Orlando, Florida USA

That iconic song and lyrics from the Book of Mormon: "Orlando...I love you, Orlando" inspired us to visit the home of the theme park: Orlando, Florida. Planning this trip was difficult - which theme park? How long are we willing to queue? How much are we willing to spend? All important questions when we gave ourselves just one and half days to enjoy everything on offer. In the end the big kid inside of Olie directed us to choose the Universal Orlando Resort that included the twin theme parks of Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure. This blog recaps an exciting day of roller coasters and fun.

Miami and New Years, USA

Every year since leaving Melbourne, we have celebrated New Year's Eve in a different city.
It was London in 2011 under the shadow (and firework ash) of the Eye; 2012 was huddled under an umbrella in Brussels; 2013 on the island of Madeira watching one of the largest pyrotechnic displays in the world. So for 2014, we were inspired to go beyond Europe and Miami came up on the list. And whilst we were in the area, we cruised the Caribbean for Christmas. A great way to bring in 2015.

Las Vegas, USA - Part 2

The modern adage of "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" rings true for this heavily edited blog post featuring mostly Mei's adventures exploring this desert city whilst Olie was "occupied" at his work conference. Any indication of the amount of 'work' vs 'play' has been carefully omitted from this post. As both of us had visited Las Vegas on separate occasions and independently of each other, this trip was not the place for any wild partying or innuendo - well that is the official line anyway.

Las Vegas, USA

Olie travels to the USA twice each year as part of his work obligations. On this trip he visited Las Vegas for a company conference. Vegas is a unique, lively and artificial city that never sleeps. Activities in this city revolve around gambling, partying and shopping. Great fun for a weekend away, but after several days can become repetitive and expensive (if your unlucky).

The highlight of the trip which did not involve alcohol, was a half day tour provided by Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters.

Seattle and New York, USA

Olie's work allows him the opportunity to fly to the USA for business (and also a bit of pleasure). This blog post highlights his solo adventures in the USA from 13 - 22 January.
This trip was made only 2 days after we had arrived back in London from our short stay in Kuala Lumpur for Ben and WeeKin's wedding. Jet lagged but excited about going to America for the very first time, he overlooked that he had promised Mei a blog post about this trip. So this entry has been ghost written by Mei using Olie's photos and whatever memories he can recollect.