We're back!!!

For those of of you that still read our journal after a year of being away - We made it to New York, our final destination!! Can't believe it's been a year, we've had such an amazing trip. We're staying with a friend we met in Peru (on the Inca Trail) for a few days in Manhatten at the moment so are really lucky as it is pretty similar to London prices here! Have the usual scabby hostel for a couple of nights before we come home however! Our flight home is on Th...

Hi, another day another flight! We decided to fly down to Florida rather than go overland as it was cheaper and a lot less hassle, so arrived in Orlando two days ago after visiting Minnesota and Chicago when we entered back into the States. Lots of shopping in Minnesota and then lots of sweating in Chicago as it was reeeaally hot! Had a nice few days there, we had been before so tried to do some things we hadn't done last time. Visited the excellent free zoo in L...

Hi, just a really quick update on what we've been doing since Vancouver...we went to Whistler for a couple of days and unfortunately it rained the whole time! Didn't make for the best views but we still got the cable car up to the top of Whistler Mountain and did a bit of hiking. Warnings everywhere about seeing bears but of all the walking around we did we didn't bump into any! We then headed to Jasper and Banff National Parks via Vancouver and hired a car for ...

Hi Everyone, We have made it safely back from Brazil, and just in time looking at the news of the plane crash, and are now in Canada. We spent a couple of days in LA when we arrived back in the US to get over the 2 day trip back from Rio. We had to spend a day in Panama on the way back as we had a 10 hour lay over so we took a tour of the city, which we slept through, and then visited the Panama Canal. The time spent in LA was pretty uneventful but nice to rel...