This was my first trip to North America, stopping on the way home to Australia for Christmas. I spent 3 nights in Vancouver, before moving onto the USA for a few nights too. Vancouver was a great city by day, but I found it a bit scary walking around at night by myself (I was surprised by the number of homeless people hanging about town). I did a city tour and was told by the tour guide that Peter Gabriel would be playing at the GM Stadium that evening, so I rush...

My first time in the USA and just a flying visit, stopping in San Franciso for 2 nights followed by a further 2 nights in Los Angeles. All the years I was in Australia, I was never interested in going to America because I thought it would be too similar to Australia and so I wanted to see other countries first. However, in just a short time of being here, I absolutely loved what I saw of America and decided I would have to come back again soon ! San Francisco was...

Well, this was an ace week that Pete & I spent in Boston, USA. We managed to cram so much sightseeing into such a short space of time, even hiring a car for a couple of days to go further afield and take in some different sights ... this includes going to see the Wrestling in Springfield which was something I just had to do when in America ! We drove down to Cape Cod and along the coast which was gorgeous, sampling the best seafood in a place called Sandwich, bef...

17 days in absolute wilderness, this was a wonderful tour that Pete & I did with Trek America. We had a really nice tour guide Jeff and a bus of about a dozen people to travel and share the adventure with. We drove alot of miles around Alaska and camped in little tents for most of the time, staying in a lodge only once that I can remember ! It was the only tour I have ever done where you have to share in the cooking & cleaning duties, probably the last too, when ...