We've made it to the Big Apple for the day to show Rich the sights and do some shopping in the sales. We tried to go to the Empire state building but the queues were too long!! We did manage to see Grand Central Station and walk around Central Park, we saw the ice skating there but didn't venture onto the Ice. Rich and Frank are going to the Knicks game tonight so Rich is very excited, it's his first NBA game so should be pretty good. We took the b...

Viva Las Vegas! We arrived in Vegas on the 21st December, we're staying in the Monte Carlo hotel on the strip, it's all totally amazing. Bright lights and big noise everywhere. After seeing some of the most remote places in Australia it's a total culture shock. We've spent the last couple of days just walking around in a daze looking at all the different hotels and the things they have to offer as well as doing some gambling of course. We went to ...

We're on our last full day in Hawaii and we've spent it doing a once in a lifetime trip. We got up at 5am this morning to go and swim with Dolphins. Despite the early start it was totally worth it, absolutely amazing!! We decided to go natural and swim in the wild rather than in a water park where the Dolphins are in captivity. We headed out to a bay and there were about 60 dolphins swimming around, they head inland during the day to sleep so we knew wher...

Aloha!We arrived in Hawaii on Friday, it's really weird as we left Fiji at 10.50pm on the 15th and arrived in Hawaii at 7.55am on the 15th, it's like Groundhog day! we headed straight for our hostel at Waikiki beach to meet up with Eva, it's great having her here, we've both definitely missed her (and of course everyone else!). We've been spending the days since just catching up and laying on the beach.