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A Year On

AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 Oct 2013 | Views [314]

It has almost been a year since Steph and I visited America - a place of some similar and also hugely different cultural aspects to Australia. It was the most amazing month we have ever spend travelling and I would love to go again. The places we went ... Read more >


Las Vegas - Day 18: Mustang, Casinos and Fremont Street

USA | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012 | Views [402]

This morning, one of Ben's dreams came true when he got to pick up and cruise around America in a new Mustang Convertable.  We caught a taxi to Avis at the airport where the car was pre booked, and at 10 oclock on the dot we were in our red Mustang.... Read more >


Photos: Las Vegas - Day 18: Mustang, Casinos and Fremont Street

USA | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Las Vegas - Day 17: Tickets, Bodies, Hotels and Blue Men

USA | Monday, 19 Nov 2012 | Views [348]

Today has been full on from the moment we got up. Well sort of.. we woke up late which was great after our night out at LAX.  A McDonald's breakfast and coffee sorted out the tummies, and we were out of out hotel by 10.30. We wanted to go and ... Read more >


Photos: Las Vegas - Day 17: Tickets, Bodies, Hotels and Blue Men

USA | Monday, 19 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Las Vegas - Day 16: Travel and The Luxor

USA | Sunday, 18 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Las Vegas - Day 16: Travel and The Luxor

USA | Sunday, 18 Nov 2012 | Views [336]

This morning we woke up early to grab breakfast at the Handlery before we headed off the airport to catch our plane to Las Vegas.  We got our things together and Super Shuttle collected us about 8.30 from our hotel for our 10.45am flight. ... Read more >


Photos: San Francisco - Day 15: Golden Gate Bike Ride

USA | Saturday, 17 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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San Francisco - Day 15: Golden Gate Bike Ride

USA | Saturday, 17 Nov 2012 | Views [324]

Today has been a long but enjoyable day, filled with classic travel stories of how not to get around.  We started our morning, with more rain around, just wandering around the local streets near our hotel, and grabbing a bight to eat before talking ... Read more >


Photos: San Francisco - Day 14: China Town and City Tour

USA | Friday, 16 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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San Francisco - Day 14: China Town and City Tour

USA | Friday, 16 Nov 2012 | Views [268]

Another lazy morning down in San Francisco - with pretty average weather too. After the longest waiting time for breakfast this morning, we walked across Union Square and into Maiden Lane to look at the Xanadu Gallery. Well not the Gallery itself, but ... Read more >


Photos: San Francisco - Day 13: Alcatraz and the Piers

USA | Thursday, 15 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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San Francisco - Day 13: Alcatraz and the Piers

USA | Thursday, 15 Nov 2012 | Views [530]

Today in San Francisco, we woke up pretty early to fit in our breakfast at the grill down stairs so we could make it to our 9.30 ferry to Alcatraz... the USA's most infamous prison.  We caught a tram car down from Market Street, all the way to ... Read more >


Photos: San Francisco - Day 12: Travel, Cable Cars and Wind-y Roads

USA | Wednesday, 14 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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San Francisco - Day 12: Travel, Cable Cars and Wind-y Roads

USA | Wednesday, 14 Nov 2012 | Views [313]

This morning started off crap. From the moment we woke up at 4am, it was going to be a long day. After getting a confirmation email the shuttle company was going to arrive at 4.35am, we were horrified and only half ready when they rocked up at 4.20am ... Read more >


New York - Day 11: Guggenheim and Broadway

USA | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012 | Views [280]

Our last full day in New York turned out to be a relaxing and enjoyable one. The weather today was a bit average, but it didn't quite make it to full rain, only drizzle, and didn't affect our plans.  After another awesome day of sleeping in, ... Read more >


Photos: New York - Day 11: Guggenheim and Broadway

USA | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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New York - Day 10: Rockefeller Centre and the Museum of Modern Art

USA | Monday, 12 Nov 2012 | Views [384]

Today in New York City, it has been cloudy with bursts of sun, and warm. Our normal two jackets would have been too much today. We had a great sleep in, and lazy start to the morning with a cooked breakfast on the corner of our hotel with a coffee to ... Read more >


Photos: New York - Day 10: Rockefeller Centre and Museum of Modern Art

USA | Monday, 12 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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New York - Day 9: Statue of Liberty, Wall St, 9/11 Memorial, Central Park and Tiffany's

USA | Sunday, 11 Nov 2012 | Views [606]

So today we managed to get our act together and get up on time to make our way to visit the Statue of Liberty.  We caught the number 1 train at 72nd Street Downtown to 14th (as the rest of the way is still damanged by water from Hurricane Sandy), ... Read more >


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