http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Round-the-world-in-80-days/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Round the world in 80 days en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:43:59 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:43:59 +0000 Its been a while but we have been very busy The four nights in Noosa were brilliant we just chilled out at the beach or by the river. I also went on the least successful fishing trip ever. I caught no fish and then the box of hooks and weights got blown into the river great.The next stop was Rainbow Beach for the trasfer over to Fraser Island. It is a bit of a non event really and the hostel k http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/blog-347127.html I just ran out of time on the internet but it still works so thought i'd use it to do another travel blogI know what you are wondering did we go to cheeky monekys Unfortunately our hostel had no real atmosphere and no one went out so we saved ourselves for the following night in surfers paradise. We arrived at surfers and the weather was pretty miserable so the beach was a no go so we just had http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/blog-342540.html We left New Zealand at about 4am and there was snow on the cars. 3 hours later we get to Sydney and it is boiling It didn't help we were wearing all our warmest clothes but was a nice changeSydney was brilliant definately one of the higlights so far. We first got a tour from Grahame which was great to get our bearings. We then went over to our room at Manly Lodge hotel which was just slightly n http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-341040.html We are at the end of our third stop now and it's starting to go a bit too quickly for my likingWe started off in Aukland for two nights which was surprisingly good. The hostel room was the size of a double bed but we were barely in it so it didn't bother us too much. The first day we sorted out the rental car and ferry in the morning and then went into town for the afternoon. The best bits were t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-338082.html Hey all sorry it's been a while but we didn have internet for most of our time in Fiji.Right where to start.........The first day in Fiji was certainly interesting we arrived and were greeted but rain and men walking down the side of the roads carrying machetes. Not quite the paradise we envisioned. The hostel didn't exactly perk us up either So we decided to catch the bus into town Nadi aka s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Robinson-Crusoe-Island/blog-333823.html We are at the end of our time in LA now and Jem has experienced her first hostel She wasn't a big fan at first but she didn't mind it too much.The first stop was Anaheim and Disneyland which was really nice but very tiring walking round a busy park dodging little sometimes not so little kids when our bodies think it is 4am The motel was pretty nice and very close so had a great time.Next stop http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-329020.html Only a couple of days left before we head off now and everything is almost sortedThe first stop is LA and we will be visiting disneyland on the first day and then moving more central for sightseeing and no doubt some shoppingWe will keep this updated as much as we can and add any photos and videos we take during the trip. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Beaconsfield/blog-326374.html