Hi once again, Sorry we have been so slack but we have been going at a very fast pace and where we have been staying has had no internet access unless your are travelling with a laptop, bit hard when you have a backpack!!!! Most other stuff is closed by the time we finish siteseeing. Stuck our first hiccup (and only one so far) in Washington. Got a cab to the hostel and as we drove along it got seedier and seedier. When we arrived it was pretty obvious it wasn'...

Greetings from the Big Apple, Sorry the first entry has been a while coming but life has been a bit frenetic and Pete had to learn how to work the system - hope you haven't lost interest already! By the way GO THE BLACKS!!!!!! Was great to catch up with Paul and Julie in London even tho' it was just a short visit. Pete was happy as he got to see an authentic thatched cottage (just reroofed the week B4) and an english cottage garden. Then on to NY where we ha...