last night we started by playing drinking games in our apartment. The otehrs were getting ready so there was only three of us. 8's is a bad game to play when there is only three people, trust me! I ended up having to skull a few beers. After the others came over we decided to head out. We were all pretty blind at this stage. The night was a bit of a blur, everyone was telling me stuff that happened and I was like "oh yeah I remember that". Hahahaha.
Anyway we went out to some place called "mist" at Treasure Island. It was pretty cool. We left that place and went wandering down the streets. I drove some dude's little cleaning buggy: you know those ones you see on the side of the road. He wasn't happy I don't think. I can't really remember where else we went. I played pokies for a bit....I didn't win. Somehow I lost the others so i went and got Maccas and then I found them and they were eating Maccas so I ate again. We came back to the hotel. We decided we wanted to go swimming but they locked the door to the spa. Bastards!!! It was about 3am I think, lol. Then we wanted to see this erotic show that they have here in the casino but there was no one at all around, we snuck in and sat in there for about 5 mins and left. Hahahaha. And then I think we just went and passed out in the room after that.
We are staying at the Riviera by the way. It's okay, nothing special. It is a bit away from the main part of the strip but it is on the strip which is good.
I must apologize for the drunken phone call last night Aims. I'm sorry. I have no idea why I called you. Email me and let me know what I had to say. It should be funny! Hahaha.
Today we went to the factory outlets. I could've spent every penny I have. Luckily I didn't. I did buy a nice shirt, a couple of tees and a pair of diesel shoes. Everything was so cheap, you couldn't afford not to buy something.
Tonight we are meeting up with Vinnie, a guy from Mammoth. It should be good fun! And tomorrow everyone's favourite Pom is coming up. We can't wait for Jack to get here.........things will definately get well messy! Aight.

Thanks everyone. See you all soon!!!


Paul.

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