3rd Nov

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So here i'am, sat in a hostel right on Venice Beach. Finally the trip has began. The flight was murder, out of the five of us i was the one who got the seat 99z on my own and ended up starring at the wing of the plane for 11 hours which was pretty nasty. But we finally landed, got a shuttle bus to our hostel right on the beach and settled in our 6 person dorm. The rooms are quite nice or better than expected. We have met quite a few people out here, including the 6th dorm member mark a.k.a knashers. We've been hanging around with different groups of people. On the first night me, Brad and Dan went to the hostel bar and had a few beers with the other guests, they are all very friendly. Yesterday we woke up at the crack of dawn and hired some chooper bikes, we cycled all the way from Venice Beach to Santa Monica and got a McDonalds. We also walked there in the evening too to experience an American night club called The Circle Bar, its was really cramped and the music was not for me, however a good night in all. The beach are hostel is next to is beautiful, we've been relaxing on all day today. Daniel hired a surf board, and we walked down to see the Muscle Beach Gym which is full of machines in pants. Were now waiting till 9 o'clock to meet up with a girl Daniel knows through football coaching as she has offered us a free place to stay which is nice, also she will give us a tour of the city, ill let you know how it goes xxx

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