Trip Highlights

We have a lot of big ideas but many things will be left unplanned so there will probably be many more to add to this list along the way. For now though, here are some of the sights and activites we are both most looking forward to:

Canada

Travelling through the Rocky Mountains
Jet boat ride on Okanagan Lake
Kayaking in Revelstoke
Lake Louise, Emerald Lake and Takkakaw Falls
Columbia Icefields, Mistaya Canyon and Athabasca Falls
Banff town and hot springs
(Hopefully) seeing a wild bear
Eating in the rotating restaurant at the top of Calgary Tower
Luging at the old Olympic Park site in Calgary
Rocky mountaineer railway journey

USA

Universal Studios
Hollywood walk of fame
Venice Beach/Santa Monica Pier
Hike to the Hollywood Sign
A drive down Beverly Hills
Downtown LA
Hiring a convertible Mustang for 7 days
Big Sur coastal drive
Yosemite National Park
Visiting Las Vegas
The giant trees of Redwood Forest
Potential helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon
A drive along Route 66
Watersports and activities on Colorado River
Hoover Dam
Driving through Death Valley
Golden Gate Bridge
Tour round island prison Alcatraz
A walk along Pier 39
Baker Beach
Lombard Street
Ordering lunch at Eatsa - automated restaurant
Times Square
Fifth Avenue
Freedom Tower/World Trade Center site
Climbing the Empire State Building
Watching a Broadway show
A walk round Central Park
Seeing the Statue of Liberty
Visiting Wall St

New Zealand

Pretty much everything! We've noted down a few places of interest such as Queenstown which is supposed to be a pretty special place and also downloaded the brilliant Campermate app which has campsites, good places to eat, notable attractions and must visit locations. As well as this it shows you where you can get wifi, the location of cash machines, shops, hospitals, dump stations plus some great discounts too. And all that for free! Our journey in New Zealand will be very unplanned giving us the freedom to drive wherever we fancy but we are likely to spend around three weeks on the larger South Island before catching a ferry up to the smaller North Island for our final week before heading to Oz.

Australia

Visiting Melbourne
Hiring a 4x4 to drive down The Great Ocean Road
The beaches and jungle of Fraser Island
Byron Bay
Sydney Opera House
Possible Skydive, landing on Mission Beach
Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Fiji, Bali & Singapore

Fiji will likely be a relaxing break, something more of a convential holiday by the beach on one of the smaller islands, isolated from the rest of the world and our accomodation in the shape of a luxury beach hut nestled just yards from the sea. We need to do a lot more research into Bali and Singapore but Bali looks like being a proper backpackers experience if we were to go there, well off the beaten track for the most part. Singapore looks exciting but not somewhere we'll spend too much time and we aren't ruling out any other country too. (except North Korea!)