M&S Adventures

We're driving down Flamingo Rd about to turn onto Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip). Flamingo Rd only has a few casinos and flashy lights. Millie turns to me and says "Yea Vegas is a little underwhelming I reckon?" We then turn onto The Strip and she looses control of her eyes and mouth trying to take everything in. She yells "OMG Caesars Palace! Wow! Theres Pikachu! Oh there is the bellagio! This continues for the length of the strip. Its probably fair to say that I was feeling a similar gob smacking rush of excitement but I hadn't just mentioned the words underwhelming and Vegas in the same sentence. We drove to the Excalibur hotel & parked up. Walking down the strip for the first time was an experience of complete awe, we walked through countless casino floors which were full of interesting people trying their luck or showing off their skills (depends which way you look at it). After lasagne & pepsi for dinner we retired to our perfect AirBnb for an ai...

Hi guys, Millie here, we have finally started our adventure and have touched down in Los Angeles. First step was to get through Customs, this was a breeze so much easier that what we both expected. Ski didn't even get questioned if there was anything hidden in his beard haha. We then bused from the LAX Airport to the car rental place and was told by the lovely assistant that we can go to Row 5 and pick what ever SUV car we wanted. Imagine a car rental place with the flashiest biggest pimped out cars, we opted for a spacious black Santa Fe, we named her Louise Tired after our flight to Auckland ;) Next step was to attempt driving on the right hand side of the road. Lets just say our communication skills had to be on point. Ski the driver and Millie the navigator. After nearly turning into the left hand side numerous times and running one red light its fair to say Ski now has the driving nailed. We safely made it to our destination of Longbeach aroun...

Hey Guys, Here is our first attempt at a blog post in preparation for our big adventure away. Ski and I are getting beyond excited, 5 weeks until we fly from little ol NZ to the massive country of America.  We have hired a pimped out SUV for three weeks starting in LA and making our way up to San Fransisco  via the California Coast. Ski is most excited about the Baseball match in San Fransisco while i can’t wait to lap up some sun on the beautiful beaches. To keep up you all up to date we will be doing regular blog updates and the odd go pro video (especially for you thai ;))  to make you feel like you are all traveling with us! Love M & S.