Long, hard and hot... that sums up the Bus journey from LA to San Francisco Found a hostel pretty quick, after the first one I got to was full, I was feeling kind of lonely, least I had a place in Oakland if I need it, (some chap I met in LA) but I didn't feel like going all the way back to Oakland where there had to be one decent hostel left in...

We haven't got much exciting news today as we have just travelled to San Francisco. We were "randomly" selected at the airport in Seattle for a full security search which means we were both patted down and all our hand luggage was swabbed for expolsives etc Apparently they randomly select 9% of each flight. So that was extra fun. We arrived safe...

Today we spent the day on a tour. For the morning we were on a city tour in a tour bus going round all the main points of the city. We had a tour driver who was from Austria and was very hard to understand! you think they would hire tour drivers who actually spoke clear English! It was quite good to get a good overview of the city. In the aftern...

We had a very tiring day today! In the morning we caught the cable car down to Fisherman's Warf and hired a tandem bike. We then rode along the water front and across the Golden Gate Bridge - definitely a test of our communication skills! After that we walked around the Fisherman's warf area and did some shopping. In order to experience all form...

USA - California 24th May - 3rd June Days 116 - 126 After the East Coast of the USA, and Cancun and Baja California in Mexico, it felt like we'd already spent a lot of time in American'esque resorts, but we had one final road trip to make in the land of plenty, California. We spent around 10 days traveling up and back down the west coast, and it...

How y'all doing?? So Fiji is over - we had a wicked time lazing in the sun, lazing in hammocks, lazing in the sun, lazing....etc etc, but we are now in the land of fast food, shopping & celebrities.......USA! Tuesday 15th April So up early to check out of our dorm at Beachcomber & had planned to relax on the beach for a few hours before ...