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It's day number... I don't really know but wake about 5am, Tuesday 8 May Ummm daylight. Des writes up the diary, wakes me and we join Mary for breakfast. Guests Jim and Lisa have arrived from Philadelphia. They decided to join us for the much anticipated (by Maree anyway) Artic Circle trip tomorrow. Breakhast is delicious but way too much... but should keep the fires buring until tea time. We wander downtown to the visitors centre where we are advised of local attractions and how to get there. After some discussion of possibilities we make a scramble back down a few blocks to the bus terminal -- our distination Fairbanks University where the museum is located. En route of notice apart from the thrid world look of the place (junk everywhere) is the piles of ... read more

The longer (size and time) bus takes 8 hours and leaves Puerto Escondido at 22.15pm from the old bus station, which we got to just in time. Stu sat with the bags, I went to check in but we had somehow come to the wrong place. The informant grabbed my hand and in a blind panic we both sprinted 10 ft to the left which was then the right place. Its ok if you miss this bus, like three separate sets of people did that night, they all individually tail gated the coach by speeding taxi, the coach stopped and let them all on at various points on route. The bus journey was similar to being in the Apollo programme, we took off with the force of a solid rocket booster as we thrusted up hills ... read more

Here's a picture of our route!... read more

well, its now my final day in hawaii and really dont want to leave, L.A doesnt seem too appealing after being here but all good things must come to an end (or so they say) ive had such a great time here, havent really got much done but i guess thats what hawaii's all about. its been great just chilling out and meeting some fantastic people. since my last entry (which i know was quite a while ago, so much for keeping this updated!) ive climbed up a big hill and been to hanamau bay a couple more times which was sweet, swam about with some turtles some more, took some underwater pictures which really didnt do it justice.also took some surf lessons off waikiki beach (just call me brian wilson) which is soooo much ... read more

What can I say...New York certainly does not dissapoint! New York was definitely our favourite city in the whole of the States! There are so many things to do, and every different part we saw is just so different - and that's without leaving Manhattan Island! We arrived at La Guardia airport and caught a bus to Harlem and had our first experience of the New York Subway into Chelsea where we were staying. The Subway is just great...so easy to use and you can go everywhere. And the whole time we were there, we only got on one train that was like a sardine can. The rest were just like catching a train in Melbourne. So we arrived in Chelsea and didn't think all that much of it, but once we got walking around ... read more