Bula! Hope everyone is well?! Ok, I'm going to give you a quick run down of my week in Fiji. I arrived here on Monday morning very early so as soon as I got to the hostel I just went to bed - I was so tired!!! About lunchtime another girl arrived in the dorm and so we took a bus ride into Nadi town to book a trip to the islands for a couple of days. The buses are great not only did they have excellent air conditioning (no windows and tarpaulin to pull down w...

This is a quickie because I haven't got a lot of time left on the internet so here goes... Yesterday we hired bikes to ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. We picked the bikes up from one of the piers and started cycling along the waterfront. When we first set out the bridge was surrounded by fog so couldn't see it - the one day we do this trip and you can't bloody see anything!!! Anyway, as the day went on the fog started to disappear and by the time we got th...

Yesterday I had my tour of Alcatraz. On the way down to waterfront to get the boat I had a wander through China Town. This area of San Francisco was very cool - a separate experience in itself. After a few wrong turns, I got down to the waterfront and boarded the cruise boat. The views from the boat of the city and the surrounding area were amazing, I've taken lots of photo's but they really don't do it justice. When we arrived at Alcatraz we had a small introduc...

Hi guys Ok this will only be a short blog since I haven't done a lot yet! I have finally arrived in San Francisco. Today (Tuesday) I had a wander around the main shopping area (of course!!) basically just to get to know the area I'm staying in - and maybe purchase one or two things!! San Francisco is a beautiful city to say the least - would honestly recommend it to anyone. Apparently I've been quite lucky with the weather as up until last week it has been r...