Preparations

Well we liked it so much we've decided to do it again - go round the world that is. Almost exactly two years to the day we will be setting off for California on our first stop on a three month trip around the world.

First stop is the Sonoma Valley to visit Chris's brother Zac and his family, then Hawaii and overnight to Auckland New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and then finally back to England.

Looking at flights we'll be flying with different airlines this time as the flights from Hawaii to Fiji are not available on Air New Zealand. The Discoverer ticket uses British Airways, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific and a few others. We also need an ESTA for the USA which wasn't a requirement previously. And an ETA for Australia which is only $20 dollars.