We spent our first evening at the canyon taking in the great views at the local look out points and having an early night, the early mornings and late nights were taking it out of me! The following day we had planned a helicopter ride over the canyon which I was so excited for, however due to bad weather it was cancelled. I was really gutted, but figured if it was unsafe I would rather not do it anyway. Instead, we hiked a few miles down the canyon as a group ...

I LOVE the west coast! Yesterday we spent the day on the coach travelling to Arizona. I don't think I have ever experienced hot weather like it. It was 41c in the daytime and 27c at night time. We spent the afternoon drinking beer (I'm turning into a man) at the pool. We also went to a German restaurant and a 'midget bar', which was interesting. This morning we woke up at 5am and travelled to the middle of the desert for a hot air balloon ride. It was one of t...