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G'day Bruces and Sheilas! M has finally allowed me to put pen to paper (or finger to touchscreen) and write about our latest adventures – about time I hear you say! Hope you're well and a special shout out to our friends Kel and Woody on the birth of their daughter Erica. When will we succomb to the joys of parenthood? Never at this rate – all our dosh is going on this travel malarkey, especially now as my tourist visa has been extended to a year, meaning M and I can stay in Oz til next February, though only M can work – sounds good to me! Also Happy Birthday to my sister Clare for Monday 21st May, this blog is your birthday treat! So we left our cosy caravan and relaxed lifestyle in Perth ... read more

G'day guys and gals, here we are upside down and strewth is it hot out there! And where'd all these creepy crawlies come from?! Well our first month away has flown by but we've been filling our time well. The flight from Dubai to Perth was a long one, but gave us plenty of opportunity to catch up on films and stock up on 'free' booze & drinks. (Though if I'd fully appreciated how expensive booze was in Perth I would have downed a few more on the plane!). After Dubai I was longing for a $3 pint but alas such things do not exist here. In part due to the sheer geography of the country and part because the minimum wage here is around $20 dollars an hour! (£13). Clearly they are paying the border ... read more

Hi Y'all This is it, our final travel blog! On the bus to catch the Greyhound from Seattle to Canada we came across some young girls from London who were attempting the reversal of what we were doing (West to East Coast) in a shorter time. So we passed on our bountiful travel knowledge to them and wished them luck. Crossing the border to Canada was a much more pleasant experience than when we first arrived in Boston all those months ago. We chatted and joked with the border officer whose main concern was that we had only given Canada a month but the US six! Arriving in Vancouver with the majestic mountains in the background I took off in search of some cash, as we only had US dollars, leaving F behind again with the ... read more

Hi All. Here goes another long one. You have been warned! As you approach Las Vegas you can almost smell the sin in the air - not for nothing is this place known for extreme enjoyment and shattered dreams. You see the giant hotel blocks rising out of the desert valley as you make your way down from the mountains that surround this oasis of sin. Picking up our visiting traveler (F's friend Nicola from back home) we drove from the airport onto The Strip. These are the iconic hotels that you hear about in Vegas, Luxor, New York-New York, Ceasar's Palace and the oppulent Bellagio with it's famous fountains outside (more about them later). It took forever to drive the length of the Strip, the traffic made worse by Nascar racing being in town that ... read more