Early brekkie, a couple of people were hungover - not me =) Got on the bus and it turns out we were waiting on one person - Naman!! He had slept in and was a little hungover.. whoops! Our tour guide is Christina. She's really nice and she's really passionate about history and geography. That's cool but then she tends to yap on a bit, and did this day on the 4-5 hour drive - the whole way! We also did a sort of get to know you thing. We swapped seats then had to find out a few things about the person we were talking to. We then went up the front of the bus and introduced them, as well as tell a story or dream of ours. On our drive, we went through deserts, ... read more

Disneyland!!! Was an exhausting day! My feet were killing me from the day before wearing thongs (flip-flops... everyone laughs at you when you say thongs - stupid Americans and Brits =P), so it was runners for me this day. The Princess castle is quite disappointing.. It's tiny!! So much smaller than i thought it was.. In the way of rides, we went on Star Tours, Autopia, Space Mountain, Splash mountain, The other mountain who's name has escaped me.., Matterhorn Bobsleds, It's a Small World, Winnie the Pooh, Pirates of the Carribean (again - we had extra Contiki people), Jungle Cruise and of course, the Teacups! The fireworks display was incredible, complete with Tinkerbell and even Dumbo flying through the sky! We met a few more Contiki people here too, so our group was growing! At the ... read more

We woke up and looked out our window to see a whole lot of workmen setting up for a premiere. Turns out it was for the kids movie 'G-Force'. We had our Grand Tour of LA which was starting at 9.30am, so we headed over to Grumann's, via Michael Jackson's star. Because we were so early we could get a good look, any later and it gets so packed. Whilst waiting for the tour to start, I looked around at all the hand & foot prints, such as Hugh Jackman, Jean Simmons, Shirley Temple, Will Smith, Matt Damon and the only Johnny Depp! The Grand Tour started and the first stop was the Hollywood Bowl. We saw an opera rehearsal so that was kinda cool! On our way there we also saw the church Sister Act ... read more

Hello from New Zealand! I'vestarted my trip today! Currentlyy on mmy stopover at Auckland, New Zealand. Trip to Melbourne Airport this morningg was fairly uneventful.. Tho I did realise I left mytootthbrush at home.... Whoops! Mum and Chris came to the airport with me. There were no tears on my part surprisingly.. Tho I do think mum may have shed a quiet tear ;) I said goodbye and went thru the international doors. Customs was a piece of cake - was thru in about 2 mins! Then you walk thru the main duty free shop... it was pretty big. Felt like walking thru myer in the city - all bright white and lots of perfume and makeup! Tho there was also lots andlots of grog... I dnt think i've seen that much alcohol before! Didn'tbuy anything ... read more