LA & Vegas

OK, We'll keep all our commentary brief, we know how boring this can be for some. Remember we left NZ way back on December Boxing Day 2004 - straight to LA to play like kids at Disneyland and then on to Vegas to play like ...kids. Both were awesome....

 

UNITED STATES

I'm proud to be an American and have a deep love for my fellow Americans and for the great land in which we live. For me, there's no greater place to be than here at home in America....

 

1 month in the US

Hey Guys, It has been so long since I have put in an entry of this journal - Yes, the last month has been very hectic. I left camp on the 12th of August and since then I've travelled heaps and seen many cool things, and also learnt many things about t...

 

USA

20 July 07 After hours and hours in transit, we're finally here! We arrived to our hostel late last night and went straight to bed. After attempting sleep on buses and planes, lying down in a bed never felt so good! We slept for 11 hours straight, ...

 

I'll be Hoover Damned!

We had organised the Grand Canyon/Hoover Dam tour over the phone and we were told what time to be outside the hostel. The shuttle driver picked us up and 4:55am as expected and took us to a small airport that does the air tours of the Grand Canyon. The...

 

Doc, my ear hurts and now my wallet stings!

Obviously we had a lie in after yesterdays capers and we were late getting ourselves together. Lucys ear was still giving her gip so she called the insurance and they gave us a surgery to go to. It was a long walk in the blistering heat but we eventual...

 

OverViews for a Quarter Century

So this is all new to me. MyLifeOfTravel, not blogging, nor travelling. I have done the latter two for quite sometime. My family was always the nomadic type when it came to family vacations. We took the car, not the plane. I grew up in Rochest...

 

Las Vegas

Gone to Las Vegas for a great week!!!! I would def. go there again!!!!...

 

2006 Holiday

 

Las Vegas

So I am back from a great Vegas vacation; and Clark Griswald I am not (although I did the Damn Dam tour). I love Las Vegas! This time around I spent more nights (4) than I had before. The weather was great, and the place was packed. I have not gotte...

 

Trip to New Zealand, USA and Canada

Skiing at lake Lousie was pretty sweet with me and matty enjoying a massive dumping while jezza was at home resting a sore ankle. Poor guy, we ate burgers there too. We also spent waitangi day there skiing which turned into a morning side for life fre...

 

Italy-London-Canada-USA 2004-05

10-10-2004: Santa Margherita Milan to Santa Margherita 11-10-2004: Portofino Day trip to Portofino 12-10-2004: Manarola Santa Margherita to Manarola 13-10-2004: Cinque Terre Hike between Manarola to Corniglia to Vernazza and back to Riom...

 

It DOES rain in Southern California

On this side of the earth (which is 10 time zones away from South African Time) things has been crazy! One very good analogy of the JIT experience came from Elbe a follow Jitter in Houston; and she sums it up as follows. “It’s as if you live in a reali...

 

USA life

Friday afternoon booked it, Saturday morning flew, sunday afternoon we came home. 7 days after meeting.. Vegas for the first time... Vegas Virgins! ...

 

2003

Sin city! ...

 

Wish you were here?

Hi, After we left you on Monday afternoon we took a walk from our hotel down to the Tulum ruins on the beach. We didn't have the place to ourselves like at Chichen Itza unfortunately but most of the tour buses had departed. The ruins are of a Mayan...

 

LA, Vegas and Blunt - February 2006

Saturday the 11th - We decided to head off and do the movie studio thing. Universal Studios offer visitors tours of the studios (not that great), some theme rides like "Back to the Future, "The Mummy" and 'Jurassic Park". There are ...

 

USA 2006

We set out at 8PM for Washington DC from New York. Once again it was inevitable that we were going to get lost on the way. After eventually arriving after midnight, the lit up Washington Monument stood as a landmark, a reminder that we were in the Ca...

 

Around the world in 80 days

Well yesterday did not go too great, was not WOW, was ok. I did meet my objectives of meeting some new people. I chatted, as I sat next to a 400BC temple, to an India man, 50, who distributes Coca-Cola throughout India, then as happens when a Weste...

 

World Trip 2007-2008

We finally got to this place called "San Pedro de Atacama", a tiny little town in the middle of a plain in the Atacama desert that was surrounded by mountains in the far distance. Some of the houses and their rooves were made of mud. The road...

 

Texas/Louisiana Xmas

Moto GP! One of the best weekends of my life, 2 perfect days of racing, not to mention the hook ups with the VIP Redbull event meaning free drinks and food all weekend...oh, and the best viewing area!!!...

 

USA and Canada 2006

Our third and final day here in New York and time for a quick update. Currently in the 5th Avenue Apple Store using their computers and internet for free, yes mum I am going to get your wireless stuff as well! We flew out with Virgin and the in flig...

 

Around the world...

Arriving in Dalat was a bit odd as it is right up in the Highlands and is about 10 degrees cooler than we have been used to. We had a great couple of days there. The town is pretty quiet but there are some great waterfalls and lakes in the area around ...

 

Las Vegas Elite Tours Grand Canyon

With my tour package with "lasvegaselitetours" i also received a cruise to the lake mead. the food and activties were great. we feed fish, and also saw a nice view during the sun set. It was a beatiful view and great experience. take a lo...

 

Start as we mean to go on...

Our adventure started where all good adventures start... the travelodge. Trying to pack when you are not allowed hand luggage at the last minute proved quite difficult. I(Mags) ended up taking extra bags and repacking my bag at the hotel. But I got the...

 

laze around the world...all trips here

First trip to toronto, me and rach stayed at mary's apartment which is on the top floor of the building with a very very big balcony. mary slept in the master bedroom, rach in mary's room...me in the den in a sleeping bag!!! despite the fact that her ...

 

VS zomer 2003

wiiiiih we zijn er weer ! :) Voor wie het iets kan schelen: klein verslagje. (niet te lang, ik ben al like 40 uur wakker, dus ik ga er niet te veel tijd in steken + ik heb 3 weken geen pc aangeraakt en het typpen gaat wat stroef :p) Anywayz: The...

 

Viva Las Vegas!

Worried that I did not know where to meet my friend, Andrea, as I landed in Las Vegas airport, I hoped both our mobiles would connect as soon as I got my luggage so she could tell me which hotel she was in! It´s just round the corner she shou...

 

USA 2007

Leaving Monument Valley a day early, we headed to Page, Arizona. It's a small town situated by Lake Powell. The lake is man-made, it was formed when Glen Canyon Dam was built in the late 1950s. The lake is huge and attracts hundreds of houseboaters ...

 

Las Vegas for the Rest of Us

The biggest coup of all my Vegas trips came right during a trip my wife and I took to the Rio in June of 2003. I found a great rate for $49 at playrio.com by clicking on the hot deals button. When I called to book the reservation, I asked if any upg...