So we arrived in New Zealand from Fiji-boy that was a dramatic change!! The flight was only 3 hours so it wasn’t too bad and we arrived at a reasonable hour too which was even better!! The major difference was it was absolutely freezing when we got here-well compared to Fiji it was! We got a shuttle from the airport and arrived at the hostel in Auckland. Auckland was basically just another city as far as we were concerned, and we’ve seen loads of those!! We c...

We really enjoyed Hawaii so we wondered if Fiji would live up to it-believe us it did ten times over!! We had an early flight from Hawaii and even though the flight was only about 7 hours and we left on the morning of the 18th, we arrived there on the 19th so we lost a day-so weird! We were meant to have a direct flight to Fiji but we were stopped for an hour in Apia in Samoa so we can say we’ve been there too now!! The airport there was like a little social c...

Sorry for the lateness of these blog and photos album-we've been trying to upload them for weeks with no joy, but finally here you are!! So we arrived in Hawaii safe and sound, we gained 3 hours again so that made our time difference to home even more! We arrived in Hawaii about 7.30pm local time so the sun had already set, we got a shuttle to the hostel which didn’t take too long. We were staying one road over from Waikiki Beach in Waikiki so we couldn’t wa...

So thisis the blog for San Fran and LA! We actually had 2 stays in San Fran, 6 nights in total with the Green Tortoise trips dividing them. Our 1st stay we arrived really early due to our flight from Las Vegas being at 7am!! We dumped our bags in the hostel and then set off to explore San Fran. It was so refreshing having to wear a jacket as it was windy! Having come from Vegas, this weather was more like being back home in England! Lovely! So we walked around f...

So no longer had we arrived back in San Fran we were getting ready to set off on our 9 night Northern Pioneer trip visiting the National Parks of the North and West. We had a sleep in the hostel and showered and rested and then met back at the same place as the other trip at 7pm this time. We were tired and the thought of having to be sociable with a new different group of people was tiring in itself!! We got on with this lad from Newcastle, David, straight away...