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Portrait that Hildreth took of me in Griffith Park while I was in LA last month.

I've been meaning to write a new journal for ages of course. I had a really nice holiday for two weeks. I went to LA and then to Vancouver. It was my first time out of Europe so quite exciting and very different. There is no way I would have been able to afford such a trip if it wasn't for SG so I'm so grateful for that. It's amazing that there are people in just about every city in the world who will offer you their hospitality just because of this place. I had lots of good times and a few strange times but I really think I learned a lot about people and myself on this little trip and I really hope I can put it all into practice. That is one of the most useful things about traveling for sure.

It's quite funny to think of myself in a sunny place with palm trees and big white modern buildings. I felt like a bit of an alien but I really enjoyed how different it was in LA and the feeling of the sunshine was just amazing. It creates a completely different kind of life. Vancouver was much more like Scotland visually and in weather, just on a much bigger scale. Of course the buildings are all new there too though. The landscape was very beautiful. I got to see some amazing things while I was in LA like the Getty museum. That was one of the most wonderful modern architectural spaces I've been in. I feel like I'm writing a primary school essay about 'My Summer Holiday'. You'd think I could be a bit more imaginative.








My sweet little hostesses in LA. Venom and Callioppe

I got to practice yoga with Venom. She showed me her practice of yoga which is called Anusara and I showed her my Ashtanga practice. I wish I had someone to practice with where I live.




I noticed that the theme for LA was pretty much me meeting beautiful women.

Callioppe!

Evette!
_zia_!
Sash!
Charmaine Olivia!

Callioppe, Charmaine, Me, Venom. I had the best day with them at the Griffith Observatory.

They also made me shoot a gun, drink black coffee and eat tacos ^_^ I liked being quite amusingly out of character! I promise I practice non-violence at all other times other than shooting water balloons...








Views from the plane are one of the most fun things about travelling too. Seeing that you are about to land in a completely different landscape. It makes me think how amazing it would be to go somewhere even further and less like the Western world. I keep imagining flying over India or South America or Russia. I hope I can visit some of those places one day. I feel much more confident about long flights and being far from home after this.




Cherry!











JJoseph Wu made me this amazing little origami bird

Then I went back home and ate pancakes and did little anatomical sketches with watercolours ^_^










GoGo and I <3

Oh and I have been meaning to say thank you for getting my set with GoGo to the front page. I'm so happy with how much you guys liked the last two sets. I never expect so many nice comments! I realise I'm really lucky to get two sets up in one month, I really appreciate it. Thank you for all the happy birthday wishes too :-) xx