Hey again! Well on the megabus to DC at the moment. Had a great but freezing time in NYC! We arrived Monday late afternoon and spent the evening around Times Square with Ryan having his first experience of the amazing funny Charmin toilets. On Tuesday we took the ferry to Liberty island and Ellis island where we got amazing views of the city skyline. Unfortunately the panoramic photos are too large to upload onto the website. We did the holiday lights tour aroun...

Hey again! Well just spent a couple of days in Boston! Had a short nights sleep at a dodgy motel near the airport on Thursday before the 5-hour flight on Friday. Arrived dinnertime in Boston due to time changes (now GMT-5 hours) and we are staying in a hostel here due to the extortionate prices of accommodation in Boston. We feel like students again as we are right in the middle of Berkley campus area. Apparently during term time half of the population is studen...

Hey again! (Theres 2 photo albums to go with this blog) Well in the past week we travelled down the Pacific Coast Highway back to LA. We stopped at Monterey and Carmel-by-the-sea on the first night which was actually thanksgiving so we managed to get a thanksgiving meal at a restaurant on the pier. Monterey has a private area which is called 17-mile-drive and has 3 famous golf courses as you can see in the photos. We also stopped in Santa Barbara for a night but...

Hey again! Well we've just left San Francisco after 4 nights (plus an overnight stay at Sacramento). We arrived late afternoon on Sunday after going to an American Football game in Oakland (Oakland Raiders vs Cincinnati Bengals) on the way. Unfortunately we mentioned to somehow get a flat battery while we at the game and after an hour of trying to sort things with Hertz a random mechanic van drove past. Turns out the American Football team pay to have a mechanic...

Hey! Well the last few days has been spent visiting two of the most amazing national parks. We entered into Death Valley National Park not long after leaving Las Vegas. Its the largest national park with the highest and lowest points in North America. It is desert and has an average temperature in the summer of 40 degrees!! You can see in the photos 'Badwater' which was 282 feet below sea level and was made up of slabs of pure salt. Then other parts of the park ...