http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/wozasmith/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from wozasmith en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:45:55 +0000 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:45:55 +0000 1610 Uneventful flight of 10 hours our longest tiring to say the least. Lost a day flying over the date line as well. Arrived in Fiji around 6am and were met by a Navini rep. who drove us a marina where we were picked up by Islands' boat. They had problems restarting it so we were offered drinks at the cafeteria coffee for me beer for Jac and Joodz. After half an hour we were off an exc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/Mamanuca-Islands/blog-336727.html 910 Uneventful bus trip to Santa Monica which took a little longer than expected due to LA traffic. Arrived at the Fairmont Mirramar how luxurious. We had to accept an upgrade to a suite because the room we had booked wasn't available beautiful suite but alas no view they also threw in complimentary Champagne chocolates and strawberries as Jac told them we had renewed our vows and celebrat http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Santa-Monica/blog-334285.html 510 Lux bus to San Diego......not the bus ride from hell this time. Arrived too early to check in so we patronised the English style pub in our hotel for a spot of lunch and a drink while awaiting our room. Able to check in at 2 a couple of hours earlier than the usual check in time. Excellent room on the 11th floor over looking the San Diego bay and right opposite the cruise line terminal w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-332631.html 210 Well howdy boys and girls. After the bus ride from hell we finally arrived at Disneyland. Why was it the bus ride from hell.........the trip was supposed to take 4 12 hours but ended up being closer to 7 firstly it was nearly an hour late picking us up then we had a pompous driver and loud mouth hostess who talked over the movie and had their radio turned up so high while listening to th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Anaheim/blog-331300.html 309 Viva Las Vegas. What a wild place arrived at our HotelCasino Treasure Island around lunch time and lucky for us our room was ready for a few extra dollars we upgraded to a suite which gave us a larger room with a sofa and two bathrooms the foyer was as big as our bedroom. Dumped our bags then off to check out the casino before making our 3 o'clock appointment for our costume fittings http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-330557.html 269 It was my turn for the window seat lucky me all I could see was a dirty great jet engine other than that a short an uneventful flight. Our room was ready so dumped our bags again and off to check out the sights and have some lunch. Back to the room for a rest and a few drinks then over to the famous Pier 39 which is right across the road from our hotel. At the end of the pier lives a sea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-329223.html Hi everyone the Queen Mary was excellent. After a reasonably short flight 5 hours we arrived at LAX flight was ok except for the ignorant oriental types sitting in front of us who put there seats right back and kept blocking our view of the movie. The onboard food was good though being a domestic flight we had to pay for our beverages though. Our room was ready on arrival so dumped our bag http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Long-Beach/blog-328815.html Greetings from the other side of the world. After 12 an hour delay in Adelaide we finally took off around noon 4 12 hour flight to NZ was uneventful and fun. Two hour layover and then enroute to Hawaii another 8 or so hours in the air arriving at 715am on the same day we left..........virtually no sleep on the plane its very hard to sleep sitting up. As we arrived so early our room wasn't http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Honolulu/blog-326998.html