Our first week in San Diego has been wicked.... On Thursday we had our first rain since England and we had our first evening shift, we were working together and basically stood with our coats on, in a tiny outside washing machine hut in the dark, with the rain beating on our legs, with kerris phone for a light, folding loads of big sheets in a space about 1ft by 2ft haha. You have to roll a sheet inside a sheet on top of a pillowcase until it looks like a burrito so that was no problem.
Friday went surfing for the first time which was amazing to be in the sea and it wasn't cold. Then did yoga and meditation. Slightly too spiritual for my liking but jokes anyway. I kept opening my eyes and looking at how the others were doing it, trying to work out what to do.
Then we were told we were to be the tour guides for Tijuana, Mexico. One of the most notorious cities in the world for cartel violence, police corruption and robbery. Being polite English girls we said yes, telling ourselves it would be a laugh.
Learning that we'd be leading the tours, with a group of irresponsible travelers, to two or three bars then a strip club before trying to cross the border back into the USA, with everyone present, at 2am, swayed our decision to not feeling so cool about it. Plus we don't speak Spanish!
I mean, we are tour guide pros but Tijuana is a little different to Oxford.
We told them we didn't feel comfortable doing it and they were totes cool.
Saturday we went to an amazing farmers market on our doorstep and sampled loads of incredible food and then got a crew together and went to an English pub, where they wouldn't accept Kerris English driving licence haha and I bought everyone Tuaca.
Then we had a boogie at the hostel and were in bed by eleven. Those are our favorite nights, start drinking at 3 and in bed by 11!
Sunday was awesome, me and ken went down to the front and ate ice cream and saw loads of street performers there was a black guy swallowing a big long black balloon. No joke he just deep throated the whole thing and didn't bring it back up. Mind blowing. Then I had loads of parrots put on me and then we went and smoked hooka until it was time for work.
Had a staff meeting and got told we have 60 ppl coming for a party to this hostel on xmas eve, im cooking dinner for 31 tonight (Monday) and I am running a bar crawl on Wednesday! Xmas day!!
Went surfing today on a smaller board but still 7ft and learnt how to roll under waves, paddled out back with Thiago because I want to learn how to drop down onto the wave face, had some faaast waves - they are big here! Also had a super double wave wipeout which was scary! No sharks yet although the design on the body board which the south African girl is using is a close uo photo of a great white shark with its mouth open bearing all its razor teeth.
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