Fairly bounding through the hoops

Believe it or not we have successfully leaped through the American hoops and are now the proud owners of 5 year American Visas. This is great because we don't have to do this again for another 5 years YAY!!!! and while the money hangs in we can stay longer than our initial plan of 3 months in the good ol' USA.

Of course, we did have to wait about four hours at the consulate and Al was sent to a conveniently located Doctor in Maquarie Street to piddle in a bottle to confirm that he hadn't consumed alcohol since 1985 ($176 later). We had a lovely trip planned to see the Queen Mary in Sydney Harbour but after stuffing about for hours we were buggered and decided to head home.