Wow, many thrills and screams and I'm almost convinced "near-death-experiences" later, we are finally home after a long hot day in Universal Studios! It was amazing, we went on most of the 'big' rides, except for two...some of us weren't brave enough to face them...Including me!! as you can imagine the two girls' voices boxes were well used on the rides today and slightly paining tonight! It was so much fun, I don't know what else to say, the waiting time wasn't that long, the longest maybe being about 40minutes and in most waiting lines there are fans or shelter, so that fact that today was a new record breaker hot day since 1962 didn't bother us! It reached 96 deg fer last I heard! We were too busy having fun to notice and the one ... read more

Oohhh Yeahhhh, New Orleans.... There is no New Orleans without the jazz. N.O is well know for it's jazz, architecture, art and food, and we experienced them all! We stayed in a French Hotel slap bang in the French Quarter, listened to a live jazz band playing at a coffee shop (and poked our heads in the doorway of restaurants where ever we heard 'em) and ate at the famous GUMBO SHOP, where they serve...GUMBO!(stew with European,Caribbean African influences) and other things of course like traditional "PO-BOY" (sandwich made of deli meat piled high, topped with gravy), Jambalaya( a Creole version of Paella).Yum! One can really see the French influence, I guess that's why they call it the French Quarter! haha! But in between the neat tiny little French buildings there were a few burnt down, ... read more

Texas (I love Texas!) It was a very long drive to Texas and we could feel the weather getting a little warmer. There isn’t much to look at on the road, only here and there we would pass a forgotten little town where the houses are slowly withering away, rusty cars stand abandoned and grass is slowly consuming the remains..a very sad sight and one can’t help but wonder what story each house could tell. We packed our breakfast and lunch snacks and could eat on the road without stopping for too long. We found a smart Texan Service welcome centre where we could sit and enjoy our lunch. The “Tornado Shelter” and “Rattlesnake” signs were a little worrying but it all added to the experience, and no…we didn’t come either… We could see we were ... read more

So we're on the road again, this time to Flagstaff! Where?? As we travel about we are forced to speak "American", beacause people here just do not understand our English! It gets very funny at times...I asked for 'milk' and they could not understand me....so how many times can you say 'milk, miiiiilk, meeeelk, mulk, oh for pete's sake... that stuff that comes from a cow and you put it in your coffee', 'in what?' ....' in Coffee,... (they stare at me with a blank look on face and I reppeat...caffffeeeeee, koffie, cafe, cofe, ohhh mannn...when you don't have tea you have...caffeeehhhhhh!!!'.... this happens a lot! maybe if I speak Afrikaans they will understand?? We stopped for breakfast somewhere...can't remember where...in the middle of nowhere in the desert somewhere... We went into Lotta Lou's Cafe, us ... read more

Yay!!! The Golden Gate Bridge! What a piece of engineering! This bridge is about 2.7km long and 27m wide and about 67m above the high water mark, how the heck did they manage that? It is a spectacular view, the tall towers and the network of all the cables keeping chaos together, the gusty wind creating choppy waves and a powerful current making the water speed by..and a little to the right Alcatraz!! I should have been blonde..I had no idea it was in Frisco so BONUS!!! I got to see another thing I have always wanted to see! I was surprised that it was so small, way smaller than our Robben Island but way more cooler looking! As per usual we dumped our suitcases in our rooms and hit the road to explore! It was ... read more