It's never fun coming back home to Australian Winter from three weeks of US Summer. I've never done it before but I imagine it can't feel much better than this right?

Now I really don't think ya'll wanna hear the play by play on the last 3 weeks right? So I'm gonna see if I can break it down for you a little.

I'VE DONE IT BEFORE BUT IT WAS MY FIRST TIME
... I travelled to LA and New Jersey alone
... I really got homesick - yeh I missed everyone much for the first few days
... Veed and I travelled parentless
... We stayed in LA
... We went to Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica (can't say it's as glamour as the world may think)
... I travelled with a credit card (eeks!)
... I was there in the Summer
... We went down to Rutgers University and stayed in New Brunswick
... I took on the streets of New Jersey behind the wheel
... I panicked on the road when I missed the GSP exit on Route 4
... I had int'l roaming and took my mild aussie missage out on the bill
... We went to New York unaccompanied and did the tourist thing
... We saw the 4th of July fireworks from South Street seaport
... We had a car towed on us - cost us $US200 to get back!
... We went to South Florida
... I saw lizards roaming around like ants... ew
... I went to different beaches three days in a row
... I went to a beach at all!
... We went clubbing in Florida
... I got plastered (ripped, hammered... drunk)
... I threw up in a McDonald's parking lot
... I used an e-ticket - they're so convenient!
... I bought an umbrella to run across the street and realise the rain stopped
... We had Gray's Papaya hotdogs
... Veed and I got our belly's pierced
... We relaxed in the 'pretty part' of Central Park
... We had Chinese at midnight in New York
... We went clubbing in New York
... I broke my digi-cam's LCD screen
... We lost luggage on the way home

LOCATION CREDITS
* Venice Beach
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* Santa Monica Pier/Beach

* Rutgers University, New Brunswick
* Garden State Plaza
* Times Square
* South Street Seaport, East River New York

* Margate, South Florida
* Pompano Beach
* Las Olas, Ft. Lauderdale Beach
* Iguana Bar, Ft. Lauderdale
* Miami SouthBeach
* Opium, Miami
* Mizner Park
* City Place, West Palm Beach

* Applebees, Benningtons, Int'l Buffet
* Menlo Park Mall, Woodbridge Mall, Jersey Gardens
* Greenwich Village
* Central Park
* Hop Kee, Chinatown New York
* Club Mission, New York

THE PLAYLIST
* Usher - Burn
* Usher - Confessions Pt I and II
* Alicia Keys ft. Usher - If I Ain't Got You
* Kevyn Little - Turn Me On
* Lloyd ft. Ashanti - Southside
* Jay-Z - Song Cry
* <forgot> - Dude

OBSERVATIONS
* The population is quite... rude
* I love when service staff say "You're Welcome"
* They mix v concentrated drinks
* The boys are much more forthcoming and sleazy
* Dancing = Grinding
* It's okay to wear almost clothes in the mall
* Miami people are very sexy

I miss the cousins.



... That's all I can think of right now. I'll add more as I think of them yes. Bye!

*editEXTRAedit*
Update on the luggage situation: Apparently, we're getting our box of pasalubong's this afternoon. Veed's suitcase is en route to Melbourne for some reason so we should get that some time later this week. Bye!