After our time in Hardangervidda we were ready for some rest and relaxation at Tone’s place in Bergen. With internet at hand and a couple of days to spare it was planning time. Well, in between the fishing anyway. Our constraints were, we had to either do a round trip somewhere or carry all our gear with us. After thinking about it for a while we decided that it would be ok if we got...

It was time to go Hiking! Norway has a similar set-up to New Zealand for hiking. There are lots of huts around so you don’t need to take a tent with you. Even better most of them have gas for cooking and duvets for sleeping. We did not have to take much gear and so our bags were nice and light. DNT is the trekking association for Norway and they mark tracks and provide lots...

New York was, as you would expect, a very cool city. We ate so much tasty food while we were there that some exercise was required and so we started going for a run in Central Park every other day. One of the highlights of our time here was ‘the-George-Jenkins-City-Bike-Experience’. This tour took us all over New York, from China-Town to Little Italy to the New World Trade Centre to Times Square and to Wall...

What a wicked place, with such awesome people! So we flew into Salt Lake City with Mitchel and Rochelle, where George and Hannah picked us up in the rental van. After grabbing some lunch we made our way up towards the log cabin we booked in Island Park, Idaho. As with everything in the States, it was a long drive. When we got there we had a bit of a dilemma getting into the place....

Mitchel and Rochelle were kind enough to lend us their car for a couple of days, which meant it’s Vegas time! Well, kind of. Actually wanted to see the Hoover dam. It was a pretty epic drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. It’s not a drive I would want to do every day, but really cool coming from green New Zealand. The desert just keeps on going. It seemed like it would never end....