We're back in Honolulu after an eventful 7 days in Maui. It was our first proper hostel experience (even though we still had a private room) and it's fair to say that by the end of the week we were both enjoying it. When we arrived in Maui we happily phoned to get our free shuttle only to find that they close between 2pm and 5pm - we phoned at 2.05. We were then told that we had to wait for the 6pm shuttle. We tried to get the bus and were told that our lu...

The last blog I wrote, we had just arrived in Palm Springs. We've been super busy since, hence the lack of entry. I'll start where I left off... That night in Palm Springs was a lot of fun. We stayed up late eating take away pizza, watching the VMAs and then swimming in the heated pool. The little Travelodge we were in was very cute and the old couple that owned it seemed to take a liking to us by keeping the pool open later than usual and helping us out...