My faithful readers! I am currently sat on the floor in JFK airport. New York has been a crazy 5 days what with hurricanere Irene and all. Manhatten really is a concrete jungle, like somewhere I have seen before. and a place I would love to return. My visit here has been bazarre. It started out with a day of shopping and brief exploration of the city that culminated in us climbing the rockafeller centre for a spectacular view of manhatted, central park and the ...

Just when I thought this trip was coming to a quiet end, it turns out we are trapped in the inescapable Manhatten for Huricane Irene which hits NYC tomorrow. It is safe to say I am tired and scared. I have no idea what to expect. Many locals have told us they have never seen the city go into lockdown like this. It is real eary already. We expect the rains to start around midday tomorrow and the real party to arrive tomorrow evening. Please pray for our safe...

Calamari in Northern California...delicious! I am sat in Grant Hotel in Nob Hill, San Fran. It is a city I have always wanted to go to and it has not disappointed! Knowing that we really only have 1 full day here before we begin to drive the Big Sur over the next 2 days, it was imperitive that we made the most of today. After a very long night of driving (a situation that will be explained soon) we all managed to sleep through our alarms and not get up until elev...

Ladies and gentleman, We arrived in Santa Monica LA yesterday. It was sad to leave fiji (beach rugby and fishing) but I was ready to move on to pastures new. We are staying right on the beachfront and today me and chan walked right down to muscle beach and ate lots of greasy food (a calzone containing more cheese than I knew was possible) ! Still having a fabulous time. Tomorrow we have hired a car and drive north. May visit the Grand Canyon if we can. Missing ...