Ridiculous!

I just had to use that title in honour of Dale who seems to use it as his one and only superlative!

Well, I never did make it back to a computer in order to update that last post. Yesterday just got, well, ridiculous... We did head over to Carson City in Nevada state to do some shopping, at least Dale and James did some shopping, I don't have any space left in my pack for anything else! Somewhere along the line our little excursion deteriorated into a cultural inquisition of sorts. We lost ourselves in a true American gun store, a pet store, and a Harley Davidson motorbike branch. I wish I could load some pictures at this point but the hostel I'm in doesn't let you plug in any of your own devices. Ek sal moes 'n plan maak...

To make things even more bizarre, Dale decided we had to stop at Ming's restaurant for all-you-can-eat sushi! Remember at this point that I fly to Japan in 2 days time! The sushi was superb, I must admit, but in typical male fashion we endeavoured to make sure we got more than our money's worth. We ate pretty much everything on the menu... octopus, eel, clam, scallop, and on and on... even flying fish roe! By the time we left none of us could stomach the idea of anything fishy ever again.

And of course there was no lying on the couch to recover last night... It was St Patrick's day! Strangely, the Americans seem to celebrate the day even more than the Irish do. There were parties everywhere. We hopped from a house party to an Irish pub and then on to another fancy nightclub (this time we even snuck free entry as one of Dale's housemates works the door). A couple of kegs of Guinness later we were all thoroughly sozzled. I dropped Dale and James at work this morning both still very much inebriated... should be a fun day for all at ski school!

I've just arrived in my hostel in San Francisco after driving from Tahoe (post a much needed sleep on the couch at Dale's place). I'm exhausted so won't be up to much tonight but tomorrow I'll take in the sights (though I did enjoy my views of the Golden Gate bridge and Alcatraz on my drive in this afternoon), and also try to arrange my Chinese visa. I fly to Tokyo on Tuesday to meet up with Russell for a week.

I will see what I can do about the photos...
And go the Sharks!