LA Congress (as best as i can remember :P ) part 1

Day 1
Arrived. Went Hilton. WOw.. nice place... wait a minute.. our names are not there? why not ? *puzzled*...oh we are suppose to be staying @ Crowne Plaza hotel instead? Wat the hell ? *not happy*

Went crowne plaza, settled in... went to nearby Carl's Jr to have lunch. Walked around, take some pictures, buy groceries. Booked limo and went to Steven's Steakhouse (well known food and salsa joint). Had dinner (NICEEEEEEEEE).. then danced some salsa. It was like a mini-pre-pre congress party. There were many good dancers there and one of the australian Contingent (braveheart) performed a braveheart inspired salsa performance. Quite cool. Saw Edie dancing. She's really fast.... and saw Alex De Silva with his partner. She's very very nimble and nubile. Go back.. sleeeeep..

Day 2
Went to Santa Monica beach via bus. SUposedly to attend the pre congress beach party.. but we went to the wrong beach (or wrong part). then we had to rush to this CC to practise. We din have car so we had to call a cab to take us bac after the practise. Little did we know that it was a DANGEROUS neighbourhood to be in. A nice family drove up and stayed with us to keep us company. They mentioned that just earlier in the afternoon someone got shot at the park. So you can imagine how big our eyes were after that. Pretty lucky we had them nice pple to keep us company.

Day 3 (thurs)
Performance day ! hahahah.... we actually went to holly wood to walk around before our afternoon practise. then we suddenly received information that we had to go there earlier to register (get a photo and pass) and then for practise. so we scrambled in taxis back and went to SALSA LAND. How's salsa land like ? well.. its a few huge tents and gathering of pple selling salsa stuff and huge stages and dance floors. Pretty interesting setup. We did a 1 x trial on the actual stage (which was very fast ) After that rush back to eat , last minute preps and start to change and prepare for performance.
Finally we reached salsa land and we were briefed on wats going to happen... then its a bit more waiting and nervous preparing and watching the others perform.. then its OUR TURN ! WOOHOO......
SO it began..and then its over as soon as it began ! So fast ! we had good supporters in the crowd but it was not a full crowd. And with that, its all over !
THen we had fun dancing the rest of the night was really fun.. hehehe... but dancing in LA has its unique quirks.
The dancers are way different than in Singapore and i feel i need to put in more effort. However if i were a gal, i would be in heaven. The male dancers are SO SO SO SO SO good..its like salsa heaven for me if i were a female. As a guy, well i guess most of the gals in SG r already of a very good standard..so i guess i have to do lotsa improving on my part to reach the standards shown @ LA :(