Joined the Trek America tour yesterday.  Our tour leader is really cool, he's from the SOuth of the USA so has a real cowboy accent.  There are 8 other girls and 3 other lads on our trip so Ant isn't too out of place.  We've got two girls from England, two lads from England, a lad from Australia, two Belgium girls, a Girl from Germany, two girls from South Korea and one girl from Japan - so quite a mix, everyone speaks English though. Y...

Arrived in L.A yesterday.  Nice to be in an hotel with our own double bed. Hotel is lovely real Mexican feel to it.  There are a lot of Mexican influences around here.  We went down to Santa Monica beach today and we were both sunbathing.  It's in the late 70 degress here - i know it's terrible - what is it in England?  About 40?We start our Trek America trip tomorrow so we may not be able to get to the internet as much as us...

Not wrote an entry for a while so need to let you all catch up with where we're up to and where we've been.10th October we travelled by Greyhound to Reading in Pennyslvannia where some of Ant's family live.  We're were met at the Bus Station by his family and we stayed with them for 4 days.  It was a nice time to relax, we went on Ken's boat out onto the lake near their house.  We caught a fish - to me it seemed a big one but Ke...

Well we've conquered Washington D.C, we walked all around the Capitol yesterday.  We got up quite early, as there were people in the hostel getting up and it was a bit noisy.  We set off around the Capitol at about 10am and looked around all the government buildings.  From the Capitol Building we walked up the Mall to see the Washington Monument, and the relecting pool, then went across to see the Lincoln Memorial. This is where the protests ab...

Hi AllWell we got here safe and sound. It was a long journey cos we went via Chicago and we were both very tidy and groggy, I think in total we were up for 24 hours.  I think because we were tired the hostel was a bit of a scare. The facilities are wicked, massive lounge room with sky tv and free internet, kitchen with fridges and freezers that we can put our own food in.  The room was a bit of a shock though, a bit different from your comfy double bed ...