Random Happening of the Day (I)

Today I was talking to a Hare Krishna woman and she told me they wake up at 4:30 every morning to chant and dance in their temple.

Upon hearing this I promptly responded with a wide eyed "Jesus Christ!"

This exclamation was followed by a lot of laughter by all present because of the irony.

The MEGABUS!!!!

I can't say enough good things about The Megabus. First off it is super expensive to travel by train or plane, but everyone knows this already. Short of hitchhiking I don't think you'll find a cheaper form of transport than The Megabus. It only cost me £20 to go from London to Glasgow.


Now, this journey did take from 8am to 5:15pm, however there is a ton of leg room, the drive up is pretty scenic and the bus has free Wi-Fi! If you have a buddy with you or if you just enjoy talking to strangers than this is not a bad way to spend a day. I 100% recommend this mode of travel. The greatest thing about it is they go all over the UK, the US northeast, and Canada(along the NY boarder.) I'm for sure gonna use them in the future. 


http://www.megabus.com/

Air Canada is Amazing!

I flew through Toranto to get to London, and my connecting flight was Air Canada. This airline has their sh*t together. 

There was tons of leg room, real silverware, huge blankets, individual entertainment consoles, and the food was good. 

Also, I've been thinking that Franch-Canada would be a good place for me to move if I ever get serious about learning French.

You're Awesome Canada! 

Remembering the Alamo!

My little brother Scott and I

On the drive through Texas we stopped in San Antonio and thought while we’re here we may as well go see the Alamo. It’s right in the middle of the city. It’s kinda funny to see this classic old church right in the middle of a bunch of high rises. It is really pretty though, and it’s free admission so that’s pretty cool.

Scott and our friend Jeff (AKA El Flufferino) on the riverwalk

We wandered around the riverwalk area along San Antonio River after we’d seen the Alamo. I wouldn’t have thought that I’d like any city in Texas (I know, I shouldn’t judge a place before I’ve been there) but the little of San Antonio I saw was really pretty and it looked like it would be a really fun place to stay for a while. I wouldn't mind going back some day and exploring it more thoroughly. And I’d totally recommend it as a nice city to visit if you just wanted a chill place to spend a week. 

It Wouldn't Be A Real Road Trip If We Didn't Get At Least One Flat Tire

Scene: we have just pulled back out onto the I-10 from a filling station on the Texas/Louisiana boarder.

Scott : "We've been making really good time. I think we'll get to New Orleans early."

cue thudding sound

El Flufferino : "You just had to say something didn't you?"

wa waaaaaaaaa

end scene

Men at Work

It's times like these that it's nice to have a race car driver and his one man pit crew on a road trip with you. the spare was underneath a packed full trunk, and half the back seat was full of luggage we had to take out as well so that the car was light enough for the jack to lift, and even with all this extra work, I'd still say those boys had the flat changed out in under 15 mins. My heroes = )

 Also a special shout out to Brooke's dad who informed me that my spare was low on air, and told me where to go to get it filled before we left L.A. We would have been SOL if he hadn't noticed that.

Voila! pitiful looking little doughnut that we drove all the way into New Orleans on 

ROAD TRIP!!! (sorta)

The down side of shipping your car from Hawai`i to the West coast when it needs to end up on the East coast is that you have to drive all the way there. My mom didn't trust me to drive my car back all on my own so she sent my little brother, Scott, out to help me drive it back.

I wanted to use this as an excuse to do a real road trip where you stop and see the sights along the way, but Scott is more interested in just getting home. I did talk him into taking the low route thought, so we’re gonna stop in New Orleans!! 

The Good Samaritan

I was hiking the Hanakapi'ai Trail on Kaua'i  and on the way out of the valley(which is super steep, and takes about 2 hours to get out of) there was a man that looked to be about 40 and he was really struggling with his huge backpack(it looked like it had been packed for a week of camping.) Well, along comes this 20-something guy, also with a huge pack. The 20 year old offered to carry the older mans pack. The 20 year old was with a group of about 8 friends, they all left him behind, but this guy still carried both his pack and the strangers pack all the way out of the valley and back down the side of the volcano to the beach in the 90F/32C degree heat. This is one of the kindest most amazing things I've ever seen anyone do. I wish I'd gone over and shaken this guys hand, but I was kinda dying of my own heat exhaustion at the time.

I hope this inspires you to do something kind for a stranger in the future.