Woke up too early - 7.30am!! Laid in bed thinking: 1 Realised that beer is actually fairly expensive in Vegas - a beer costing $6 = ￡3!!! Hostel is $3 a bottle - better, but still not cheap! 2 I also decided I definitely need a watch! With no mobile phone on me (no need if it doesn’t work in US). 3 Also thought about how I had travelled so far from Oxford and met a Guy called Steve from Botley, Oxford. He said he often drives through Yarnton on the A44 to see his parents. Made me think about all those hundreds of people that pass you everyday on your way to work, etc and how he could have driven past me on the A44 without either us having a thought about one day meeting ... read more

After a really long day before (27 hours awake) I was woke up about 7am by a room mate coming back from a night on the strip... Who then snored... Got out of bed 9am... feeling pretty tired still. But the snoring was still on-going and the heat was starting to overcome the air-con. Made myself a 'free pancake', which I made too thick - so threw away after one bite! Then I went and booked my Grand Canyon trip for the next morning: pick up from the hostel, taken to an airstrip, flown by light plane to the Canyon, taken in to the Canyon by helicopter, put on a boat that goes up the Colorado river and then after some food, reversed. Really looking forward to it, despite the 150 pound price tag. Before I ... read more