Hi,

My name is Jono, 23, from Newcastle Australia, I've booked the LA Scene Sep 29 to Oct 3 & LA to Bay Oct 3-12 07. Am going it alone, so would like to hear from anyone going on those tours.

Cheers
Jono

hey jono

my best friend and i are doin the L.A to the Bay tour on those same dates. we will be doin new york first then a few days in L.A doin disney and stuff b4 the tour. should be a good holiday. r u only doing the west side?

bec

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Hi Bec,

Good to hear from you, I'm just doing the west coast for now, Hope to get to New York & Canada another time though. It should be a good trip! Im excited as it's my first time overseas and contiki experience. Have you been on one before??

Cheers
Jono

well this will be my second time overseas i did europe at christmas and let me just say it was freezing im so glad i wont be doin winter again. i havent done a contiki before but tonnes of my friends have in europe and they love it. u meet so many different people. most of them will be australians though. ur pretty brave goin by urself. i dont think i could. what place are u most looking forward too?

bec

Looking forward to it all , but really want to go Vegas!!! Everyone tells me Yosemite is nice too. Am staying an extra day after the tour in San Francisco to go on Alkatraz tour some more sightseeing as well!

Hi Jono and bec,

I'm Deniz, from Toronto, Canada.I'll be going for the LA to the Bay tor this date as well. This is my first Contiki. I'm sure it will be fun. I'll be treaveling solos as well.

Keep in touch guys.
Deniz

hi deniz

well its nice to now that there'll be others apart from australians. im looking forward to it so much. have you done america before and will u just be doing the tour or doing other things aswell?

bec

Hey bec

lol.That's part of the fun... seing people from everywhere. I am looking forward to it too.

Nope. This is my first visit ever to US. So I'm half excited, half worried for the unexpected. I'm just doing this LA to the bay. I would love to do more but my holiday is not much and I'm just stealing some days around Canadian Thanksgiving.

Can't wait to see Alcatraz

So I gathered you take NY and LA as well.. Wht don't do Best of USA tour? That would capture all

hi deniz

i really wanted to do the best of the usa tour but it had sold out really early and there was only a few dates as this is its first year and those dates werent good for us anyway. im a teacher and i needed to go when we have school holidays.

im so excited im counting down the days my friend who is coming with me jess is probably getting sick of me talking about it but i get so excited. i just hope it doesnt get cancelled. ive been wanting to go to america since i was little so i better not be disappointed.

bec

Hey bec,

lol. Yes, our tour better be running coz I am in the same situation. I work in US tax and October is the only time I could escape after busy season. And the weather should be goooood. Not too hot and not yet winter. So yay! let's do countdown....

124 days to go.. Ehm... still three digits. Here...2976 hours... sounds better to me.

I'm sure we'll all have a blast on this. LA, Vegas and SF are the ones I am really excited about coz I saw Hollywood and Golden Gate in TVs and books but have never visited them.

anything in particular that you are really want to visit, bec? I am planning to stay in SF afterwards- I really wanna see alcatraz and do some city tours. Perhaps Universal Studio in LA too before the tour. Wow, this will be awesome!

Have a good day,
Deniz

well our countdown is a little shorter than that cause we've got new york first so i think weve got 116 days to go. i cant wait till were out of the 100's. im looking forward to new york first im just a big fan of it (well from movies and t.v anyway. jess and i are also excited to do the theme parks in L.a. weve got fours in between so weve got two days at disney one at universal and one at knotts berry. i wish i had an extra day at san fran cause i really want to see alcatrez too. i just cant wait to get on the flight even though its 20 hours. is canada that different to america? i know its meant to be a lot prettier but being so close the culture and food and stuff wouldnt be that different? i used to work in a lolly shop and imported some american candy so i cant wait to see all the different food. everyone says the portion size is really big and im a small eater. anyway cant wait

see ya

bec

Hi Deniz,

As bec said it's great to have people from diffent countries on the trip, It sounds as if we are all in the same boat with getting time off work to go. I work at a college so have to go in the school holidays. I'm really looking forward to alcatraz as well. I don't think i will start the countdown untill we get to around 50 days though
Jonno

Hey bec and Jono,

NY is awesome. I could understand what Frank Sinatra meant by saying NYC is 'city that never sleep' (in his song 'New York New York'). It is very alive.. and awfully congested too.

Canada in terms of tourism offers many historical scene, namely historical buildings in the east coast (Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec). On the west, Vancouver all the way to Alberta has lots of wonderful beaches, and Rocky Mountain. Between Alberta and British Columbia there are lots of things to see so it is a great expereince to doa drive there (or train vacation).

I have not been to US so culture wise, I'm not sure. Many Canadians, like me, are immigrants, so there are lots of Korean, Japaneese, Vietnameese, Italians, Greeks, and Chinese, to name a few. So there are many different foods and many different people.

As for portion size, that is true. I am a small eater too, so in general a Canadian/American sized portion is enough to serve 3 poeple. So when ordering, perhaps you and yor friend can order a portion first. But that only holds for American type restaurants I believe. Japaneese restaurants here still has normal sized food.

lol. Yes this holiday pretty much becomes something to look forward too after being busy at work. So Jono,you're saving your countdown, eh? That's great. Scientists says that would save some brain cells

talk to you all later,
Deniz

Hey johnno,
its susan from melbourne iam 22 yrs old, iam doing the la to scene on those dates to. it would be great to keep in contact.do you have msn? be great to have some contact. im travelling alone aswell.
hope to hear from you.

hey susie

good to see another person has joined the tour. are you doin any other tours or just the la to the bay? cant wait to go. what r u looking forward to most?

bec