Day 2 Los Angeles Had a greats nights sleep so hopefully we should all be recovered from the sleep deprived AKL/LAX flight. Walked around the corner late morning to Alamo where we had the luxury of choosing from around 30 serviced vehicles, so a Chevvy Malibu was the pick of the crop - a sort American "Muscle" car which should suit us nicely for the next 17days, around 3000 miles of travel. Another warm day here in LA - 26degs. Drove 25 mins west to Malibu, ex...

Landed in Los Angeles after the long haul from Auckland. Suzanne and myself enjoyed fantastic service in Business Class as we had upgradable tickets. Excellent service - food and drinks just kept coming ! The full lie flat beds were just superb. I managed a couple of hours sleep while Suzanne crashed right out. Nikita lived it up in Premier Economy as Business Class was full. 27 degs here in LA ! - I thought September was Fall and getting cooler ! We are staying...

The big day has finally arrived , a bit more final packing and then off flying CHC / AKL . We are still on standby out of AKL, but checked at work yesterday and there are 32 spare seats on NZ6. With a bit of luck we will get an upgrade to Business Class with the luxury of the full lie flat beds !

One more week to go till we hit the US ! Suzanne, Nikita and myself are heading back to the States, with the main trip highlight being touring the iconic Route 66. At this stage we still have stand by seats out of Auckland having booked staff travel with Air NZ We plan to have a couple of 'lazy' days in Los Angeles , collecting the all American Chrysler 200 rental car from Alamo. An early start Saturday morning, heading to glitzy Las Vegas where we have booked ...