London Chappies

Our first stop in a different country, still English speaking though. We have spent most of our time here so far being jet lagged and in bed, which is a shame. I got a cold on leaving NYC and have been glad for the bed at Jeremy's and Sarah's where we've been able to chill out a bit.Our nice friends at HSBC helped us get some money and off we trotted to the shops with it. Had a yummy tea on Wed at Wagamama's- very nice Asian cuisine and tonight a nice home cooked and few bottles of wine meal with Jeremy and Sarah. Went to Harrods today, tried the perfume in the bathrooms and found the NZ baby gear (just on our way past that section of course). I dont think we'll see it all here, its really nice to see old friends though.
-Alice

Well, I was gutted to leave America. I actually really liked it, I think I fitted in quite well really. But times goes on. The flight was nice because we weren't with American Airlines and so we actually got fed and got to watch something. I watched "Children of Men" and personally, don't get what all the fuss is about. Landed in London and met Jeremy, which was good, really good actually. Very tired from the crappy plane sleep so slept most of yesterday day and went to a pub and to a restaurant last night. Today slept in and went to the science museum and harrods, and yeah. London is quite a bit different to New York, I mean, well, you don't exactly expect them to be the same, but they're probably the two biggest city centres in the western world, and they couldn't be much different. The people are the difference really.
-Andrew

Here's the top of the cruise ship, where people can choose to sunbath if they don't like peace or quiet.



Here's Alice sitting on a 2000 year old Mayan ruin.



Here's the waterfall in Jamaica, running into the Ocean



Here's one of the rastafarians in front of some coconut drink.



Here's Alice on the cruise ship in the room with a towel pig they made us.



Alice again, and the Dodge minivan we converted into a poor-mans campervan, at a rest stop.



The nice beach in Grand Cayman, where we saw fish, some jellyfish stung Alice and a plastic bag scared the crap out of me.



Hey Alice how come you're in every picture? This is the Jack Daniels Distillery.



The hot-tub at the log cabin, looking into a forest in the smokey mountains



"Foam Henge", a fake Stone Henge replica on some back road randomly in Virginia



The Orioles mascot, a big bird!



As close as you can get (as a pedestrian) to the white house.



Abraham Lincoln. So big.



We went up the Rockefeller centre so we could see the empire state building, one thing you can't see from the empire state building. Such a large city.



Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. I did not feel liberated, just sea sick.



Doug, Amy & Kayla (spelling?), the kind family we stayed with in San Francisco, at Muir Woods



The golden gate bridge, which is not made of gold, and has more of a toll booth than a gate.