It ain’t half hot mum (or should that be mom)

You know you’re somewhere hot when you see an advert on TV selling a product to cool down your swimming pool! I am currently in Palm Springs with just a short trip back to LA to go. I have packed in an awful lot over the last two and a bit weeks in Cali and … Read more

Google, the Big Sur and the hitchiker

So I left San Francisco today after a memorable three day visit. Certainly a cool place, quite literally at night! So I headed out in my Korean hire car along US 101 through Silicon Valley and decided to pull off the freeway and visit my old friend Google. It took me 30 minutes to find … Read more

Getting my kicks on Route 66

They let me in! In fact despite what was said by the air stewards on Qantas it was painless and straight forward to get through US immigration and customs. Qantas by the way continues to slide down my league table of favourite airlines. Their planes inside are now as tired looking as their staff. The … Read more