7- 8th October 2007 Auckland, NZ to Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA After the final countdown of list writing, contingency planning, panic attacks and minor tantrums it was a huge relief to actually be on the plane and on our way to start the next chapter of our lives on the mighty blighty, England. Infact, with everything having gone so unbelievably according to plan and with many LAX horror stories ringing in our ears, we were almost (almost) disappointed to find ourselves being rushed through the retina scan, finger printing and customs checks before we could even say ‘stored on a database for the rest of our lives’. The taxi ride from the airport to the hostel in Santa Monica came with a free commentary about LA politics from our Spanish driver and gave us our
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