Red white and battered...

Hey Y'all

This will be my last post from the US on this trip at least as im writing it in the lounge at houston before i board my flight..

Well i had a pretty crazy time since my last post as i left my friends in LA and headed north and then east , as I went from San Fransico to Yoshmite National Park to Las Vegas to Grand Canyon to Phoneix Arizona and now back to Houston!

I am so exhausted and just bewildered by the last 3 weeks! It feels like i been here forever..

San Fran was fun, as my friend in LA put it, if the west coast and the east coast had a city it would be San Fran, and i can c exactyly what it means, its liberal and yet hard working, its mixed and expensive, quite densley populated but good public transport, i would recommend to go, as it is a beautiful city and has alot of things to c and do! Especialy going tyo the Yshimite National Park, which is like 3 hours there, its a stunning national park and has these amazing waterfalls, and the biggest trees i have even seen in my life, there called like Sequoias trees or something and they are unbelievable, you need to google that shit seriously HUGE!

Aneway, so then heading the vegas, the real Silicon Valley, as its just full of girls with fake breasts! Now you hear stories about Vegas and you hear the ridiculous stories about how Vegas is a bit of a family destination, well those people are smoking crack, there is guys handing out cards of women2ur door on the street, there is girls wearing next to nothing just walking about and this is during the day so u can only imagine what happens at night. This is not to say all was bad, far from it, the food was some of the best i have ever had, they have top class chefs and restaurants and at verygood prices, the shows on offer are amazing,. i went to c a comedyt club which was very funny and then david copperfield and that was unbelievable and something i dont think i would have been able to in many other places, so u c it does have its postives but the gamblign and the women and night activites do overbear alot on the city!
Im not a fan of buffets anymore, but if u r, they are nuts about them, i find myself spending the same as i would on a buffet in a normal restaurant and at least then i get exactly what i want, and the concept of it, goes against my priciples and beliefs where you fill yourself up and waste alot of food, in Islam your only supposed to fill your stomach up a 1/3 of food, 1/3 of water and 1/3 of air, and so clearly going to a buffet will reduce the chances of such a feat dramatically.

Also what i find weird is how 'celebs' and i use the term lightly celebrate their bdays in one of the clubs there and the clubs advertise it, like Kim Khadasian did it whilst i was there and the girl from Friday night Lights, and the girl from Beveerly Hills 90210 is going to be doing it as well, and its just really bizare, but they at the same time manage to attract huge names, this week along, russel peters was going a night,cheer, b.o.b., shakira, amr diab and many others...so for those living there i could imagine it would be pretty cool. Talking about living here, i was told its the fast growing city in the US, partly probably bnecause there is no income tax! And locals get cheap entry to most of the shows and nights and cheaper offers so i can c the benefit!


There is this huge new development called City Centre, which is a joint venture between MGM grand and Dubai world, at first i thought it didnt contain gambling as its really swish and obviously the gambling and the Dubai element, however my faith in the relgious values of Dubai were misplaced and it turns out they have huge casions there as well! However i got to say Dubai and Vegas reminded me of each other, both are in the desert and built into huge metropolis cities and both have a very superficial level and are questioned by its neighbours on its ethics but are still kinda desired and envied and used as the local or international party destinations...

Anyway I better board my plane soon, but i hope my next piece wont be like in a few months like it often is and i manage to sustain this, and the next time i write ill be 27, inshallah, and so i need to start fixing up and looking sharp *(in the immortal words of dizzy) and ill let you know what i end up doing for my bday though right now i just want to chill, but will c once im back home in Doha...

aneway take care and

Asif