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...

We’ve decided to put all of the San Francisco blog and photos together so Yosemite is first!! So we had to meet at the bus stop place at 8.30pm on Monday night so we had a nice relaxing day and headed down there as it was getting dark. We arrived and to be honest it looked a bit dodgy down a side street, anyway there were loads of people there so we thought there must be a few buses going as we were told there would only be 10-15 people on the tour that we wer...

So we landed in Vegas on Monday 17/8. We flew over the Grand Canyon in the plane on our wa into Vegas (see the photos). We arrived at our hotel (the Hard Rock) and realized we had landed in luxury!! The beds are the most comfy we have ever been in!! We set off to explore the hotel and had a few margaritas-you can see the theme here!! We then had the best night sleep we’d had since we’ve been away!! The next day we set off to explore The Strip. We went in all...