Los Angeles in a day

Our sightseeing day in LA started off at what we expected to be the glitzy Hollywood Walk of Fame. Our expectations were somewhat out of kilter with reality though. Instead of glitz and glam we found ourselves on what seemed like a very normal street, with pavements that just happened to have the Hollywood Stars on […]

The Pacific Coast Highway

After a good nights sleep at the very lovely Monterey Hostel, Rich and I headed off the next day to cover over three hundred miles of the Pacific Coast Highway route, taking in the sights on our way to Los Angeles and our next hostel in Hollywood. It wasn’t the brightest of days for our […]

Views for miles in Yosemite

Rich and I were both extremely excited to visit Yosemite National Park based on everything we had heard so headed one hundred and forty miles east of San Fransisco to take in the sights for ourselves. To make the most of our day in the park we first drove to Groveland, based on the outskirts […]

The scenic route to Kona

Having immersed ourselves in Hawaii’s volcanoes for a couple of days, we left Hilo on the east of the island and drove up and around the coast, taking the well known ‘four mile scenic route’. “The trail itself, even in the rain, was very impressive as we were engulfed by lush green draping ferns and […]

Hiking in Hilo

After the delights of seeing and hearing a volcano at night, we headed out the following day with lots more volcanic adventure ahead of us. We started the day with a trip down Crater Rim Drive, an eleven mile road around the Kilauea Caldera in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Solidified lava can be seen for […]

Hawaii’s Volcanoes

Although leaving Waikiki was a sad morning for Rich and I, our flight from Oahu to Hawaii soon perked us up. This was due to three main factors really… The quintessential hawaiian island plane transfer – a tiny ten person plane with one seat either side of the aisle and only a curtain separating us […]

Surfing USA

After our sightseeing day on Oahu we enjoyed a relaxing day on Waikiki beach, soaking up the sunshine, playing in the shallow water and watching beach side entertainment in the form of Hula dancers. We also had a little bit of retail therapy and treated ourselves to a few purchases to replace our worn out items and […]

Our Big Day Out On Oahu

After a seven hour and ten minute flight with Korean Air from Tokyo, Rich and I set foot in a place of my dreams, Hawaii. Ever since I watched Surf Girls, an MTV reality show where amateur surfers compete to become professionals, I have dreamt of living the chilled out, relaxed and equally exhilarating life […]

Farewell Japan

We were thrilled to be able to pack so much into our short stay in Japan and with a few hours available for us to see a bit more before we caught our flight out of the country, we left our hostel early in the morning to make the most of our last few hours […]

Tokyo

After our rather relaxed day yesterday, Rich and I decided to make the most of a full day sight seeing in Tokyo, starting by taking in panoramic views of the city from the observation decks in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. “Standing at the bottom we looked up at the gargantuan building beside us.” There are […]

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