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So we arrived in LA and immediately went into a Sushi restaurant where we had arranged to meet our couchsurf host Ted, as recommended by Ted. Unknown to us was that Ted had never been in the place and it was slightly more interactive sushi place than usual. This meaning when any new customers opened the front door the staff would cheer loudly and everyone in the place spun around to look and did the same! so we tentatively opended the door 2-3 times with our back packs on to check if we had the right place!
The place was full of hen parties and grad students, and then 2 confused backpackers! When the DJ asked where the furthest place people had come from, the Americans all started naming their hometowns and their places of origin, so it was safe to say the England shout won!
Ted finally turned up after we had been made to join in an embarassing adult version of the Birdie song, and took us to an English bar for a pint of 'Boddies'.
During our stay at Teds, we went to Hollywood Boulevard and did the Walk of Fame, Madame Tussauds - Pete got close to Salma Hayek (finally!) and Urvy got around Justin´s trouser sna- er sexy back! We also went to universal studios where Pete pushed his rollercoaster count up to a whopping 4!! We went on some of the rides twice (really!) Careful Pete - you'll be on double figures soon! On Santa Monica beach he went for a round rollercoaster 5! Ted then took us to a place called Titos Tacos which had people queing across the street. Ted almost u-turned towards some cops to park up - whoopsie! The Tacos were worth the wait, and an American lady in the que told us they it would be better than the food we'd get in Mexico! Well there's an American endorsement!
Luckly for us Teds lovely neighbours Charles and Anna held a 4th July party on the 3rd (we flew to Mexico on the 4th in our divine wisdom!). All of his neighbours, housemates and family looked after us well - seeing we had a hot dog and beer at all times!
Thanks for everything Ted, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future.
Viva Mexico.......
We had a short stop in Mexico before we went onto Cuba - as instructed by the man in Trailfinders 'so the feds would't get us for going to Cuba!'
It got off to a bad start before we left LAX as they have no internet - and when we phoned to confirm the Hostel reservation they couldn't put anyone up as there had been an explosion - taking out electricity and water for 3 streets each way. So a kind pregnant lady loaned us her laptop to check the replacement hostel was ok (thanks random lady!).
Once in Mexico we checked into the hostel (which had clean smelling tenants and lighting), we met a nice French bloke who had arrived in Mexico 2 days before his bag was due to! Pete traded his clean t-shirt, spare toothbrush and some soap, for 2 days worth of Spanish interpreting - Merçi beacoup Jeremy! or should that be Graçias! (Pete would do well in Prison!)
We had enough time to mooch around the Zocolo, and eat a few enchiladas, then onto Cuba!! Ariba ariba!
Take care all of you - not to get sunburnt or drenched - whichever the case maybe!
Pete and Urvy xxx
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