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Visited Countries Map Hey everyone, so we have been all around NZ and to say I am a bit tired of looking at coastlines and mountains is an UNDERSTATEMENT ...now dont get me wrong of course it is beautiful as u will see from the pictures I took but I think I know I am going home in a few weeks and looking forward to seeing everyone again. So the first two weeks in NZ we spent with Amandas Aunt and Uncle in Drury a villiage just outside Auckland. Then in the third week we picked up our campervan from Picton on the south Island and headed off on our camping adventure Part 2!! We stayed in Nelson the first night a really nice town near Picton on the north Coast of the South Island we ... read more

Hey So after Monterey we moved back up the coast to Santa Cruz we had already stopped here for a day so we knew we liked the town it had a really nice beach and the weather was amazing, we hung out here for a week and then made our way to San Francisco for the first few days we stayed in a hostel at Fishermans Wharf and let me tell u it def was not the best or worst hostel (it had no rats) we had stayed at but the staff had no idea what they were doing and there was nothing close to the hostel except a Safeways. But besides that it haad abosolutley amazing views of both the golden gate bridge and Alcatraz. We walked the few miles ot the GG bridge on ... read more

So after our travels along the coast we ended up back in LA we stayed in a Motel just off Hollywood Boulevard which sounds very posh but to tell u the truth LA is anything but..... we went to Universal Studios on tuesday I wasnt feeling well as it was and all rollercoasters werent about to help but I had to try my best. We started but going into the first thing that was there as we entered the park as all people do ...well big mistake it was Van Helsings house of horrors .....now anyone who has ever watched a scary movie with me knows how easily I get scared and oh my god I got scared......there were guys dressed up as scary people juming out at u and following u and when at one ... read more

In a crazy moment we thought lets buta tent and camp for a while it will save us money .....it was a pity we were in Target at the time and had the ability to buy the tent etc lol no really we had a great time but the first night was an experience I will never forget (in a cold way). So we picked up our car a really nice brand new ford focus and we set off I had to do all the driving coz Amanda isnt 25 yet neway ... stupidly we thought of course we will get to death valley before night fall eh no but we found a campsite at silverwood lake which was up a mountain. Our forst indication that campng up amountain in the winter isnt a good idea ... read more

So yes we arrived in Vegas after a flight that took us to phoenix first it wasnt too bad except we had forgotten that Vegas in in the US and we were travelling from a "foreign" country so need to go through immigration and needed to be in the airport insanely early so instead of getting the bus we had to make a mad dash and spend a fortune and get a taxi!!!! We went to the grand canyon on the thursday an early start at 7am but it was so worth it there are many ways to describe the grand canyon some people even say it is just a big hole in the ground and isnt that special but when u have experianced it from the point of view of a native american you realise ... read more