Sometimes when we drive towards our next destined place to visit, we don't quite know where we'll stay. When leaving Yosemite, that was the case. We drove through a town called Bishop but we knew that was very busy because of memorial day weekend and we'd already checked in advance so we carried on and found a town called Lone Pine. There were about 10 motels and we got quotes from all of them but they were all a bit pricey. The nicest had double rooms for $50 pl...

After leaving San Fran we stayed one night in the capital of California - Sacramento. This was merely a stop-off as we left San Fran late and didn't want to travel far. Here, Jase and Becks purchased their tent and sleeping bags ready for the camping adventure ahead! We also purchased a stove and cooking equipment and struggled to fit everything in our car! After Sacramento we drove a few hours to Lake Taupo and how the scenery changed! Taupo has been recommende...

Our first stop after leaving L.A. was in a town just outside of Santa Barbara called Carpenteria and we stayed in a very nice Best Western hotel for $20 each per night. Many motels and hotels in America advertise cheap rooms in free coupon books and we make it even cheaper for ourselves by travelling as a 4 and staying in the same room. Hopefully this helps towards America being a cheap country to travel. We stayed just one night in Carpenteria and had a short w...

We made it! We had worked ourselves up a bit about getting through US customs because of the trouble we had at the US embassy in London but our worries were dumbfounded. The lady on customs was brilliant and really interested in our trip! So here we are on our last continent. We were on the same flight as a few others from our hostel in the Cook Islands so we said our farewells and caught a shuttle bus to our hostel in Venice Beach - kindly arranged by Jason and ...