Hmm the first blog is always the hardest...
So we (Justin and I) left Brisbane at 11 am on Saturday morning, said goodbye to the parents and headed down through customs and quickly onto the plane. The 12 and a half hour flight was pretty bearable. Even though the lady at check in had used the word 'awful' to describe our seats. Two in the middle in the very last row. It was surprisingly social at the back of the plane... My in flight entertainment schedule was as follows: Avatar, Brothers... with an intention to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox, but managed to get some sleep instead (which is a first on a plane!) We touched down in fairly good condition and managed to spot Something For Kate in their entirety at the customs desk.
We left the airport and a nice volunteer guy called our hostel and had them send a shuttle bus. When that bus didn't appear to arrive we hopped onto another shuttle that was going to a hotel in the same area. The area being Inglewood; it's pretty run down with a real mexican kind of feel to it and according to the guy in the servo is 'not a good neighbourhood.' The shuttle we hopped on didn't take us all the way so we had a bit of a walk down Century Blvd. The roads are old and massive and everyone drives big trucks.
When we arrived at our hostel, the 'Adventurer!,' the girl at the counter told us there weren't two bunks in one 8 person dorm, which is what we booked for and casually upgraded us to a private two bedroom room with a bathroom and a TV, at no extra cost... This is awesome!
After entering our room and putting stuff down we embarked on an epic nap which lasted late into the afternoon. When we eventually got up we headed out and pretty much straight into a burger king for massive, gross, American burgers, amazing! Also Burger King has Dr. Pepper on tap! Wow! I'm going to get very fat on this trip.
When we were full of fast food we headed back to the hostel and began an epic pool tournament by the pool, which came to involve a south South African, a Russian (and later a table of his Russian friends), an American and heaps of $2 beers.
That was pretty much the day, we're just chilling in our room now. So far all is good. Might be heading to the beach tomorrow and Dinseyland early in the week. They may be a lot to report.
Missing everyone...
Josh and Justin...
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