Left San Francisco at 9pm on 10th August american time and I arrived this morning - 12th August New Zealand time! At Paul and Sonia's place now which is lovely. It's in the hills just behind Christchurch and has some great views when its not cloudy. This morning it was 0 degrees celsius and raining! Brrrrrr! Alot different to California, but I am prepared! Saw snow on the mountains as I flew in which was ace. Anyway, more updates to follow.... 17th August So I...

10th August So Last week from Monday until Saturday I stayed in a Hostel in the centre of San Fran. The hostel was great, 2 blocks from China Town and right bang in the middle so it was easy to get everywhere! The people were really nice as well and I made some great friends, especially with the staff. On Monday, I took the open top tour bus around the city and saw all the main sights. China Town, North Beach(little Italy), the windy road, fisherman's wharf and...

Tuesday, July 29th. I have been staying in San Jose for a week after flying from Toronto. The weather, as you would expect in California, is amazing! Plus there are palm trees everywhere! I have been mainly chilling this week, as its hard to get into San Fran from where I am staying with Bob and Birgit, but they have a pool and the scenery is lovely. On Thursday I spent a day in San Fran. I went to the Museum of Modern Art and saw the Frida Kahlo exhibition whi...

I'm now in Toronto! Flew straight from JRK and am staying with my godmother's son, Owen and his fiance Toni. The house is AMAZING with an outdoor pool and a cute doggie. So far I've been chilling out a lot, went to the museum today and a bit of window shopping (trying to save some dollar). Some really cool shops around. Toronto is much calmer than NY and a nicer looking city. We're going to the Niagara Falls this weekend and also bike riding and I'm going to try ...

Well, we've nearly finished our time in New York. We have just this minute returned from the East side, where we went to watch the Independance Day fireworks display. I have never seen so many people all at once! The fireworks were good but we didn't have the best view as we only arrived like an hour before they started. It was interesting to see a distinctly American holiday be celebrated though. Since we have been here it has been sweltering hot every day. A ...