Hey guys,
Just finishing up my 3 day stop-over in LA. We are staying at a crummy little hotel thats really close to the airport. Its not that flash but its a lot of fun. There are 40 students here and we all get on really well. It's really great to finally be surrounded by people who are in the same situation as me, we all have an understanding of what each person is going through.

On the first day we arrived at 1:30pm and we went straight to the hotel. After we got there I went and hung out with some of the others in their rooms. I didnt sleep all night. The next morning I went to the Supermarket over the road and bought a Red Bull which was about 2.5 times the size of the ones we have in NZ.

After the Red Bull, which gave me the shakes because of the caffeine, we all piled onto the bus and went to Universal Studios for the day. I went on all the rides with two of my friends, Jess and Julia. We had way too long at Universal so we went on the new "The Mummy" ride about 2- times. Each time we would pull a stupid face for the camera. It sounds really immature but i guess you just had to be there. On the way back to the hotel we drove down Sunset Blvd and through Bell Air and Beverly Hills. That was quite cool. That night we had dinner with the local Interact club, which is a Rotary club for kids at high school. They were all really cool.

And then today we all piled on the bus again and went to Disneyland. We got to go to both Disneyland and California Adventure Park. I went around with Jess and Julia again. We were running the whole day and we ended up doing all the rides in both parks. It was exhausting. We didnt even stop for lunch or a drink and I think I got a touch of Sunstroke. We got food afterwards. I bought some apple slices which came with caramel sauce.....only in America. This part is a bit strange....I was just sitting down eating my apples and I saw the randoms pointing a looking over at me so i tried to ignore them. Then i heard "Greg". I looked up and it was Feek. That was so random and made me feel a little homesick.

When we got back to the hotel we got into our blazers and formal gear and went to a Rotary meeting of the Westchester club who paid for our trips to the theme parks. We all had to stand up and introduce ourselves and then all the girls did a Waiata and sang a couple of song and us boys did the Haka which everyone loved.

We are just all hanging out tonight. We are going to stay up all night because it's our last night as a group. I just thought i would keep you updated and put on some photos while I had a spare moment.

CYA!!!!!!!