Our next stop was San Francisco and after all the money we had blown in Vegas, we were quite relieved to be checking into a small hostel at $60 a night! With all the excitement, Gerard had come down with the sometimes deadly man flu, so we decided to take it a bit easy on our first night and cook up a hostel style microwave TV dinner for tea. Being the heavy handed lad that Gerard is, he tucked into his food as soon as it was hot enough, slopping all the componen...

Our next stop was San Francisco and after all the money we had blown in Vegas, we were quite relieved to be checking into a small hostel at $60 a night! With all the excitement, Gerard had come down with the sometimes deadly man flu, so we decided to take it a bit easy on our first night and cook up a hostel style microwave TV dinner for tea. Being the heavy handed lad that Gerard is, he tucked into his food as soon as it was hot enough, slopping all the componen...

Well, we've been a bit slack on the old blog, mostly because we have been so busy trying to fit the most into our trip! As we mentioned in our last blog, our stay in NYC was extended after we were stuck in the middle of the blizzard, and it nearly happened again! Our flight left one day before New York was hit by a second round of snow, this time not so heavy…. Phhhew! So, anyhooo OFF TO VEGAS! We were really excited to move on to the crazy city that we had h...

Onto the second leg of our journey - NEW YORK! A huge contrast to LA, we felt the excitement as soon as we arrived at the airport and heard the distinctive New Yorker accent (we have fun impersonating it…. "Oh Boiy", "cooiiffy"). After checking into to our hotel, we had to rush to get to Chelsea Pier for our "Cocoa and Carols" yacht cruise we had booked in Perth. The yacht took us past all the beautiful city lights, Brooklyn Bridge...

Well we arrived safely in LA! Our flights were fine, we managed to get a bit of sleep in but not as much as we had expected, since we both took sleeping tablets from Perth! We met a Canadian girl on our flight, who filled us in on tips and hot spots around US and Toronto, where she lives. I was nervous about entering US Customs, but I was amazed at how quickly we got through! We got in the cab, and I was getting ready to ask Gerard "Why is there a guy si...