We’ve all seen those movies where the plotline takes a character from a mundane life and transports them into a lavish fantasy of riches and wealth. We’ve all dreamed that we are in fact secret royal heirs, like Anne Hathaway’s character in “Princess Diaries”. Only in movies can we escape reality and dream of what it would be like to actually live as characters right out of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’….or so it would seem.

What if I let you in on a secret, and told you that this experience lives outside of the cinema, and can easily be yours to make your dream a reality. Come with me as I tell you how you can be transported into a life of decadence and pampering beyond your wildest imaginations.

There are only a few times in a girls life where it’s appropriate to wake voluntarily at 6am while on vacation! One of those appropriate moments is to watch the sunrise over Myrtle Beach!

We recently spent time in St Augustine; America’s oldest and most historically preserved town! Click to watch the video.

That’s what we get for waking up in Vegas!!

Our road trip through the United States was an absolute blast and we couldn’t have ended it in a better destination. We spent the last night of our honeymoon in Laguna Beach and I almost didn’t catch that flight home! I developed a truly deep love affair with Laguna Beach – it was everything that I had expected California would be and I can’t wait to go back!

La Jolla Cove, San Diego’s most desirable spot for kayaking, snorkeling and diving, has become home to California’s largest seal and sea lion population. La Jolla Cove is free and completely open to public access – no trip to California will be complete without visiting, and I guarantee you will never see a seal and sea lion colony anywhere like this in the world!

Visually, the cove is breathtakingly. Somewhat hidden with alluring curves and caves, it is often cited as the most photographed beach in San Diego.

Sand bash 2013 ran from April 5-14 on Fort Myers Beach in Florida!

This years competition saw sand sculptors and beach lovers from all of the globe congregate on Fort Myers beach to compete in, and bear witness to, the first ever all women’s sand sculpting event.

Competitors represented The United States, Canada, Italy, Netherlands and Australia, while supporting breast cancer awareness.

Join us as we explore everything the Florida Everglades have to offer!!

Hola!! We drove from Arizona to San Diego on a route which saw us snake along the Mexican Border. Our poor little rent a car nearlly over heated from the intense desert conditions!!!

We couldn’t visit Arizona without making a stop in White Tank National Park and hiking off the beaten path through the desert. Hiking amongst road runners, hundreds of saguaros, mountain lions (which we didn’t see thank God!) and Coyote’s had a very looney tunes feel to it!!!

We all enjoy a good roadtrip. If you’re planning on travelling to Vegas and will already be in LA you should drive. This is why!

You can only get up close and personal with the Hollywood sign by foot, hiking along the Hollyridge trail – roughly 45 minutes. We followed these directions from “Hollywood Sign Trip” website:

While in Maui we spent a day driving the Road to Hana. Along the way we stumbled across the Ka’eleku Cave – better known as the Maui Lava Tube.

Apologies for the shaky camera…don’t think I’ll be vlogging from an i-pod again!!

Rained in and stuck in a tent in the middle of nowhere (Serpentine Gorge) we waited for both the rain to pass and for our hiking party to appear! We waited for 3 days!

My heart was beating like a sledgehammer, though I still jumped. I dived into thin air from an 85m bridge into one of the most beautiful valley’s I had ever seen.