So after the late night last night we all surfaced about 10.30am and i asked Kerri if i could get some washing done and she does not have a washer in her apartment and it is like most american apartment blocks the is a laundry room, but in Kerri's case one per floor and she had only recently found this out as she had being a laundry matt down the street......lol. So it was pouring with rain outside which is always a good sign for getting soaked and having fun trying to sightsee and take pictures, Kerri made pancakes with maple syrup yum and then she showered and i showered and we were eventually ready by about 12 noon and we headed out and i had decided to stick my waterproofs on to be on the ... read more

I got up around 8.30 am this morning, i would have prefered to have slept longer, but it seems of recent weeks that i seem to be a really light sleeper and i tend to get up early, so i was still full of cold and took my multi vitamin and puffs from my steroid in haler for my asthma ( i have to take 4 puffs a day) and the alkseltzer cold tabs and after breakfast my malaria pills as i have to start them a week before i hit Central America. I showered and then helped Larry move and plumb a replacement washing machine in as the last one broke and washed and dried some of my stuff and then i uploaded some more pics and after a while me Larry,Julie and Trisha headed ... read more

I think i eat too much yesterday as i felt a little icky and it took a little while to sleep, but eventually after watching the discovery channel for a while about making jelly beans, i managed to nod off and then i woke up about 8am and so i showered and shaved and watched some tv and then went over and knocked for Deb and she was up and had breakfast already. I checked with Deb were to go and headed off to grab some breakfast, they have a choose the filling omlette which was cool and some i filled a bowl with veggies and had cheese with it and a slice of french toast and then followed by a plate of fruit, a muffin, a yogurt and apple juice, so i had quite a ... read more

This blog covers the 17th and 18th Jan No fear or loathing in Las vegas i just wanted to use the tittle after that crazy messed up film with Johhny depp, thats such a funny film, Anyways i briefly woke up at 8 or 9am because the woman in the apartment above was so noisy and i fell back to sleep and woke up just after 10 am. Tim was up and on the internet and asked what i had wanted to do and he had discussed possibly hiking in red Canyon last night and so i asked if we could go to the the Red Rock Canyon, it was not far out of Vegas and as we drove along Tim explained more about Howard Hughes influence on Vegas. When we got to red Rock Canyon ... read more

A late night again last night and i was woken up by Scott one of Tommys housemates, he was stopping around and seeing his girlfriend off. Tommy and his housemates were all watching american football and it was on most of the day yawnnnnnn. Mark and Scott (Tommy's housemates) decided to go to Walmart in Jefferson parish and so i went with them to get some food for the train tomorrow, so the walmart was like the other one i went to in Tuscaloosa and like everything else in America it has to be big as hell, afterall they dont do small in America. Marks mum is english and lives in Swindon the capital of cultual....lol, so Walmart highlighted the fat issue in America and everything is pre-packed and i can not imagine much nutrional value ... read more