Road Trip: Highway 1 - San Francisco to Los Angeles After a four day break from driving I had to quickly get used to driving (yet again!). Having successfully managed to navigate our way out of San Francisco's one-way streets and hills we continued onto Highway 101. Once we made it out of the city we joined the famous Highway 1, enjoying the amazing coastal scenary and hill-side driving (Dad you'd be proud!!) of Santa Cruz, Monterey and Monterey Bay. From here w...

Our flight over to America was the longest one yet (12 hours) and so when we arrived we were slightly confused! This was because when we had left New Zealand it had been 7.30pm on the 6th of march and upon arriving in America we found it to be 10.30am on the 6th of march!! And so began the longest day of our lives..!! First stop though, was Budget Car Rental, where we had reserved a 'compact' ford focus. However, as we soon found out, everything in America is big...