We arrived at jfk airport at dawn after flying through the night on Jetblue - an excellent airline to our surprise. Not quite bright eyed and bushy tailed we grabbed a shuttle into NYC and before we knew it we were smack in the middle of mid Manhattan. First stop was a view from the top of the Empire State. This gave us a chance to get our bearings and spot some of the famous landmarks. We wandered up 5th Avenue checking out St Patricks cathedral and the fancy sh...

Here we are in sunny California. One moment we are soaring over the seemingly endless city lights of Los Angeles marvelling at the sheer size, the next Nige is steering us through the tangled web of freeways as we head north west to Glenys and Chucks. Not without the odd moment of stress but generally all good thanks to our good friend GPS! To assimilate with the locals we spent our first day at the local mall - when in California, shop! Next day we braved the ...

At 12:30 am this morning (Friday) we finally head off on our USA adventure. First stop LA (after aa brief layover in Honolulu Airport of about 3 hours. Todd and Sheree kindly drop us out at the airport.