hello, Just come off the beach, its been a bit cloudy while we've been here but thats probably a good thing to stop us from getting horrifically burnt. Was meant to be snorkelling today but the water isnt the clearest here so we'll probably leave that to Fiji. Had an awesome BBQ yesterday night, all of our dorm, the two girls from down the hill and a couple from Norway and Sweden came round and all helped out making food etc. sat round til late drinking...

hello Arrived in the Cook Islands on saturaday after another long flight and were immediately greeted with temperatures of 30C which is pretty different to those of California a few days ago. The airport is one of the prettiest i have ever seen with women handing our flowers and 3 guys playing music as you get off the plane. There is only about 7 arrivals to the airport every week so they still see it as a special occasion. We were picked up by a shuttle...

Hello again, After writing my post this morning we jumped on the 9 o'clock tour round LA. Cost us $40 but I think it was well worth it. The driver was really good and gave us a guide of the whole city. Went to venice beach and watched the guys playing basket ball, then took the Pacific Coast Highway 1 to Rodeo Drive where we got out and walked along all the nice shops. Don't think the budget could stretch to any shopping though. even got to go to the ho...

hey guys, Ok I've messed up the dates on my posts a bit coz it seems to be set to English time and it would appear that I've done loads of stuff in one,oh well. Had a lazy day today coz we're running out of money and no one fancied doing loads of running around so we've done our washing and explored more of Santa Monica. The promenade is packed with shops and restaurants which is cool but I really need to stay away from the junk or I'll scare children ...

Hey guys, Nothing much to report from yesterday because we spent the whole day on a bus. It picked us up from San Francisco but the driver had no record of our booking and said he could only take 2 people maximum. Jenny got off the bus and there was a hectic few moments when we were trying to figure out accommodation for her etc. Some really nice travellers offered her a free bed for the night but luckily it turned out the driver had made space for us and...