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Dana Point, Baja Sur, Kansas City

Arrived in LAX and had to hang around for Katie to arrive. Snow and planes don't generally compliment each other well, so she was delayed for a while. Duce, picked us up in the Bronco, a car that he managed to get for a case of beer. Nonetherless, a quality vehicle it was.

Headed down to Dana Point, just South of Laguna Beach in Cali. Managed to sneak in an In-N-Out Burger - Made from fresh ingredients and hand cut potatos. Caught the sunset and watched some waves down on the beach before retiring to the couch for a good chat over a some PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon for everyone other than Marti).

Thursday we headed to LA via Hermosa Beach. Had some Lunch at a place called Sharkeez. Fish Tacos = heaven.

Headed off to Jerad's house after that before TURTLE racing. What a joll.

So hundreds of people rock up at Brenners Bar in LA for the big event. There is a green mat on the floor, about 4 X 4 meters with a small circle in the center and a large circle on the edges. People line up to choose their turtle, $5 a pop. Four turtle at a time get put in the middle and they race to the edges. Classic.

Hung out in Dana Point till sunday. visited Newport Beach and a couple of other spots.

Flew to Mexico on Sunday with Katie. Arrived in Cabo and decided to rent a car for a couple of days. Drove that afternoon to La Ventana, South West of La Paz, andchecked into Captain Kirks.

La ventana is Kite surfing heaven. huge bay with a constant Norte (Northerly) wind. Kiters and Windsurfers from all over come to this spot.
Captain Kirks is an awesome spot and we had a great little casita. Spent on day cruising around La Paz and getting some provisions, and spent the other three Kayaking, Stand Paddle Boarding, and enjoying the sun and the local beverages. We played backgammon nightly as the sun want down and had some great catch up time.

We left La Ventana and headed to Cabo San Lucas. Basically USA in mexico. Was fun there though, watched some great live music and did some snorkeling. It is quite an exciting town. Was busy for the easter weekend with a whole lot of americans.

Flew back to the States on Sunday and Katie and I parted ways in Denver airport. :(
I continued to Kansas City and she continued to Aspen!

Landed in Kansas late on Sunday night and Nic Grivanis picked me up.. Spent the first day in kansas taking it easy whilst Nic was at School.
Had a couple of cold beers and braais in the evenings I was there. met a great bunch of guys from all over. We spent two days helping Cameron paint a house that he was renovating which was fun.

Misse my flight out of Kansas City. Not ideal but I have made it to Austin. Beautiful place!

Will spend a better and more detaild post soon!

Slacker, NYC, and Charlotte

Okay, so I have been slack. But it hard to tear yourself away from the beach, to sit in front of a laptop to send mails and post blogs. But here goes.

Finally made it to NYC. After a 10hour flight from CT to Dubai, 1 4 hour layover, and a 14hour flight from Dubai to NY. Although I was on the abslolutely incredible A380-800 Airbus, I had possibly the most badly behaved 2 year old next to me whos mother didn't give a frikking hoot about her childs bad behavior. Thus, sleep was not going as well as planned! Did have two rather attractive Aussie hostesses to keep me company though. :)

Arrived late in the evening on Friday after a transfer with a Taxi Driver that made South African Taxi Drivers look as tame as a frikking Daschund. But made it out alive.
Went out for cheap, yet awesome curry a few blocks from Adam and Claire's apartment. Okay, cheap is a relative term here. Nothing in New York is cheap.
Went for drinks at 230 on Fifth Rooftop Bar which was styling. unfortunately I was a little buggered, so crashed realaitively early.

Spent the Satursday cruising down Broadway and in Soho. Had the greatest breakfast Bagel at Murray's Bagels. Did some window shopping, bought cheap sunglasses, had coffee at the Grey Dog, possibly the most unique coffee shop I have ever been to and headed home.

Ad and I set off to play rugby for Stern Bussiness School against the Wharton Warthogs (U Penn Bussiness School). Rather tight game, but the South African influence made the difference and we won 7-0. Went to a small pub under below the apartment for drinks and found local. Barteneder ended up giving us a bunch of free drinks and what was going to be one quite one turned into a few.

Sunday I flew to Charlotte to see Paul, Sandy, Felix and Jordan. Arrived sunday lunch and chilled out with the family, taking it easy. Dave, Dee, Teegan, and Cameron came round for a drink.

Monday took it easy with the family, did some planning, and packed my backpack for my journey. Went for a drink with George and Abi to the Rusty Rudder. Had deep fried pickles (gerkhins). Can you phathim that? Anyhooo, they had Flat Tire so I was a happy guy. Had a good catch up with them and got to drive George's old, yet awesome, LandCruiser home.

Tuesday is Paulus's day off, so got to hang out with him. Went for an epic MTB ride in the afternoon on his new Gary Fischer. What a joll. Sandy and Dee had bookclub that evening, so Paul, Dave and I took the kids for dinner to Cheeeburgers in Paradise (a Jimmy Buffet Franchise). Had a Cheesburger..What do you expect?

Wednesday I flew to LA to meet Katie and Duce.

Last Day of Work

So, today is my last day at work! There will be many pints polished off this evening at Beluga (The Local for the past 2 years) and The Mowbray (The new Shebeen SSC Headquarters).

I fly to New York on the 26th of March for a weekend of mayhem with my cousin Adam and Claire, from there I head to Charlotte, North Carolina for 3 days with my brother Paul, Sandy and my niece and nephew.

On 1st April I head to Los Angeles to meet up with Katie and my buddies Ted and Jerad before heading down to Baja , Mexico for two weeks of sea, sun and fun!

(The above are all pics of a place calle Mulege where I will be spending a couple of days with Katie on the beach! shitlife.com)

Will keep this updated as much as I can and gooi some photos up soon!

Teill next time!

Peace!