I caught the Greyhound down to Portland which took a fairly lengthy 4.5 hours as we stopped off along the way for pick ups and drop offs. I wish I'd gotten on the coach sooner to get the pick of the seats as I ended up sat at the back - right next to the toilet door which was kicking out a right pong throughout the journey! I was also sat near a hip-hop guy who got on looking all gangsta and then blew his street cred by listening to Phil Collins on his MP3 player...

From San Diego I caught a 3 hour flight up to Seattle. I was lucky enough to have a window seat and saw some amazing views on the way over. We flew over the central Californian valley which looked stunning from such a height. Afterwards we flew over Oregon which looked to be completely covered in a blanket of snow! Looks like I might have to grow a beard for my time there! I was bound to hit cold weather at some point right? From the airport I caught the tube ...

I arrived in San Diego after a pretty hungover 2 hour journey from L.A. I always seem to have a drink the night before I'm due to take a journey somewhere! Still, it was only a short one straight down the freeway that runs next to the coast for most of the way. On arriving in the Greyhound depot I caught the local bus to my hostel on Ocean Beach, about 30 mins from the city where I was glad to down my bags and relax. My hostel was the cheapest place to stay in...

After a 9.5 hour flight and some semi conscious sleep I touched down in LA. I took off at 10pm Fiji time and arrived at 1.30pm the same day due to the time zone change which threw my system a bit, it was like one really long day!I hopped in a shuttle bus and was driven to my hostel in Compton. Just kidding. I stayed in West Hollywood just down the road from Hollywood Boulevard. I thought it wise to spend a little extra on accomodation to make sure I wasnt s...

Eventually I made it to Fiji, but only after my flight got postponed due to Hurricane Tomas, a category 4 too! It was due to make landfall the day I was to fly into Nadi so I had to spend an extra night in Auckland. I had given my food bag away the night before I was due to fly as I thought I was leaving so had to eat out as I didnt have any of my own food!I had a further delay after boarding the plane when the pilot announced that they had found a technica...