New York Hotels

Nick and I kicked off the summer with camping over 4th of July weekend. We quickly realized that camping/outdoors stores are a little scarce/expensive in New York City so we decided to order our tent off an online website called Altrec.com. After much comparing we decided on the the Eureka! Pinnacle Pass 2 XTA tent, free shipping..cool. Overnight shipping only $20, REALLY cool. So far so good with this tent, but we definitely need to break it in, it hasn't even seen rain yet. We really had to pack light since neither one of own cars and are down with taking public transportation. We took ...

This is just the basics.I will update and insert photo's soon . First of all , you need a lot of energy to do it this way.Arrive to LA early morning of Tuesday and collect minivan.Set GPS for Kawada hotel in LA. Eat, rest and wash. Drive around LA and end up in Hollywood.Nice place. Day 2: Take a drive via Beverly hills and Bell air to the coast (Santa Monica pier and Marina Del Ray).Set of for San Luis Obispo on Cabrillo highway No.1 (coastal road).Arrive at Vagabond Inn and jump into the jacuzzi.Eat and go to sleep.This Californian high way No.1, I think is the most beautiful . Day3: Get up ...

Well.....what was originally forecast to be 29.5 hours ended up becoming 31.5 hours with a few delays thrown in.....and yes those extra 2 hours felt like 20 hours!!! Qantas really was the way to fly - no complaints from us, and being able use the Qantas lounges was great. We had a smooth transition through customs and imigration at LA and then an even easier exit at JFK in NY. The cabbie was easy to talk to and didn't try any of the so called shenanigans that some people write about. Also it wasn't as cold as we thought it might have been - more like a crisp Perth autumn night - it was really ...