Thursday, June 11, 2009
It's been too long!!!
Wow!!
Its been far too long since we have updated this blog but fear not we are all still alive, the car is still going and we have plenty of photographic evidence of the places we have been!
So since Vegas we have travelled across Utah (hot), Denver (mountains) and Kansas (fields)!
We stayed with lots of awesome people along the way which has been amazing! We'll get some photos up in next day or so but for now here's a video we made in Portland (long overdue) when we stayed with the TNHF guys!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
VEGAS!
The lights of Las Vegas left us quite dazzled after we spent a night wandering "the strip": the most famous area of the city, filled with casinos and stores and huge luminous signs. One of the most impressive features was the water show at the Bellagio (below) which played every 15 minutes. Even at night, the city was pretty warm.
Little do people know, but the city of Las Vegas also has a significant part away from the lights and gambling: we stayed in a quiet suburban house, just a few miles from the hustle and bustle, but feels like a world away.
Long Beach, LA
We stayed for two days in Long Beach with Ben's friends Eric and Beth Balmer.
LA is unbelievable, the population is at least 30 times bigger than Northern Ireland!
Spot the geography nerds!
It was Memorial Day, a national holiday, when we were there so everywhere was pretty busy but we went down the coast to Laguna Beach and spent the day swimming, relaxing and eating amazing Mexican food.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
After our time in San Fran we began the trip down to LA.
Along the way we camped for the night in Carmel, a quiet little town where Clint Eastwood used to be the mayor. Hows that for useless trivia!!
We saw our first californian surfers and got some icecream
San Francisco - Half way through the trip
On our way south we stayed in San Francisco for a couple of days and took in the sights!
We cycled the Golden Gate Bridge!
Checked out the local market
Ben and Boram also checked out the Wicked Musical which they said was awesome and we met some really nice people at our hostel who joined the roadtrip team at different times as we explored San Francisco!
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