23rd: Caught a cab, well shuttle van to the hostel for $15. it took over an hour to get there. The hostel is located on the next block down from where the walk of fame starts so its pretty close to the heart of the hollywood action. After getting settled in I went for a walk down hollywood blvd. Just spent a couple of hours just walking this one street. I saw the capital records building, the hollywood sign, walk of fame to name but a few things. Its a crazy plac...

Friday 14th: caught the airport shuttle bus in the morning to the airport. Flight was at 1pm and everything went smoothly. Again they put me in the seats with the extra leg room which was lovely. As we landed we received a lovely intro from the cabin crew announcer welcoming us to fiji. The nicest welcome to your destination speech ive ever had. When we got into the arrivals terminal there was a band of guys with guitars singing a welcome song to us. They all had...

Thurs 6th: weather was worse again today so again didnt even see mt cook. We left early and stopped at lake tekapo. We had lunch here and it had actually stopped raining. The cloud was also lifting so we had really nice views across the lake to the snow capped mountains. The lakeis known for its turquiose colour. On the shores of the lake there are two well known features, the collie dog statue, dedicated to the working collie dogs of the mckenzie country and t...

sat: so I now have to do a more detailed, informative blog because mam has read naomi's blog and its so much more better than mine. Mother, I have been travelling for almost 10months!! its hard to write a journal everyday! You can tell when I actually right for the day im on as it is more detailed. Like now, im writing a week behind. Kinda hard to remember everything! But I will give it a go..... so I got up and cleaned my teeth with my green toothbruch and colga...

November 3rd wed: woke up feeling like I had a hangover as I was so tired. Caught the train to the airport, went through to departure lounge gate and fell asleep. Woke up 40mins later feeling much better. Flight over was fine. Saw the film inception. Very good film although a little confusing. Staying at base hostel. Was pretty knackered so went into the lounge and fell asleep for an hour. Stephanie then woke me up and we went to the supermarket for food. In the...