California (May 2003)

That's me on the left, my father in the middle, and my sister (who had just finished the last leg of the travelling-around-the-world "thing") on the right...

Here I am working out at the "original" Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, which was restored in 2000. Rather than use the rubbish gym at the hotel (which didn't even have one dumbbell), I had a great workout at Muscle Beach consisting of chin-ups supersetted with dips, followed by a few sprint intervals on the beach.

Yosemite National Park is one of the most spectacular and beautiful places on Earth. If you ever get the chance to go, I recommend staying at the Yosemite Bug Hostel. Although it takes about 60 minutes to get to the park (other accomodation is nearer) the strawberry cheesecake they serve is incredible. It beats the one I had at The Cheesecake Factory in San Francisco hands down!

Believe it or not, I was offered the starring role in the new Terminator movie, but had to turn it down because I was too busy. I heard they gave the part to some guy called Arnold. Never heard of him...