We decided to visit Vancouver Island for a night as Reuben’s cousin Hannah is working at Camp Qwanoes on the island. Vancouver Island is a two hour ferry ride away from Vancouver, and is a huge place. Hannah picked us up from the ferry and we went to Coombes, a quirky little place whose claim…
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Vancouver, Canada
From San Francisco we headed up to Vancouver, where we had seven nights with my close friend Monica, who I worked with in New Zealand. It was awesome to see her life in Vancouver and explore there. Some of our highlights were: Eating Ethiopian food at one of the three nearby Ethiopian restaurants – I…
San Francisco
We had two full days in San Francisco. We stayed in Oakland and caught the BART train into town on our first day, where we strolled around Union Square, walked to Chinatown where we found amazing food for lunch, and did a “tea tasting” where we tried different types of tea and eventually bought…
Piako goes to Costa Rica
In the middle of his travels through the USA, Piako went on a trip to Costa Rica…mostly because his owners had to make a little visa run. Piako made the most of this unexpected treat by finding another cow on a bus, sunbathing at the ocean and climbing palm trees!
Los Angeles
On our last day in Los Angeles, we headed over to Pasadena to catch up with one of my former work colleague. Holly and her husband Ewen are working at the Dream Centre and have been road tripping across the USA, so we had lots to talk about and compare notes on. After…
Disneyland and California Adventure
After leaving Las Vegas, we headed to Anaheim, to a campground within walking distance of Disneyland. We spent two incredibly full days at Disneyland and California Adventure – on each day we were at the park around 8.30am and left around 11pm! I had been to Disneyland with my family when I was 8,…
Las Vegas, Nevada
We spent three nights in Las Vegas, staying at the Luxor Hotel. The Luxor had an Egyptian theme and our room was actually on the side of a pyramid, with sloped windows. Chocolate and a 3D movie at m and m’ s world. Vegas was pretty crazy – both days we…
The Grand Canyon
After a long drive from Ouray (which included a stop at Four Corners, where 4 different states meet) we arrived at the Grand Canyon for sunset…just before the rains started. We managed to get our tent up in the dark and the rain and were hoping to wake up to sunshine –…
Ouray, Colorado
Matt and Michelle (friends we stayed with in Denver) recommended that en route to the Grand Canyon we check out Ouray. Ouray is known as “The Switzerland of the USA” and for good reason – it is a beautiful little town surrounded by stunning mountains. We camped for two nights in Ouray. During the…
Denver and around
From Kansas we headed to Denver, Colorado where we were able to spend time staying with our friends Matt, Michelle, Nicole and Josiah, and their friends Cathy and Dennis. We wound up staying about six days in Denver – some of the highlights from our time there were: Spending time with our friends –…
Meandering Kiwis 