After nearly two weeks in California, we decided to mix things up a bit and headed back inland to the mid-west with particular destination Austin, Texas. You might ask yourself why on earth we would go there out of all places but we had heard from one or two of the lucky people that had been there that it's a have to go there and see for yourself kind of place. Upon arrival to 40 degree heat and blow-heater winds, we took a bus ride to a small downtown that ...

Now who could go travelling in the States and not go on a road trip! And if you were planning on doing a road trip, who wouldn't drive Highway 1 on the west coast! Yip, we planned it, we drove it, and this is how it went down. The plan was to take three days to drive from San Francisco down to Los Angeles. Everything was going according to plan except, in our usual last minute fashion, we couldn't get the ultimate car that we wanted…a Ford Mustang Converti...

From San Diego, we took a short flight up to the highly anticipated San Francisco. Almost everyone that we spoke to about San Fran had rave reviews of the city, and we couldn't wait to get there. Once again, we stayed in the downtown area near Union Square. This seemed to be where almost all of the hotels and hostels are located. We quickly learnt that the city is pretty small and getting around with public transport is quick and easy and makes the whole city v...

After a crazy Contiki, these two mlungus were back on their own four feet and hit the road heading south for San Diego. Although the Contiki ended, and left us in LA, we have both recently been to LA and decided to push on to places we hadn't been - especially given the size of LA and difficulty of getting around (we did, however, pop into The Standard Hotel where they shot a scene from Get Him to the Greek for a drink…had to do something Hollywood on our o...

So with all the sights and day tripping detailed in our last blogpost, we will now share some of the exciting nightlife that we experienced while on Contiki - it too brought its own sights and soundsJ In the beginning of the Contiki, there seemed to be a connection between Contiki and karaoke...three of the first four nights went down over (many and much needed) drinks and sing-along-songs.Most of the nights were actually spent in local small town bars where...