18th Dec 2007… Auckland Airport - my original flight to Fiji on my itinerary didn't exist any more so I had to wait in the airport for 12 hours to catch the 2.00pm flight to Nadi, Fiji. Sat next to Gumbet or something like that, Irsh girl travelling on her own. Nice enough girl - she decided to join me at the hostel I was staying at - Smugglers Cove, right on the beach - shame it was pissing down when we arrived. Embraced the Fijian culture by drink...

14th Dec 2007… Flight was ok, was so tired though that I missed out on my meal as I slept most of the way - think I'm getting used to sleeping on transport now as I couldn't have done that at the start of my trip. Arrived at 8ish in the morning - only three hours behind the uk which was weird. Checked into the plaza de Armas hostel - right in the centre of Santiago - check out the view for the hostel balcony - video. Headed straight back to bed for a ...

26th Nov 2007… So plane to Salvador was ok, 2 hour layover and then on to Peru. Managed to get a cell phone (51195718545) from the airport and then taxi ride to the hostel in Miraflores - that was fun, little English a dn no Spanish from me. Hostel staff seem really nice but it was a bit quiet. Only one old croation guy in the dorm. Decided to take a stroll to get some food - KFC - I know, but I thought I'd break myself into the Peruvian food gently. Early...

21st Nov 2007… Woke up and got the YARIS (NP transport system) to Merced, then greyhound to LA. Checked into Banana Bungalow on Melrose in Hollywood which was recommended to me by two Swiss girls I met on the way back to the hostel last night. So got dropped off in North Hollywood, miles away from west Hollywood, LA is so massive. Went to get directions from a local coffee shop where a fight broke out in front of me - nice. Metro-bus-hostel. Met up wit...

19th Nov 2007... Checked out the Golden Gate Bridge in the morning before we left. Finally got to see it for the first time since arriving - so foggy and misty all of the time. We then headed west to Yosemite National Park well that was before we got pulled over by the cops for speeding. Doing 92 in a 55. John was a naughty boy... was so lucky not to go to jail...was so funny actually! Instead we had to Sonora town court to try and pay the fine for it. $200 - $3...