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the next part of our journey was to be las vegas but before that i had planned to take a detour to see my best friend, vanessa. it was to be the single best hour of the whole trip and the time we spent talking went by in the blink of an eye. after being on the road with my so called 'friend' it was lovely to meet up with someone who was a real, true genuine friend and not merely someone i just happen to know and worked with a few years ago but with whom i had little common in and to be honest didn't really like now that i had spent more than a few hours with.

we met in pheonix arizona in a nice part of town on south mills avenue. it was blazing hot and i know V doesn't like it but to us sun starved nothern europeans it was a beautiful day. we sat at the bar in a place called chillis and just talked and talked. because of the limited time we had i wish i had said something more important or interesting than just telling silly stories and making fun of my friend but will just have to save it for next time. it was just lovely to see her.

thank you for saving me and giving me someone else to talk to. thank you for giving me something to look forward to on the trip whilst my friend seemed completely uninterested in everything. meeting up with you was worth doing the whole trip. lots of people don't have friends like us and they are poorer for it.