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Trip List by travellersteph

From LA to Melbourne

22 Oct 2006  Recent RTW trip with best friend
3.5 of 5 stars based on 4 votes

My around the world trip from LA to Melbourne

  • 1. Banana Bungalow Hollywood @ The Orbit Hotel and Hostel
    Orbit Hotel and Hostel, Los Angeles, California
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    Avg price: $64

    Located in West Hollywood. This hostel is fairly basic but has some good live music and other acts on there in the evening. The area is nice in the day but didn't feel all that safe at night. Easy enough to get the local bus to various parts of LA from here. Is closer to the Hollywood Greyhound than the down town LA Greyhound station.

  • 2. Grand Canyon International Hostel
    Grand Canyon International Hostel, Flagstaff, Arizona
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    Avg price: $15

    Nice, clean cozy hostel located in the centre of town. Rooms are fairly small and there is not much room for storage if it is full. Trips booked in the Hostel to the Grand Canyon are some of the cheapest around. Only problem with this hostel is that it is right by a train track and all trains that pass through sound their horn really loud even through the night. Makesure you get a ride in the hostels pink Cadillac!

  • 3. Circus Circus Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
    Circus Circus Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
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    Avg price: $63

    Brilliant hotel at a brilliant price if you stay on a week day. Located on the strip and only about a 10 minute walk up to the bigger hotels such as the Venetian. The rooms are huge and are an absolute luxury after staying in hostels all the time. Makesure you try a vegas buffett whilst staying there.

  • 4. Merced International Hostel

    Small family run hostel with one girls dorm and one boys dorm (4 beds in each dorm). The owner is very imformative about the area and can provide you with lots of information on Yosemite National Park.

  • 5. Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort
    Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort, Midpines, California

    One of the nicest hostels I have stayed at. Booked a twin room and they gave us a spacious family room. The meals here are really good and lots of locals come here to eat on the weekend so makesure you turn up early to get a seat. On Saturday nights they have a band playing and the place fills up with both tourists and locals for a night of partying. The bus into Yosemite National Park goes from the end of the driveway but check the timetables as they don't run all that often. Makesure you have a torch with you as you have to walk about 5 minutes up a dark rough drive way to get to the resort.

  • 6. Hostelling International San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf
    Hostelling International San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California
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    Avg price: $50

    Located in a nice park and just a short walk from the touristy Fishermans Wharf. The dorms are rather large here with at least 8 beds or more in each. The kitchen is really big but can fill up if there is a school or college group staying there. Not far from the bus stop so it is really easy to get around the city on public transport. Would recommend hiring a bike to cycle along the front and over the Golden Gate Bridge as there are amazing views from the other side.

  • 7. Carmlita Cottages, Santa Cruz, California

    Small hostel made up of cottages in a residential area of the town. Each cottage has a girls dorm and boys dorm with about 5 beds in each then you share the living room, kitchen area and bathroom. Located just a block from the beach and about about a ten minute walk from the town centre. Makesure you go to 'Pizza my Heart' whilst you stay there. Only problem is the 10pm curfew they have because it is in a residential area.

  • 8. Santa Barbara Hostel

    Hostel located a block from the beach. Slightly shabby and run by a load of chilled out surf dudes. Also located right by a railway line so can be fairly noisy. About a 5 minute walk to the centre of town. The locals here are some of the friendliest I had met in America, everyone said hello as you walked by!

  • 9. Backpackers Paradise Hostel, LA (Inglewood)

    Hostel/Cheap Hotel located close to LAX. This place is really cheap and they throw in loads of free stuff. They even send a taxi to pick you up from the Greyhound station for free, which is a good half an hour drive away. The dorm rooms are crammed full of bunk beds (about 22 people in the one i was in) but it is the only hostel close to the airport and they give you a free transfer there.

  • 10. Horizon Beach Backpackers Resort, Nadi, Fiji

    Fun hostel located in Nadi Bay, Fiji

  • 11. Raintree Lodge
    Raintree Lodge, Suva, Viti Levu
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    Avg price: $55

  • 12. Beachouse
    The Beachouse, Korolevu, Coral Coast
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    Avg price: $50

  • 13. Long Beach Resort, Yasawas, Fiji

    Simple resort made up of several bures located on a beach over looking a turquoise lagoon

  • 14. Korovou Eco Tour Resort
    Korovou Eco Tour Resort, Naviti Island, Yasawa Islands

  • 15. Base Backpackers Christchurch
    Base Backpackers Christchurch, Christchurch, Canterbury
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  • 16. Westport
    Westport, South Island

  • 17. Poo Pub, Lake Mahinapua, South Island, NZ

    Famous/infamous stop for Kiwi Experience passengers

  • 18. Franz Josef
    Franz Josef, Westland National Park (Te Wahipounamu)

  • 19. Wanaka
    Wanaka, South Island

  • 20. Southern Laughter Lodge
    Southern Laughter Lodge, Queenstown, South Island
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    Avg price: $37

  • 21. Top Spot Hostel, Kaikora, South Island, NZ

    Small friendly hostel located on the top of the hill in Kaikora

  • 22. Base Wellington Backpackers
    Base Wellington Backpackers, Wellington, North Island
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    Avg price: $64

  • 23. Rainbow Lodge
    Rainbow Lodge, Taupo, North Island
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    Avg price: $29

  • 24. Base Backpackers, Rotorua, North Island, NZ

    Hostel in centre of Rotorua

  • 25. ACB Backpackers Hostel, Auckland, North Island, NZ

    Large hostel in city centre

  • 26. Pipi Patch Lodge
    Base Backpackers Paihia hostel, Paihia, Bay of Islands, Northland
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    Avg price: $64

  • 27. The Rock, Paihia, Bay of Islands

    House boat in Paihia, Bay of Islands

  • 28. Bay Adventurer
    Bay Adventurer, Paihia, Bay of Islands, Northland
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    Avg price: $74

  • 29. Cairns Girls Hostel
    Cairns Girls Hostel, Cairns, Cairns Region
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  • 30. Globtrotters Hostel, Townsville, Queensland

    Small hostel over looking harbour

  • 31. Maggies Hostel, Magnetic Island, Queensland

    Hostel located in Horseshoe Bay on Magnetic Island

  • 32. The Bay Backpackers, Airlie Beach, Queensland

    Hostel located just out of town centre over looking bay

  • 33. Rockhampton YHA
    Rockhampton YHA, Rockhampton, Queensland
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    Avg price: $24

  • 34. Myella Farm Stay
    Myella Farm Stay, Baralaba, Queensland

  • 35. Koala Beach Resort, Noosa
    Nomads Noosa, Noosa, Sunshine Coast
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    Avg price: $27

  • 36. Bunk Backpackers, Brisbane, Queensland

    Large backpackers located by China Town

  • 37. Islander Resort Hotel
    Islander Resort Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
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    Avg price: $124

  • 38. Aquarius Backpackers Motel
    Aquarius Backpackers Motel, Byron Bay, New South Wales

  • 39. Aussitel Backpackers
    Aussitel Backpackers, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
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    Avg price: $1

  • 40. Newcastle Beach YHA
    Newcastle Beach YHA, Newcastle, New South Wales

  • 41. Railway Square YHA
    Railway Square YHA, New South Wales
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    Avg price: $62

  • 42. Bondi Beachouse YHA
    Bondi Beachouse YHA, Bondi, Waverley
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    Avg price: $81

  • 43. Blue Mountains YHA
    Blue Mountains YHA, Katoomba, Blue Mountains
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    Avg price: $94

  • 44. Canberra City YHA
    Canberra City YHA, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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    Avg price: $104

  • 45. Albury Backpackers Hostel
    Albury, New South Wales

  • 46. Melbourne International Backpackers
    Melbourne International Backpackers, Melbourne, Victoria
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    Avg price: $1