Howdy, We got back to the hotel in Merced where Louise just conked out on the bed because she was shattered from driving as we got back late, so we fuelled up on our microwavable burritos and had an early night because it was an early rise again because we were heading back to Monterey for some whale watching. We had the free breakfast and left for Monterey and we headed back to the same motel we stayed at before because it was good and the breakfast was aweso...

Hello, We arrived in San Jose on the express bus and then headed to the airport to pick up the car, all the cars in America are huge and this rental car did not disappoint, it was Louise’s task to drive us to Yosemite since I wasn’t insured because I was under 25, however Lou had become accustomed to driving on the right hand side of the road and she became quite good. Before we left for Merced we spent the morning checking out San Jose. It was a two and h...

Before we left for Monterey I had the job of researching the cheapest way to get there, the people who you ask are normally useless; they just say the best way to get around is to have a car blah blah blah!! However I found the 3 public buses that eventually got us there, it took about 3 hours but it was unbelievably cheap and went without a hitch! We stayed in a private room in a motel because it was cheaper than a hostel plus we also got free breakfast. I thi...

Howdy hi people, We left the City of tramps behind and what I forgot to mention in the last blog was we spent most of our last day in the hotel room trying to organise where to go. Our parents were leaving in one day and we didn't have a clue where to go...........on one hand it's nice, the world is your oyster and it's an incredible feeling to have when your biggest problem in life is thinking of your next place to visit! But when you have a time limit and yo...

Hello folks, We were one member down as we arrived in San Francisco, but Katie was spending her last night in Vegas watching the phantom at the Venetian hotel which was meant to be amazing. The flight over was an experience in itself, my dad's not the best with flying so when the flight attendant started to go through the safety procedures before we took off it went something like this........."life jackets are under the seat, fasten seat belts, exits a...