Had a layover in LA today, which was the only place I was able to sleep so that was interesting, but I was able to crash once I got home (good thing too, because Desperation starts tomorrow).
LA Aquarium>Australia
On our second day in LA, we went to an aquarium. I had a feeling we would be going to a lot of aquariums… especially since I had a schedule!
Thankfully, our flights got out that night and we were on our way to Australia!!!
Universal Studios
Since we had a whole day in LA before the next flight out to Australia, we got to go to Universal Studios! We got to go on a back stage tour and it was really cool! We saw inside looks at movies like King Kong and Jaws. For King Kong there was an all around 3-D show where the screen was all around us. We were supposed to go to Australia that night, but when we got to the airport, that fight was canceled too! It took a really long time for the leaders to arrange another flight out, because they had to split us up and use different airlines (Quantas and Virgin Airlines). So we had to wait at the airport until about 4am before we got to go to the hotel. United paid for pizza for dinner, but it was 10pm before we ate it. Other people who were stuck at the airport were looking longingly at our pizza! Most of us fell asleep on the hard, cold airport floor while we were waiting. As we were getting on the bus to go to the hotel, they found our luggage!
Monument>LA
We were so excited to finally go to Australia after all of our preparation but we got stuck in the Denver International Airport (DIA) for about 3 hours because of United’s plane’s wing problems! It was horrible and they didn’t even tell us to get off until like 2 hours of actually being on the plane; it would have been better to at least be in the gate so we could walk around. At least I got to watch some of Surfs Up. We finally started moving right after some of us bought our dinner. The mood got better on the plane because we watched a comedy channel on the screen and it was so cute because the comedians were trying to find the cutest pets! The winner was a little Slow Moving Norris named Sonya who loves being tickled!
But because of the delay at DIA we missed our connection in LAX and got stuck in LA for a day. Luckily, we didn’t have to sleep at the airport because our leaders got us a hotel near there. Unluckily, United lost our luggage, all of it, everybody’s! But I had packed my backpack with toiletries and a change of clothes, so I was prepared!
