I have just arrived in my second hostel in Austin, Texas and it is a really funky place, lovely view of a lake and internet is free! hence me updating here. I spent the previous 3 nights in Houston which was a pretty cool, if dauntingly big city.
I got into Houston about 2pm local time and spent almost 2 hours queuing for immigration. When I got there I was through in about 30 seconds, so much for them being strict! the first thing I noticed was how big everything is in America. There are launderettes here as big as supermarkets and supermarkets as big as.. you the idea, it makes you feel like you are a very small person surrounded by giants.
I got to the hostel after some confusion, my cab driver asked me directions which I found bizzare considering he had a sat-nav and lived in the area. The hostel itself wasn't fantastic, the lockout hours were extreme and they actually expected us to help out cleaning the hostel! after spending the last 6 months cleaning a hostel I wasn't getting roped into any of that crap so I made sure I was out early every morning which seemed to work.
The 2 full days I spent in the city consisted of a visit to the Houston Zoo which was a nice way to start and then a chill out in the beautiful Hermann Park which was a 5 minute walk from my hostel. The second day I explored the classy Montrose area where I had a stupidly large American breakfast at a place called Breakfast Klub. The area had several free museums which I wandered around all dedicated to local artists none of which I'd ever heard of. I then went to the museum of History and Natural Science which wasn't free but well worth it, there was some fun stuff in there. I finished the day off in the park again and today made the 4 hour journey on the Greyhound Bus to Austin. It took a while to get here so I'm going to have a lazy evening here and then explore this music obsessed city tomorrow!
Chris
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Ahoy! Good to hear they let you into the country pretty swiftly. A better experience than entering Mexico City from Panama was I'm sure. I never quite understood why one of the security guys felt it necessary to browse through your diary..
Anyway, tell me more about this American breakfast. What did it involve? Were there pancakes? How much did it cost? Very intriguing!
Ah mate it was proper enourmous! it had bacon, eggs, sausages, pineapple, waffles, orange juice and some pancakes! cost $7.50 I believe, you'd definatly like this hostel I'm in at the moment, really clean and some nice views of the lake! hope you are well mate, I'm gonna try and find 'the fache' in mexico city and get a picture of him to put on here!
Good to hear everything is well.
Very cold and even some snow here... bit warmer your end?
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