The Greyhound bus was late again leaving Toronto but we made up time as the driver went like the wind and took corners on two wheels. Nutcase! We had a stop at customs along the way as well where we had to unload the bus completely and pull through all our bags (we are now up to 4 from the 2 we started out with, due to shopping and picking up stuff from the family! Nothing like travelling light eh?). It wasn't a problem for us at all though as we simply walked...

This visit to Toronto was my first since I was 13 and Nic's first ever, so I resolved to show her all the sights I remember, to repay the favour from Banff. This included the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, the Sky Dome and Honest Ed's. Befoire we could go on such a magical mystery tour, Nic had tomeet the Jarvis Mafia... All of my family in Canada couldn't make the wedding due to teh short notice we gave the, so this was Nic's first time as a Jarvis with this branch o...

Hello folks, Nic here. And the journey continues...... So after the most inefficient check in procedure in San Fran, we finally made it to Calgary, and were met by Paula who I'd stayed with 8 years ago as part of my degree placement. Needless to say it was great to see a friendly face and to be looked after, although it was a little weird to back in the place where I've had found memories of for years - and especially with a new husband! Although I really did f...

After the farce getting to San Fran, we finally arrived late at night and checked into the rather interesting Green Turtle hostel. The hostel has obvisouly been decorated once in the last 50 years and is run by an eccentric man with wonderful hair. Cleanliness maybe next to Godliness, but it isn't next to the Green Turtle kitchen, so we decided to spend our time in San Fran eating out. We had a little longer in San fran, but started how we had finished in LA, by...

Well, well, well. Its been a three time zones, two countries and a partridge in a pear tree since we last did one of these From the start I'll apologies for the spelling and typing mistakes in the blog. The reasons behind this are 1) I'm usless and 2) the keyboard is sticking. So Lala Land. What a shock to the system. We left secluded Fiji with bucket showers, Fiji time and self built bures to a private room in West Hollywood. And if that wasn't enough of a shoc...