We had a late night last night so didn’t get up and out of the door until midday! Dannie took us to her favourite Dim Sum (Asian tapas) restaurant in town called Sea Empress which was really different to the typical Asian inspired food we get in the UK. The food was healthy, fresh and… Continue reading Santa Monica and Hollywood
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La Jolla Cove and Los Angeles
We checked out of the Best Western hotel in San Diego and drove up to La Jolla on the way to Los Angeles. La Jolla is a beautiful cove with a sandy beach and even Sea Lions on the rocks! It also has some historic caves that you can access via kayak tours. One of… Continue reading La Jolla Cove and Los Angeles
San Diego Zoo, Simples
Since we were in San Diego, it seemed rude not to visit the world famous San Diego Zoo. We spent the afternoon walking round; its a huge place and we must have walked for miles. They had elephants, giraffes, big cats, camels, pandas, polar bears, meerkats and loads more. My favourite was the giraffes, there… Continue reading San Diego Zoo, Simples
Beautiful Drive to San Diego
We left Barstow this morning and spent the day driving to San Diego, unfortunately we didn’t fit any fun activities in today as it took us until 6pm to get here! We stopped off for some food and went to a Camera shop in La Jolla to look for an underwater camera for Paul. Yesterday… Continue reading Beautiful Drive to San Diego
Hiking up the Kelso Dunes
We left Arizona this morning with snow on the ground and this afternoon we have been hiking up the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert! We are heading down to San Diego so thought we would break up the drive with a nice hike in the sunshine. Well we starting walking up the dunes but soon… Continue reading Hiking up the Kelso Dunes
Rafting in the Grand Canyon
Wow, what a day… We woke up at 7am, looked out the window and it was snowing! We are in the middle of the Arizona dessert and its snowing, what the hell? Even worse, we had booked white water rafting in the Grand Canyon today and as you can imagine I was pretty worried! The… Continue reading Rafting in the Grand Canyon
Hoover Dam Tour
We left Las Vegas this morning and Paul decided he’d had enough of the underpowered Nissan, so we stopped off at Hertz and traded it in for a Mustang! As we are dropping the car in California we had limited choice so may change it in again once we get to San Diego. We then… Continue reading Hoover Dam Tour
Red Rock Canyon
We decided to use the day to find some waterproof clothes for our rafting trip on Monday, so we drove around for most of the day and finally found somewhere called REI; a camping/outdoor store. As we were nearby we stopped off at Red Rock Canyon and took the scenic drive around as it was… Continue reading Red Rock Canyon
Viva Las Vegas
We flew from San Antonio to Last Vegas at lunch time and picked up our new car from Hertz; a little red Nissan that Paul hates because its so slow! We found our way to the hotel and went out in search for some Cirque du Soleil – Ka tickets. We got some tickets at… Continue reading Viva Las Vegas
A walk along the river in San Antonio, TX
This morning we went for another horse ride around the Mayan ranch in Bandera. The ride took us on a winding path up into the hills around the ranch. The path was really narrow in parts, with trees either side, and at one point Aimi’s horse decided to take her through a tree rather than… Continue reading A walk along the river in San Antonio, TX