Texas

Had an awesome time in Texas and managed to do a lot of things and meet a bunch of cool people as well as catch up with some people I already knew were amazing.

Flew on Southwest Airlines from LA to Austin, Texas (with a short layover in El Paso) was met by Tom and went to Whole Foods (an organic supermarket meets a food court) for a break from your stereotypical American lunch. Got an awesome tour around San Marcos and saw a dry formed cave, the fault line that divides the state, an antigravity house and rode a boat with a glass bottom to look down into natural springs where Tom scuba dives.


We drove to Houston and got to spend some time chilling in the Museum distric with Tom and his family, Saw the Menil collection, Rothko chapel, contemporary art museum and walked around Hermann Park before meeting up with Micheala and her boyfriend Joe who had driven all the way down from Chicago to pick me up!! Its a huge drive so really appreciate it guys :)


Had a great time in Houston getting a personalised tour from Jonathan (Mick's friend from High School - thanks so much for letting me stay at your place dude, was great to meet you!) In 4 days we saw alligators (got to touch a 4 day and one year old as well as a Texas Rat Snake) drove past Nasa and Enron, swam in the Gulf of mexico (pretty dirty water but nice and warm), toured around the USS Texas (the only US naval ship to be in commission for both World War One and Two) and saw where Texas won back her Independence.








While in Houston we ate a wide variety of foods; mexican (quesadillas are my fave), curry, sushi, pizza and of course Texan BBQ but the craziest thing by far was jumping out of an airplane at 14000ft and freefalling 8000ft (at 120mph it only takes 60 seconds) before parachuting back down to land, all with a 40 year old man strapped to my back - aweome experience, would definately recommend it - although I must warn you, its kinda addictive