LA

Once upon a freakin' time there was a group of exchange students that went on their west coast trip to have the best time of their life. They all didn't know each other on the first day but as those days past by. They all got really close and I can surely tell that those relationships will last forever. At the trip there has been fun times and sad times but within those times they just knew that these will make the foundation of their friendship better and today is the last day of their trip. The trip that will change  their lives forever. A trip that made them realize that they are almost done with their exchange. It might be sad but just think about how much our parents miss us. Today, we started to travel back to los angeles where the magic of our friendship happened. We had 5 agendas. First was to go to the observatory where we saw the hollywood sign but unfortunately it is really far away. On the other hand, the observatory was closed so we never had to go inside it but it is pretty cool looking so we had pictures of it too. Second was visiting the hollywood walk of fame where in we saw a lot of spider man, darth vader, captain america, and more costumed guys. We also saw the stars of differents famous people that we idolize like michael jackson, walt disney and more. Third was to eat lunch at the farmers' market. There were also shops in the plaza so we did some window shopping afterwards. Then, we had to go to beverly hills where we saw some really awesome cars which are almost all of them are my dream cars. Lastly, we got to enjoy a surprise party from Terra North America in which it was a joint party for Bus 1 and 2. It was really exhausting yet fun. By the end of the night, we said good bye to each other, cried the tears of joy and signing each others flag. We might have said good bye but remember good byes are not the end they are just the beginning of the next big thing. 

Amiel Kit Christian Maranan, Philippines 

Disneyland

We started our day by having breakfast outside of the room. Breakfast is usually biscuit and gravy, eggs, pancakes, cereals and more. We got done by 8:30 and started walking to Disneyland. By 8:45 we go to Disneyland and got in by 9:00. My group and I went on to explore the Disneyland first before the California Adventure. The castle is beautiful and it just brings back childhood memories. Roller coasters are pretty fast but not as fast as I wanted. There are rides that ceased operation but after a while they continued operation. I had that experience that we just waited for at least 15 minutes instead of 45 minutes just because of cease operation. At exactly 11:30 we had to meet up in front of the castle for a check in and a handout of the meal voucher. My group and I explored the California Adventure in late afternoon and had some thrilling rides. After all those, at last we got the meal voucher for dinner. We ate dinner by 7:30 pm and surprisingly we found a dance party at road and we just blasted and had fun with it. We also met new friends on rides we go. There is also a big dance party by the Hollywood studios and this made our Disney experience a blast. There were electronic music and rock music where I lost my voice. Unfortunately, because of these we had to miss the fireworks but after the mini concert is done. We rushed to the world of colors show and it was just AMAZING how they made those special effects. Finally, we went back to our hotel. Sharing our experiences about dazzling magic that Walt Disney shared to us.
Amiel, Philippines 

San Diego

We first woke up, ate breakfast and got ready to take on a day in San Diego. Our day got exciting when DJ Alberto drove us to the most fun San Diego Zoo. Being at the zoo was fun. Seeing the animals that we don't normally find on our countries. After that we drove to the hometown buffet to get lunch. We had to admit it, it is the best lunch we had since we came. There are some students (like me) who had three plates of main course and a plate of dessert. The next thing we did is go to the outlet stores. We spent a couple of hours just burning the cash from our pockets at the outlet stores. Finally, we go to our hotel and had some rest to get ready for tomorrow's activities.
Amiel, Philippines 

The bus left at 7.30 or more like 7.45. I don't know what other people were doing but I was sleeping from 8 to 10.30, so what ever you guys were doing I hope you didn't have too much fun so I missed out of anything. Around 11 we had a bathroom break, and it was 37 celsius outside. After peeing or pooping we went back on the bus and at 1 we got money for food. (First time I got to hold a 100 dollar bill). After the food we went back on the bus for like 3 hours, I slept some more. We came to the hotel and had our normal rutin with the keys. After checking in, a lot of people started practicing on their talent for the talent show. Everyone did an amazing job but especially the spice girls, Carlos with his bird sounds, the Danish quiz, yoga class, Nam singing, topless germans, Japanese dancing, piano playing and much more. But what tops all was probably when Anna stopped us while dancing to an inappropriate song, and of course my card trick. I hope you all enjoyed the looong but fun day.
 Your swede Mika

We woke up, ate breakfast at the hotel and left in the bus at 8am, headed to Grand Canyon! We stayed at Grand Canyon for about 3 hours, where we took a lot of pictures and walked around! We took a shuttle around, which took us to three different views of the amazing Grand Canyon! Then we went to a movie theater, where we ate lunch in the cafeteria, followed by a movie about the Grand Canyon, and then a look at the gift shop! Then we drove back to the hotel, where we had around two hours of relaxing time! At 6pm we went to the city, where we saw a little cowboy show, and then we ate dinner. After dinner we had until 10pm to walk around, eat ice cream, dance or look in shops!

-Marie Mølgaard, Denmark

Today was a really long and warm day. We traveled from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon in the bus for few hours with a couple of stops. Alberto, our bus driver, decided to stop in a shop called Route 66 owned by his friend. It was a really cool shop full of vintage objects and cars, I really loved it! Later on we arrived in the hotel, it was a really cool place, only 40 mins far from the Grand Canyon Park, we checked in our rooms and then we went downtown to have lunch. Lunch time, the Chaperons asked us to choose between different meal options because we were going to eat in a really cute and typical local place. The food choices weren't a lot and almost everyone ended up with the typical Cheeseburger, that looks like being the safest choice everywhere. After lunch we had some free time so we went exploring around the area and the shops. There was a little shop that sold dead cricket, to eat, so that's what a big part of the group did.. Yucky!! After the free time we went back to enjoy the pool and relax a little while, so to get ready to the busy and long day that we're going to have tomorrow.

Chiara, Italy

The seventh day of the west coast trip was awesome, After spending eight hours in the bus we finally arrived at the magical Las Vegas, the city is so awesome and different than anything I've seen before! In the night the majority of the group went bowling, unfortunately I was exhausted and I decided I had to go to bed, but looking at the pictures the place is awesome and very fun, what a busy day!

Guilherme Basilio - Brazil