Absolutely froze my titties off last night. We're in wooden chalets and i couldn't figure out how to heat it. So I put shed loads of clothes on and shivered for most the night. Up bright and breezy for a call to home. Then loaded onto the bus for the trip to Yosemite National Park. When we got there we were told we could join the guide on a hike to the mountain top or do our own thing. I opted to do my own thing and explored the park for 3 hours by myself. David...

So today was an 8am start, leaving Vegas. We knew it'd be a long journey but wasn't prepared for what lay ahead. We stopped for lunch at 10.30am... Yes I know. As it was lunch I had a Philly beef and cheese sarnie with onion rings. By 12 we'd broken down. In the middle of the Mojave Desert. We couldn't get off the coach for safety reasons and we were toasting. We had to wait 3.5 hours for a replacement bus to arrive from LA. Our tour guide ordered us loads of p...

So last night we went to Old Town San Diego, which was just how I expected Mexico to be. Had a Mexican 'feast', raided the supermarket for peanut butter chocs before hitting the sack. Jet leg is slowly easing... today it was a 4.30am wake up which was a big improvement on the previous day. Ah well. This morning we to Sea World... rode the rapids three times, straight off - got so so drenched. Then got a finger hug from a star (I want to say fish but it wasn't), ...

Wow what a day! Today the tour officially started. All together and loaded our gear onto the bus and left LA. Our tour guide ran through the 'stuff' whilst we drove through Orange County, along the gorgeous Pacific Oceon coastline. All the surf it just looked fantastic. We soon arrived in San Diego and had a tour around the city. What a beautiful place, with gorgeous views into Mexico. We drove over the bridge to Conarado. I'd love to live there it's beautiful. ...

Today started with the 11 hour flight... top deck of the A380 which was nice, although I was a bit miffed as the guy in front of me got a complimentary upgrade. It went by fairly quickish - 10 of so strolls up and down the plane and a few episodes of Mrs Brown. Oh and the gold old trick of reading someone's screen out the corner of your eye... A presentation on 'tackling aids in the Kenyan road construction sector'. Erm Anyway landed fine and finally got to the ...