First of all, welcome to the new recruits! We met some lovely people during our time in Fiji and Samoa and we've finally added them to the site! Also, we're now linked to Facebook so you can get updates directly through your newsfeed from there too! As I write this the Americans have elected their first African American president - and Matt, I hope the vote on the railway went the way you wanted! However, this is the only news story CNN have deemed worthy of...

Hi all We leave Fiji today to head on to Samoa. We've finally managed to find some accomodation over there which has been a bit of fun Fiji has been great. Just as we finished writing the other day Michael & Nicole, an aussie couple we'd met on a boat trip earlier in the week, dropped in to take us out in a car they'd hired. We had a good drive around the island looking at the villages and the rain forest We met another aussie couple, Justin (or is that...

However, Fiji is a completely dfferent story! Very beautiful. We're staying on the Coral Coast about 2 hours away from the airport on the mainland. We took a cruise to a deserted island and did some amazing snorkelling, carl went fishing and played beach volleyball against the Fijians. There were only 30 of us on the boat and Victor and his crew really looked after us, bringing food and drinks and playing music. They even got Carl to help hoist the sail. Our n...

Right, where were we up to? Oh yes, LA... We had a lovely afternoon with Matt & Cassey and Charlie & Nicole. They took us to a great place for lunch called "Home" and Cassey was good enough to let us use her flat to book our Fiji accommadation. Thanks again!! Charlie also gave us a great recommendation for a veggie indian place which turned out to be across the street from our motel. To be fair we wouldn't ordinarily have gone in. It had ...

We've made it!! 5,000 miles and 5 weeks later we're on the west coast! We went to The Grand Canyon about a week ago now - it was amazing, we just sat and stared at it for ages. It's hard to describe just how big it is. The really wierd thing is that you travel across a flat desert 7,000 ft above sea level to get to it The altitude meant that arriving in Laughlin, Nevada later that day was a real shock - it was 106!! Laughlin is a smaller version of Las Vega...