I was not going to write a blog today as we have been sitting in the reception of the motel most of the day killing time for the 11:55 pm flight to San Salvador. However (prepare for a rant) we have just been told that American Airlines does not provide vegetarian meals for the five hour flight - they have simply stopped doing them. They would not give any alternatives either. This is not the first time that we have had a run in with them either (but that is a l...

It's been a funny sort of day. We drove from Hollywood to drop the bags off at the motel near the airport (on the other side of LA). We then drove back to Hollywood to drop off the car and then went back to the motel near the airport by metro and bus. It took three hours by car to cross LA, mainly due to the sat nav taking the shortest rather than the quicker freeway route. I have had my fill of traffic lights. This was the hotest day in LA ever, a record breaki...

Ground hog day! We are going to experience 25th August twice as we are going over the international date line. Despite a 12hour flight we are getting there 7 hours before we set off -let's hope it is a good un. LAZ airport is a nightmare, it took probally two hours to get out of the airport. Security measures include retinar scan and finger print checks in addition to all the other measures that they have put in place. The hassles did not stop here, we waited f...