Each journey begins with a single step... Two kiwis escaping from the island to explore strange new worlds and boldly go where thousands have gone before... . .

Photos: Ireland

IRELAND | Thursday, 24 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery

Ireland - Land of Winter

IRELAND | Thursday, 24 Jun 2010 | Views [665]

We bought our tickets for the ferry to and from Ireland online, we were able to find a fare with P&O for £ 89 for an 8 hour journey from Liverpool to Dublin which we discovered when we got on the ferry included 2 great full meals, our ... Read more >

Photos: Middle of England

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery

Middle England

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 | Views [846]

We were to meet a friend of Carols mid June near Guildford so ended out tour of the south with a day in Bath and another in Avebury. In Bath Carol got to go and see the Russian Ballet Company from St Petersburg perform Swan ... Read more >

Photos: Devon and Cornwall

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 4 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery

Photos: South England

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 30 May 2010 | Photo Gallery

South England

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 29 May 2010 | Views [930]

We headed off for our adventure in the car starting in Royal Tunbridge Wells where we had been invited by a Kiwi loving couchhost to attend a local music festival. The first day was cold and rainy but the music was good as was the company. We stayed ... Read more >

Photos: London

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 23 May 2010 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Kent, the county

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 12 May 2010 | Photo Gallery

England arrival

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 8 May 2010 | Views [2131]

We arrived at Heathrow airport around 8pm and were lucky enough to find our terminal relatively empty so collecting the bags and going through Immigration and Customs was fairly simple. Carol had been worried about entering England with no onward flight ... Read more >

End of our 'The Americas' travels

USA | Friday, 7 May 2010 | Views [746]

So we now say goodbye to the Americas. It has been an amazing journey, we have been so impressed by the different landscapes, the beauty, the generosity of its people and its vastness. We have been so lucky in our ... Read more >

Photos: Iceland

ICELAND | Thursday, 6 May 2010 | Photo Gallery

Reykjavic, Iceland

ICELAND | Thursday, 6 May 2010 | Views [730]

Our flight to Reykjavic was overnight, we left at 9pm and arrived around 6am but it wasn't really that long as we changed timezones midflight so unsure of how long we were actually in the air. We had wondered if we were going to make it to Iceland ... Read more >

on our way to London, first stop Boston, Massachusetts

USA | Wednesday, 5 May 2010 | Views [702]

No problems with getting our United flight to Boston, on internal flights in USA you get charged (US$25 and up) for any checked bag you may have but our flight was part of an international one so we got our first checked bag free. We had gotten rid ... Read more >

Photos: Fort Collins 2nd visit

USA | Saturday, 1 May 2010 | Photo Gallery

Back in Fort Collins, Colorado

USA | Monday, 26 Apr 2010 | Views [607]

We sadly left on the one day off that Sherry had but had had a wonderful week with everyone here in Post Falls. She and Gary took us to the airport for an uneventful trip back to Denver where we were to be picked up from the airport by Hayley. Hayley ... Read more >

Photos: Post Falls, Idaho

USA | Thursday, 22 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery

Post Falls, Idaho

USA | Monday, 19 Apr 2010 | Views [783]

We flew up to Spokane, Washington (state) from Denver on Monday 19th to spend a week with our friend Gary and his wife Sherry who live nearby but across the state line in Post Falls, Idaho. We travelled with Gary on and off for a few weeks in Central ... Read more >

Fort Collins, Colorado

USA | Thursday, 8 Apr 2010 | Views [640]

We bade a rapid farewell to Dawn and Alan when they dropped us off at the Houston Hobby Airport to catch our Southwest flight up to Denver. Southwest is good because they have 2 check-in bags free per customer, all other flights except Jetblue (1 per ... Read more >

Photos: Galveston

USA | Thursday, 1 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery

Galveston, Texas

USA | Wednesday, 31 Mar 2010 | Views [663]

We had put an advert on Craigslist to get a rideshare from New Orleans to Houston and received a reply from Joshua who was driving through from Orlando. This is a much less expensive way for us to travel and means he gets company and another driver ... Read more >

Photos: New Orleans, Louisiana

USA | Saturday, 27 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery

New Orleans, USA

USA | Saturday, 27 Mar 2010 | Views [620]

We arrived in New Orleans ( http://www.neworleanscvb.com/ ) around 5.30pm on Saturday and our c/s host Alita came and picked us up after she finished work at 6pm and took us to her home that she shares with her sister Suni and dogs Samson, Goliath ... Read more >

Photos: Tallahassee to Pensacola, Florida

USA | Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery

Florida, USA - part 2

USA | Tuesday, 23 Mar 2010 | Views [767]

We had a good ride by Greyhound bus from Orlando up to Tallahassee, the bus is not a patch on the ones we used to ride in South America but ok for shorter journeys. In Tallahassee we waited a while at the terminal and talked a bit with a young man ... Read more >