After a mix up by Qantas, we arrived at JFK airport six hours later than planned. We got metro passes and explored. We headed straight to time square to see the bright lights and massive screens which neighbours broadway! We finnished the first day walking through central park, visiting the john lennon memorial garden, strawberry fields. The next day we visited the 9/11 memorial site, which was a maze of security checks. Amazing waterfalls where the old towers s...

We have had a very busy few days in San Francisco! We dropped the car off then got a taxi to our hotel which was located china town. We then took a wonder around the streets bumping into some interesting characters... Aka hobos. Then did a little shopping. The day after we all very much enjoyed a trip to the island of Alcatraz! Was great walking around with head sets on doing an audio tour. Found out some interesting details about the creepy old prison. That even...

Been on the road a few days now and have travelled through Camarillo, Solvang, Merced and now at Monterey. The coastal drive is beautiful, especially the Big Sur area which winds right above the sometimes misty sea. We stayed in Solvang a Danish village placed in california. Very strange as seemed like a fairy tail film set, with wooden buildings and bell towers!We also spent a half day at Hearst Castle, a former home/project of a wealthy business man. It was ste...

After a great vegas trip with hannah and david we arrived in hollywood and met the Wright family. We had a brilliant few days exploring the area. We visited the walk of fame, the chinese theatre, did a tour of beverly hills, bel air and the hollywood hills. Saw alot of famous peoples houses,and the hollywood sign. We even managed to fit in abit of "pool" time! We saved a whole day for universal studios, which was great. We met up again with hannah and david, and...

We headed on our road trip early all packed for 2 days in vegas. Hannahs friend david came too!(he joined the roadtrip after flying there to meet us)! We booked into the Rivera hotel on the strip. Was dated but it was part of the experience as it felt we were in the 50's with a massive casino,the smell of cigars and elvis music playing by the pool! Was roasting hot with a high of 111 degrees!! We saw the sights visiting most of the big casinos and hotels. The str...