Hello from San Fran! We've been having a great time here exploring the city (it's a cleaner, friendlier, nicer version of LA!) The city has a really European feel to it somehow and there is so much going on. We are staying with Jim and Susan Acquistapace (Jim works with my Dad - K) in their BEAUTIFUL house in Berkeley, a college town just outside the city. We have our own rooms for the first time in ages, and this amazing huge house to explore! San Fran itse...

Hey y'all from Californ-i-a! We had a dodgy start to our time in Los Angeles. A very dodgy start. Basically we arrived at LAX late at night and had nowhere booked to stay, so this very kind old guy (very old too, come to that) from Travellers Aid helped us... well... he tried to help us. He got us a hotel room for the night. The problem is the aforementioned hotel turned out to be in an INCREDIBLY dodgy area. We thought we were quite seasoned travellers but we ...

Arrived in Hawaii this morning... which is very confusing because we left Fiji tonight... we have had today twice thanks to crossing the International Date Line on the way over and subsequently doing a Dr Who and travelling back 22 hours! Phew.... what an adventure! Today has involved checking into our hostel in Waikiki (a stones throw from the famous and stunning beach) and relaxing on the beach... as well as a bit of shopping. Karen's poorly so nurse Fleur pr...

Woohoo now we can finally boast about the weather... blue skies, sunshine, anything up to 38 degrees in the daytime... nice and cool at night! Yes, we are in Fiji! Have spent ten days here, and spent a week of that cruising and exploring the Yasawa islands. We went to 4 islands: Sunrise, Manta Ray, Kuata and Bounty Island. Some were really basic and no hot water or electric in the rooms, while M/ray and Bounty were more luxurious. Bounty Island was the island o...

AHHHHHHHH I just wrote an update and the computer crashed so this will b a shortened version... Since last update we've been busy travelling from south to north islands... successfully negotiating some scary roads in our campervan, as well as the inter island ferry. When we got to Wellington on north island the first stop was at Karen's cousin Nigel's place. We stayed with him for a few days, and visited various sights - including the Wellington cable car and...