New Zealand catch up Hi ya
Great to hear from you, glad you're still alive after your time in SA!! we are still in New Zealand, having a bit of a nightmare with a campervan we bought but should be off to visit the rest of the north island in a week or so and then onto the south island begining of feb. how long you here for? where are you starting? we've done most of the norht island so can suggest where to go if you want. let us know when you arrive and we'll give you are mobile number so we can try and catch up - sweet as!! (that'll make sense when you get here!!)
Happy New Year Hey guys, by the looks of your vid you had a good new year! hope all is well. our SA adventure is coming to an end, its been amazing, what a continent! We arrive in NZ on the 21st Jan and have a car for a month to explore, will you guys still be around etc? would be great to catch up.
Stu and Steve
It has been a while! Hay mate
The hair went a long time ago (2000 i think) thought about growing a beard whilst i travel but already feel very old in some of the hostels and i dont think a beard would help!! How you getting on these days? glad your enjoying the blog, hopefully lots more to come!!!
Long time no see Nath, I know I haven't seen you for a few years but when did the hair go?
Loving the blogs and am not in the slightest bit jelous, HONEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CN Tower Issues The problem with the CN Tower is that there is nothing to see from the top - can't beat the Liverpool rotating tower which no longer rotates (someone nicked the cogs). But probably does beat the view out of PCC 2nd floor..
Niagara etc hey guys, the hostel we booked in Niagara was the HI one. Looking back on it it was fine, I just think we got spoilt by the breakfast etc in DC. Another good one I looked at was the rainbow hostel nearer the falls. Def check out the bar round the corner with all the handle bar face furniture. Glad our blog is imformative, yours sounds like much more of an adventure than ours so far. Hope your both getting some "action" of sorts. Love the olds
You've been busy! Hey guys,
Sounds like youv been motoring around at quite a velocity, how we missed the museum of sex I don't know! We're gonna be following you soon through Niagara and Toronto, what was the name of the hostel you stayed in at the falls? We booked one last night so my fingers are crossed its not the same one (though perhaps we are more likely to just accept it like Nath)! Also semi-glad to hear that Toronto isn't too hectic, we don't have much time there now. Keep the blogs comming this is useful info!! Hope you get your sleeping patterns sorted, all the best,
Steve (the better half of the budget pairing from DC).
dull cities I think it's very much an "each to their own" thing. We found Santiago de Chile to be not really our thing, but then other friends of ours adored the place, conversely, we really liked Arequipa in Peru, I could happily live there, but again, other friends not keen on the place at all.
Enjoy yourselfs in Chicago.
G.
NY Interesting to hear about NY from a tourists point of view, been over dozens of times, but always for work, so it's been decent hotels (well....Hiltons, the same everywhere, but in NY the now "ground zero" one, never quite sure what to make of the view from the window these days, and the Times Square one - not their best) but usully get rooms on obscenely high floors, which is always nice for views/photos.
Never found myself that attached to the place, always just "another big city" to me.
Touristy wise, Ive seen the park, and various museums when I've had the odd spare hour, and wandered broadway, times square, but not done too much out-and-about drinking. One day i'll take trip and tag on some spare time of my own!
Glad you enjoyed it.
G.x
do you really mean draw dropping? vs "jaw dropping" as is usually the case? Did standing up there make you remove your under garments?
Last time i was in NY i had a room on the 55th floor. Amazing :)
G.x
from the olds HI guys
cheers for the head sup on the car, we still need to get that sorted but have alot of long travel ahead of us so will do it then. New York is cool - much more like the america I imagined. Going on a pub crawl tonight (fingers crossed we'll feel ok tmr morning) then big fry up to sober us up hopefully. Keep up the great blog work
mandy and nath x
Still annoyed about the Pizzas.... As one of the mentioned 'guys on a budget' I am still morning those Pizzas!! Glad to see uv found and liked the blog, ill take the credit for its beauty and sophistication (this is stu btw). Laptop is still providing us with hours of entertainment and internet browsing at our own leisure! Asheville has been awesome, seems much more like proper america. found a good website for renting cars in san fran etc (thanks to the laptop) try 'super cheap car rental' (does what is says on the tin) they only operate on west coast so might be a good starting point although as u are 'slightly older' than us another company may be cheaper. hehe. anyway hope ur enjoying ur travels still.
Stu (and Steve) x
Have Fun It's really scary untill you start then its fun all the way.
We did it with two kids 2 years ago.
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New Zealand catch up
Hi ya Great to hear from you, glad you're still alive after your time in SA!! we are still in New Zealand, having a bit of a nightmare with a campervan we bought but should be off to visit the rest of the north island in a week or so and then onto the south island begining of feb. how long you here for? where are you starting? we've done most of the norht island so can suggest where to go if you want. let us know when you arrive and we'll give you are mobile number so we can try and catch up - sweet as!! (that'll make sense when you get here!!)