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July 22, 2009
36 Hours in Cali
I have to start this entry with a shout out to my boss - thanks for proposing that we stop in LA on our way to Mexico for work! Thirty-six hours in the shadow of the Hollywood sign gave me enough time to accomplish my two goals - meeting my parents for breakfast at Urth Cafe and surfing Malibu with two of my best friends.
Ok...This is not really a photo of Malibu. The waves were small last weekend, and I probably could not even get barreled like this anymore after a year of living land locked in Saigon...
Anyway, given my boss' generosity for arranging this stopover, I wanted to show him around, especially since this would be his first time to the US. For the Americans / Californians out there, how would you welcome a first time visitor, originally from Spain and now living in Vietnam?
Here is what I came up with - a cruise down Hollywood Boulevard, beers and burgers at Hooters, and shopping at a trendy mall in Manhattan Beach. From this glimpse of the US, he will probably think that we are a vain, consumerist lot of 300 million, but that is fine with me - we had a blast...
Searching for "Hooters" on Google yielded much livelier images, but I decided to go with this safe - yet suggestive - company logo...But again, back to the Cali stopover. After living in Vietnam for over one year, it was incredibly sweet to hug my mom and ride waves with my best friends back in California. However, during brief stay, the nomad in me (who seems to be increasingly vocal and influential) was excited to get back on an airplane and step on to unexplored territory...
Posted by mt_mrobinson at July 22, 2009 7:20 PM
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Max,
You are the tube master of all time! Once you are in Indo next month, the skills will come back just like riding a bike and you are going to get some of the best barrels of your life!
Posted by: Travis Brown at September 14, 2009 9:27 PM