We're going to start this post catching you up on our LA experience.
We've been in LA 10 days and although the weather
was less than desirable (we expected the famous Cali sun but instead
got an average English summer day- overcast) we managed to
have an amazing time.
Having done Disneyland in our first week in L.A, a trip to Universal studies was in order. We loved the Shrek, Mummy, Mininons, Simpsons and Jurassic World rides (Erin even conquered her phobia of having wet clothes on the Jurassic ride). But the highlight of our trip was the movie tour which took us around the studios and through 3D sets used in King Kong and Fast and Furious where we experienced an earthquake and flooded subway as well as being in a high-speed chase.
We rented bikes and rollerblades and turned into typical Cali girls (though in Robyn's case probably not as graceful - balance is not her strong point) (and
i'm not even sure being pulled along by Erin and Megan counts
as rollerblading). It took us up to the famous Santa Monica pier which was caotic and very American. We were lucky enough to be in the USA on 4th July but unluckily we are not 21 so we had to improvise with our celebrations. Our hostel organsised a huge BBQ (which we took full advantage of with our trusty pots as we have no money and are living off toast and eggs). We saw the famous Muscle Beach and skateboarding park and nicknamed all the boys after 'Prison Break' characters because we are sad. We ended the evening sitting on the beach watching the fireworks which were pretty 'rad'. We've spent the rest of our time in LA catching some rays (which was rare as it was so overcast here) and hanging out with the room 211 gang.
Its been 170 days since we left England, inexperienced
and pale we hopped on a plane to Bangkok not
having a clue what we were letting ourselves in for.
We can all agree these past 6 months have flown
by and we couldn't even imagine doing half the things
we've managed to do on this adventure.
On this trip we've all managed to conquer either a fear
or tick off somthing from the bucket list,
Erin's favourite experience of the trip was to ride and
look after elephants in Thailand. Megan's favourite memory of the trip
was experiencing the travellers life, for example staying in hostels and
making friends with people from all over the world. Robyn's favourite
part of the trip was the adventure, waking up each morning and having
the freedom to decide that day what we were going to do.
Although we can't wait to come home
and see family and friends, it's sad to see our adventure come to an end,
here's to next year's journey with the travelling trio.
lots of love
Megan, Robyn and Erin
xx
