I met back up with Shane in LA before we headed home to Australia. We did a bunch of touristy things, like Universal Studios but the most e...

A bug I picked up, that had me confined to bed for a couple of days, marred my time in Seattle. I did get to see a few things though. A f...

Breakfast was a sad occasion today. Saying goodbye to new friends and heading off in different directions all around the world. Those...

Flying first class from San Francisco to Chicago to Seattle... in a day. Four hours San Fran to Chicago and another four and a half, Chicago to...

We were up early for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. I had a delicious fruit platter, which I enjoyed in the company of one of the other ...

We certainly were going to San Francisco. San Fran would have to be one of my favourite cities in the States that I have been to. It ha...

Back into the bus and on the road again. Our direction today was towards Bass Lake and a big tree or two. Giant Sequoias to be exact, these 3000-...

This place is HOT, HOT, HOT! Today was a wonderful full day. Shopping, swimming, a show, shooting a gun... the fun in this city never ends. A bun...

Oh, so sad to be leaving the Grand Canyon... but it’s ok; we’re off to Las Vegas! Before we got to Vegas though, we stopped for a photo op at H...

Today was the day the daring on our tour took a dive from a tall tower towards a small pool with an elastic band wrapped around their ankles. I w...

Today began with a very early start. We had set the alarm to wake us up in time to see the sunrise while sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon. A...

We were back on the bus early this morning. Waiting, waiting, waiting... there were some bodies missing, and the rumours had started. One of the yo...

From San Diego, our next stop for the night was Scottsdale, Arizona.  It was a long drive and not a lot of time to stop and stretch our legs, ...

Today we had the choice of spending the day at Sea World or the San Diego Zoo. I chose Sea World. A few of us spent the day wandering around seeing...

We were all up bright and early to meet in the foyer for a 7am departure. On the bus, our transport for the next 10 days, we slowly got to know one...

We walked across the border and hopped onto another bus, which took us to downtown Tijuana, where we wandered the streets, bought some souvenirs an...

After dinner, Marie had a surprise for us out by the pool. We were getting line dancing lessons and then heading out to a bar where the only dances...

During the day of my second day in Anaheim, I took a drive out towards Palm Springs and went for a ride on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. I did e...

I spent the evening enjoying the company of some of the other people who were going to be travelling with me on the Contiki tour. We met our tour g...

After Santa Barbara, it was on to Anaheim, where my Contiki tour was to depart from. I spent two nights in the hotel prior to the tour. My first ni...

I drove to Santa Barbara from San Juan Capistrano, to stay in a little motel and to enjoy the beautiful beach atmosphere. I only stayed two nights ...

There was not a swallow in sight. Although I understand they were there in the old mission. I spent a few days wondering the streets of San Juan C...

I flew into LA, with QANTAS, made my way to the hire car company, and drove straight to my friends Sharon’s in San Juan Capistrano.  It is...