We leave the spectacular scenery of the Grand Canyon behind and head towards another icon of the Arizona landscape. Navajo National Monument is our first stop and is located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona. Navajo Homes and a place to reflect the past Navajo National Monument preserves three of the most intact cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan people (Hisatsinom). The Navajo people who live here today call these ancient ones Anasazi. The monument is high on the Shonto plateau, overlooking the Tsegi Canyon system in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The monument, located west of Kayenta, Arizona, features a visitor centre, two short self-guided mesa top trails, two small campgrounds, and a picnic area. We arrive at the preserve after a couple of hours and head straight towards ... read more

As with all tour groups the first morning means up early and meeting a new group of people that you will spend everyday and night with, this time for 3 weeks as we make our way from LA to New York. The meeting place was the lobby of the Hacienda Hotel that l have been staying in for the past couple of days, so after making sure all my stuff was re-packed and ready to go l made my way down to the lobby for the 7.30am meet. When you sit in a busy hotel lobby you spend time looking around to work out if these other people will be in the same group as you. After a few minutes l had scanned the room and worked out at least 4 other people on the Southern ... read more

Another continent ticked off the list. With my work done in Tasmania, l left the volunteers house early and headed towards the airport for an internal flight to Sydney, before the long journey onto San Francisco. I made it to the airport and checked in, after a year of airports with loads of flights it was the first time that my flight had been delayed. Unfortunately this would mean a hurried connection for my international flight including a change of terminal at Sydney. But there was to be good news too, l had been upgraded to Business Class for my international flight so in the end l didn’t mind one little bit. The domestic flight left about an hour late and once in the terminal l quickly found the right terminal and even had time ... read more

Another great tour came to an end and with the group ending its amazing tour in Alice Springs we ended it in style in Bojangles Saloon and Restaurant, see the great website that even lets you see what's happening live from webcams that are placed around the restaurant. www.bossaloon.com.au. The team was to go their different ways from the centre of Australia and that was where Myself, Sabrina and Lloyd were to start the next leg of an amazing journey too. We had hired a Camper-van that was to be our home from Alice Springs back to Sydney. So after another great meal and a few drinks to toast the end of this epic tour it was time for goodbyes and then the three of us made our way to our new home and at just ... read more

The 5 hour Greyhound coach journey was for once and real pleasure as there were only 10 people on the coach and once we reached Newcastle there was only myself and another guy from the UK named Richard that continued to Tamworth were l got off and made my way to the YHA about a 15 minute walk from the coach stop. From Office boy to Cowboy in 5 easy steps Our pick up from the YHA was planned for 10am so once up and ready l had time to take a quick tour of the local area and my daily intake of fresh coffee. Once back at the hostel Hilton from Leconfield Farm was there ready to take us the 50km drive through the countryside to our home for the next 11 days. What should ... read more