Buenos Dios This will be the first blog for Guatemala, will do another later. Has certainly proved interesting, very different, fascinating, and a little disrupted by the wet season. Headed to Flores and saw Tikal which was amazing, fantastic to sit at the top of ruins on the same steps as the mayans did over a thousand years ago. From there the plan was Pete´s friends in Coban but the roads were flooded so back to Antigua for a night. That was a very interest...

Hi This part of our trip was from the Grand Canyon over to the the east of Arizona and then up into Utah, doing a bit of a weird circle to end up in Zion National Park B4 heading straight up the freeway to Pete's friends in Salt Lake city. In just over a week we covered over a 1000 miles and went fom sand storms one day to falling snow the next. If you dont like humungous rocks in every shape, colour and variety this bit is not for you but if you love big landsc...

Hi Nothing can prepare you for this site. We started at the West Canyon with a walk on the skywalk which even Pete managed to complete. In hindsite it was the way to go as we were blown away by the size and beauty of the area and yet... In retrospect it was just an appetiser for what was to come at the South Rim the next day. To use a cliche no photo or description can do it justice, it is a massive, awe inspiring, majestic site. On the 2nd day Pete set off walk...

Hi again Sorry about the long gap, most people must travel with their laptops in the US, only get wireless. LV was a blast, Pete endevoured to make us millions to cover the sudden drop in the dollar but we just suffered another personal drop in the dollar. The place was soooooo decadent but G8 for a look in its own way, the pokies started in the arrivals lounge and never stopped, poor Toby was salivating just looking at it all, but we did save him a chip. The ...

Hi again Well we have been totally spaced and themed parked out now (Toby and Cass might disagree on that point tho'). The space centre was unbelievable and well worth the two days we took, as there was so much to see and do. Went to heaps of shows, on rides, had lunch and photos with an astronaut and toured the facilities. We were lucky as they had two shuttles up on the launch pads ready to go, one to the Hubble on the 20th and the other to rescue the astronau...