So we've been back since Saturday. I'm still sleeping off the jetlag. I seem to manage until around 2pm, and then crash until 6. Then I can't sleep again until 4am. Hopefully it'll wear off first.

Vegetables are still a novelty. I should have kept a tally of the burgers I think. We saw some amazing church bill-boards. From 'we support Israel' to 'you are not alone', they ranged from teh political to the conservative to the wacky. I was disappointed not to get to a service in the States, I think I just need to try harder.

Being in Las Vegas was a bit nuts. I had to pick up a Western Union transfer from work, and the counter was actually in the casino. You turn round with your wad of cash, and all you can see is bank on bank of fruitmachines with the odd roulette wheel thrown in. It was around 9am, and the woman next to me, still in her pyjamas, took out 10,000 dollars in cash.

We got slam-dunked by the weather twice; once when a shoot was cancelled in LA because of the rain, and then the second time we weren't able to leave New York because of the snow, and we had to cancel two days of filming. But it was secretly great to have spare time in New York. I went to have a look at the UN one morning. It' s amazing to see it, as well as frightening how impotent such an organization is when what needs to be done goes against the national interests of one of the permanent five members of the security council's interests.

By the time I got home this was in the news because of the question of oil drilling off the Falkland islands. Argentina's approach to the UN seems a bit of a waste of time when the UK can simply veto any attempt to stop oil rights back to Argentina. so much for United Nations...