Just to let you know I have said goodbye to Fay and Kate and 30hrs, 2 planes and 1 bus later I have made it to my hostel in Sydney. I have got an Australian sim for which the number is 0405438192. I believe the international code is +61 4, might have to wait until someone has tested that out before I can confirm that's right. I will keep you posted on this next leg of my journey. Xxx

Just waiting for flight back from Vegas. It was a crazy but amazing place. We were staying in a suite in the Venetian, a bit different from the hostels we have been staying in. We tried our hand at gambling, Fay had birthday luck and won $40, I gave up when I was $25 down. I found the whole gambling experience very stressful, especially when people were throwing away $100 notes, the things I could do with that money!Also checked out a lot of the hotels and had a...

We spent yesterday traveling from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, where Fay has her apartment. Its lovely here. Much warmer than San Francisco which is cold and foggy. Fay showed us around today, we went to the 'mall' and also got a $10 pedicure in preperation for Las Vegas. Tomorrow she is taking us to the beach and for a walk along the shore!

We arrived in San Francisco a week a go and met Kate. The next day Fay showed us around, we went on a cable car down to Fisherman's wharf and had a wander, then got ready for our Yosemite trip. We went to Yosemite with a tour group called the Green Tortoise. We got on the bus on the Monday evening and travelled over night to Yosemite. The bus was like a huge caravan, it converted to seats and tables, to 3 layered bunk beds!! I had an interesting nights 'sleep' a...

Had a wonderful time in Boston. It's very different from NY, it was nice to be a bit more relaxed here. We spent our 1st day doing boring but normal things like washing and food shopping, then relaxed on Boston common and had a wander round the local area. The hostel we are staying in is really nice, lots of friendly people, smaller rooms and better facilities.Done lots here too, went to the science museum and then did the freedom trail to learn a bit about Bosto...