Monday - 27 degrees but Tuesday- 14, just the day for an outing to Alcatraz! It was a creepy but excellent experience, saw the old prison cells as well as wandering around the island. In the afternoon we went on the bus to the Golden Gate Bridge and park - stupidly foggy but definitely worth the trip. Today hic! Just back from a great half day visiting 2 Vineyards and a cheesemakers in Sonoma on the way to Napa Vallley with Joe, our private guide and driver. Gre...

A shaky start! An hour and a half getting through immigration and customs. Limo driver took us to the wrong Hilton, cost us an extra 15 bucks to get to the right one and Auntie Jean lost all the vouchers for our trips from here to Hong Kong after leaving the folder in the luggage trolley! To be fair I should have noticed and we were both knackered. However, today has been good: A leisurely start and then we toured the city on an antique trolley car, followed by ...

Hong Kong http://www.viator.com/tours/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island-Half-Day-Tour/d14-3675HKIT http://www.viator.com/tours/Hong-Kong/Lantau-Island-and-Giant-Buddha-Day-Trip-from-Hong-Kong/d14-3675LMVL Singapore - nothing booked yet, because this is our rest time after the USA and Japan and before India and Nepal! I'm also hoping to see some lovely folk who visited East Ayrshire a few years back. Delhi, Agra and Jaipur - we have a car and driver booked to take...

NY - we've taken a 3 day pass (as recommended by Joan L) and plan to do the tour of Downtown, the Night Tour, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island and the Top of the Rock. Tokyo http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tour_detail.php?ProductCode=2142TYO_F880_F830 We've booked the morning tour of Tokyo and a day at Mount Fuji/Bullet Train trip Hokkaido - we plan to do a tour of Sapporo on foot but we also have a car and driver booked and plan to go to: Shiraoi Ainu...

Now in the final stages of our planning. Barrhead Travel have got us a car and driver for Hokkaido (Japan) as well as India and Nepal and our visas have arrived, so now we just need to get our money cards and currency + jags and malaria tablets - and we're off!