http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SueyLouyandSezzer/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from SueyLouyandSezzer en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:19:36 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:19:36 +0000 Ok so i left off at the Frans Josef glacier hike being cancelled...Whole bus very disheartened at this so lets just say we were thankful there was a bar at our resort to drown our sorrows. It also happened to be a big rugby game the NZ All Blacks versus Australia. A lot of rivalry between the two sides and quite a big game i was told Bets were placed and our Australian friend Jess won the b http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-327026.html Landing in Nadi we headed to the skylodge for a night before embarking on our Bula pass island hopping adventure. Mana Island was our first stop. A resort well a hostel with a small dorm room 3 private rooms and a bathroom with a hose and a trickle of water for a shower in the middle of a local fijian village the real Fiji. As we arrived the locals sang us a Bula song with slightly altered http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/blog-298607.html Hey ReadersWe arrived in New Zealand July 4th got picked up from the airport by Chris a mate of Lou's and headed into Christchurch.We were staying in a very swanky flat with some of Chris's friends. The heating was sporadic to say the least and the rain was hacking it down. After a night of film watching warming up and pizza we felt revived and hit the shops on the saturday dragging Sam along http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Franz-Josef/blog-298606.html Feels like a long time since we last wrote and this may be a long one so apologies in advance if it goes on a bit...So last time we had just got to San Francisco. Our hostel was right in the city centre so walking into town and having a look around the shops was far too easy. After a few purchases good old Abercrombie and Fitch we seem to go into one each place we go to we called it a day as http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-288712.html It is day 7 of our USA roadtrip. We have toured around Hollywood and seen many stars homes and places of interest such as the balcony that Richard Gere propses to Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman the Hollywood sign Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anistons old house Beckingham Palace and the Playboy Mansion to mention a few. Walked along the golden star walk of fame and got accosted by Yoda Batman and ma http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-284798.html Meeting at the airport with parents in tow we found each other with ease. A good startGet to the flight lounge and we meet our first celeb...Mike Tyson oh yeahAfter a delay of two hours sitting on the plane we set off on a 13 hour stretch of food films and no leg room. We arrived in LA hot and disheveled and go have a chat with our new mate Mike. See photos we no lie.We found our hostel g http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Venice-Beach/blog-282962.html