Tijuana Trip

Hey, all. Ready for another blog?

Today we woke up at around 7:30 and got ready to go to the mighty city of Tijuana. Yes, we’ve gone to Mexico.

We got on a two-hour bus trip into the city and hung around a nice little beach with a coconut stall and a little cafe just a few feet away.

Then we went down to a restaurant called Tijuana Tilly's and had some tacos and burritos. Half-way through our lunch, a band walked in and started playing really cool Mexican fiesta music and walking around the tables. They were really good! Dad seemed to love them, and they were really good singers.

Afterwards, we took a final trip to a plaza for a shopping spree. I bought a bunch of stuff. Everyone kept trying to call us into their shops for sales... some of them had some really funny lines! "Come and buy some things you don't need!", "I've been expecting you..." and "100% off!", to name a few.

So, a fun place to spend the day, but not a very nice place to live.

Disneyland And Such

Another great day at Disneyland. Not that much different from yesterday, but I didn't really do a proper entry yesterday. So, here we go...

We went out for breakfast at Mimi's... again... you can't complain when the food tastes that good, though!

Then we ran around going on rides and such. For your amusment, here are some of the best, with a description...

Nightmare Before Christmas: A brilliant ride through Halloween Town
California Screamin': The fastest, loopiest rollercoaster in the park
Star Tours: A motion-simulation ride set in a bus piloted by a droid
Grizzly River Run: A donut-raft-ride down a white water river
Soarin' Over California: A hybrid ride between Star Tours and IMax
Splash Mountain: Self-explanatory, really... a huge-ass drop off a cliff
Pirates Of The Carrebean: Do I really need to explain? The movie-ride
Temple Of The Forbidden Eye: An Indiana Jones coaster in a tomb

And the rest will have to come later. Next blog entry.

Sleep comes now. See you all tomorrow.

Double Entry

It’s a double-whammy blog today. 5th and 6th of November.

Guess where I am? Yep, I’m in America. FINALLY!!! The flight got delayed again, and the actual trip took around 14 hours. Urrrggghhh! I’m making a point to never travel in Economy Class again. I got NO sleep last night, at all. The TV stuff was kind of boring. When we arrived, we had to stand in line for an hour.

But when we walked outside... WHOA. It was so different! The air, the people... the cars. Yeah, the cars are amazing! Dodge trucks the size of whales, Mustangs as fast as cheetahs and... you’re not gonna believe this... Chevy buses! They’re SO awesome.

And all of them have rims the size of a coffee table. Todd, you would LOVE this!

I gotta say, I’m really looking forward to Universal Studios. Disneyland too, but Universal Studios sounds really good. It should be lots of fun.

Oh, and Dylan? Some news you might just be jealous about... guess what I picked up today? THE GUITAR HERO III SOUNDTRACK CD!!! *Pick squeal*

I don’t know if they’re already available in Australia, if they’re being released soon or if they’re never, ever going to come out... but I have a copy! And it comes with some sweet as music, a booklet of concept art and a code for 3 secret unlockable songs.

It was a pretty mellow day today... we just went for a walk, did a bit of shopping and went to Mimi’s Café for dinner. A pretty nice place with a great menu. Plus, it’s across the road from our hotel, so it’s a great choice for easy meals.

That’s all for today... tomorrow starts our real adventure.

NOVEMBER 6TH

Wow... what a day! We woke up in the morning for a breakfast at Mimi’s Café, where we went for dinner last night... I had the Pancake Breakfast (4 pancakes, two eggs, bacon and orange juice) which was awesome... and way too huge for it to be healthy.

Then we walked over to Disneyland for an entire day of rides, food, shopping and general fun. It was amazing! I was blown away by everything. The Haunted Mansion has been converted to The Nightmare Before Christmas... it was probably the best thing I’ve ever seen.

It’s past 11:00, so I’d better call it a night. Expect a really big entry tomorrow.

At The Airport

Well, here I am, at the airport. Waiting for the flight to get here. So far, it’s been delayed twice, each time for an hour. At least I’ve got my laptop here in my carry-on luggage, and I’m sitting right next to a power point. That’s a big plus, I suppose. I’ve got a little spare time to write a blog entry and do some other stuff. It’s 1:15 right now... 6:15 in Los Angles. Kudos to my iPod. It’s amazing that you can check the time anywhere in the world with such a tiny tool. Anyway... here I am, wasting my time before we FINALLY board at 2:20. That’s roughly an hour, for you slow readers out there. It’s interesting watching all the people come and go, their different clothing styles and accents. Wondering where they came from, where they’re going... their stories. It’d be a great idea for an anthological work. You know... five people get on a plane bound for the same destination and all go their separate ways into their real lives. They slowly begin to unfold and almost criss-cross, much the same as The Departed. You know... they all get on that one plane, two of them share the same taxi, two of them meet later on... maybe one of them even robs another one! I really gotta spend more time coming up with random ideas like this...

But, once again, like I always do, I’m getting very off-topic. Mum just brought back some egg-and-bacon toasted sandwiches from Starbucks. Even if Izzy thinks their coffee has been stored in packaging crates for weeks, which makes them taste bitter, their food is damn good. I’m thinking about going back and getting something slightly sweeter. Maybe a scone or a Danish. Who knows? But I’m still feeling kinda full from the sandwiches. Even though it’s good to have something else to eat on the plane. That’s why Mum bought a bag of Twisties. Ah, forget it. No scones.

At any rate, the time is now 1:27. It’s hard to kill time when you’re bored. There’s no wireless internet here, as much as it sounds like a lie. They’re going to get us to board pretty soon... hopefully... so I guess I should wrap this up.

By the time this blog entry has been posted, I’ll be in The States... so expect more very soon.

Missing you all already. :)