Hiya! If you're reading this then Ive made it back to civilization and the all important lifeblood of a traveling iPhone user ... Free WiFi :0) Right now I'm on the bus bound for SF or San Francisco as it's known to the rest of the world. Apart from the kip on the bus earlier Ive had 4 hours sleep and have decided Im way too old for Contiki!!! Tanya & I have made a bit more effort the last few nights after behaving like nannas for the first half of the tr...

Adios San Diego! Now on our way to Scottsdale Arizona. San Diego was a nice pretty city on the water - lots of naval influence with both a base and training school in the city. First night of Contiki (Wednesday) had dinner at d*** Last Resort where the theme is to treat the customers like crap! Loads of fun & they had us dressed in oversized bibs and paper chefs hats with things like "i have sex with strangers" written on them! Questions to the...

Well off we've headed on our Contiki trip with a bus load full of girls and only a handful of boys! Too many Aussies as usual but we've befriended a nice UK girl who's travelling alone. We're in San Diego right now and have done a harbour cruise and some shopping. We had a great relaxing couple of days down at San Clemente (got a tshirt so can spell it right now!) with Max and his friends Kevin and Nina. Kevin is exactly what we pictured Californian Surfers t...

Hey y'all! Well the states has been just super! Saturday we hired bikes and checked out Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach. Venice is everything you thought it would be with the muscle beach men flexing thier biceps for the camera and entertainers like the old black guy with a cardboard sign on him announcing himself to be the worlds lonliest drunk and singing "Jingle bells jingle bells I wanna get drunk" in hope someone will flip a fee coins his way...

Hey y'all! Well here I am arrived safely in the USA and 29 hours after departure and maybe 4 hrs sleep it's still 18th September ... Been a looooong day! (41hrs to be exact!) Right now we're at Tanya's Auntie (& Uncles) place in Altadena - west of LA in the hills. She's been a fab host pickin us up at the airport at 7, making us feel super comfy here then taking us shopping tonight then more of the same tomorrow!!! Shopping is great! Some shops normal pri...