Day 360 - Wednesday 24 September After taking my last overnight bus I arrived into LA at about half seven in the morning. I had to wait around an hour for Russ to turn up from Vegas before we made our way over to LAX airport. Although its a few more days before we fly home weve come to pick up a car. LA's such a big place it'll be impossible to get around without one. Yolandas been working hard using her contacts over here to sort us out a cheap hotel room. I wont mention the name of the well [View Full Entry]

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Day 358 - Monday 22 September Arriving into San Francisoc just before lunchtime I quickly found the hostel I'd booked yesterday. Its a good job I had booked ahead its already full for tonight. The downside is though im back in a dorm room. I cant believe it after the luxury room I had in Vegas. They don't do check-in until 2pm so I had to wait around, but on the plus side they've got free internet. I never realised how much I used it until I couldn't find access to it anywhere. Finally after checking in I went to have [View Full Entry]

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Day 351 - Monday 15 September I don't know what it is about buses in a western country but their always full of wierdos. The bus we were on this morning was no exception and so was the one this afternoon. I have to admit though it did result in some funny moments. Eventually after a mammoth journey we arrived into Las Vegas dead on 9pm. Were staying at the stratosphere tower on the strip itself and as we can see it from the bus station we decided to save the money by walking rather than taking a cab. It might [View Full Entry]

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Day 348 - Friday 12 September With no idea how long it might take to cross the border we decided to go early so at half past six in the morning we were at the bus station buying our tickets to Brownsville the border town on the US side. As most Mexicans cant go to America not surprisingly the bus was empty and me and Russ were the only passengers. It didn't actually take us long to cross and we soon found ourselves in Brownsville. Now being in America I expected to be able to revert back to speaking english but [View Full Entry]

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Day 347 - Thursday 11 September We arrived into Matamoros around lunchtime and im actually surprised at how big the place is. Its far bigger than any of the other border towns I've been too but like many of the others theres absolutely nothing to do here. As we were not crossing until tomorrow morning we checked into a nearby hotel. Its an absolute dive and not cheap but will do for the night. With nothing to do I spent most of the rest of the day and evening twidling my thumbs waiting for tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

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Day 346 - Wednesday 10 September The bus had taken four hours longer than it was supposed to and we didn´t arrive into Veracruz until 1:30 pm, 23 hours after setting off. Luckily the football wasn´t starting until 2pm so we just had enough time to find somewhere that would show it. It was right at the start of my trip that England last played Croatia in the euro qualifiers, and i´d stayed up in a Bangkok bar until 6am to watch that dreadful game much to the glea of some Irish blokes in there. It was good to get some [View Full Entry]

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Day 341 - Friday 5 September After getting a lot of sun exposure yesterday I decided against going to the beach today. There isn´t however much to do in Cancun apart from the beach unless your willing to spend a load of money. So most of the day was spent reading my book or playing on the PSP. When boredem did strike early evening we hit the internet to book our vegas accommodation. Its cheaper for us to stay in a casino on the strip rather than get a hostel outside. We also went down one of the local pubs but [View Full Entry]

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Day 337 - Monday 1 September After spending all morning on the internet booking travel tickets we made our way down to the ferry point in the hotel zone. We got there just before 1pm but the next boat doesn't leave until 2 so we hade to wait around an hour in the scorching heat. As Isla de Mujeres is only just off the coast of Cancun it only took twenty mins to get there and with it being such a small island we were booked into some accommodation and down the beach by half past three. It looks like a [View Full Entry]

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Day 333 - Thursday 28 August Well the bus did arrive safely into Cancun about half eight in the morning but unfortunately for me Mexicans are a lot shorter than I am. There had been absolutely no leg room and my legs had got crushed all night long meaning I hadn´t managed to get an ounce of sleep. To make matters worse Cancun looks like quite a big town. The hotel zone down by the beach is well out of our price range and the hotel prices the taxi drivers are quoting in downtown don´t come into my definition of cheap. [View Full Entry]

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Day 331 - Tuesday 26 August The bus dropped us off in Palenque about seven in the morning and we checked ourselves into a nearby hotel. As the bus driver for some reason had been playing music all through the night and we´d had to all get off the bus when it refuelled at four I'd had a lot of broken sleep. It was off straight to bed. I was up just after lunchtime and we went to have a walk around the town. Its just like many other small towns I've visited, rather pleasant. As its such a warm day [View Full Entry]

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