"Let's hire a car and have a relaxing drive aorund Viti Levu!", we thought to ourselves. Well, we hired a car, which turned out really cheap and the drive to Suva, the main town in Fiji was beautiful. After a heavy downpour, we continued our road trip only to encounter the scariest roads I have ever seen in my life-no exaggeration! Roadworks have just started on this 40km stretch. Something we were completely unaware of. We had to cross a few incredibly...

I have been in Fiji for three days and it just gets better by the second. I felt quite reluctant about a few aspects here to start with, especially the Kava welcome ceremonies, where you are pretty much forced to drink what looks like dirty dish water from a bowl during some sort of ritual. I am pleased to say that I have survived my second Kava session. It is actually a root, which is grown for around twelve years, that is then dried and grounded. It is placed i...

Final day in Los Angeles. Last night was the best so far. We signed up for a "hike" up to Runyon Canyon, where famous people walk their dogs. This trip should have come along with a health warning! It made our recent hike up Pendle Hill look like a walk in the park forgive the pun! It was bloody hard work in such temperatures. Needless to say, it was definitely worth it once we reached the top. The views were incredible as the sun started to set....

29th Jun 08 So...We have been in LA for three nights now and tonight is our last! It is very hot and sunny and we have been lying in a park today after walking for miles. It takes forever to walk anywhere in LA. Our hostel is right on the Walk of Fame and we've enjoyed finding many stars including Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, Duke Ellington, Tom Hanks and Igor Stravinsky to name a few...There are thousands! Yesterday we decided to go to the Beach. We missed t...