The Magic of Cancún
At the moment I am sitting on a hammock at Hostel Orquideas in Cancún, having returned here to wait for my flight out of the country. The Australian in the hammock over from me lost his only ATM last card [...]
Santa Barbara Thanksgiving
This week I was fortunate enough to spend a traditional American Thanksgiving (my first) with my amazing new friend Cara and her family. On the road I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of people I meet, whether they be [...]
Hostel Review – Lion Lodge, Lucerne Switzerland
The Lion Lodge in Lucerne, Switzerland is a decent hostel in a good location. Whilst looking for accommodation in Lucerne, I found that there were many hotels/hostels listed on Hostels.com, however they only offered private rooms not dorms - the [...]
Road trip – Lake Tahoe
So this week I decided to hire a car and venture out on the great American road trip. I am on the open California road with a hire car, GPS, and some Reese's peanut butter cups (yum!) My first stop [...]
The lonely days
I'm having a lonely day today. At the moment I am sitting in a hostel in San Francisco. There are people around me in the common area, but no one I have connected with. I went out this morning, walked [...]
Fun in the snow!!
I have been lucky enough to spend the past few days in Calgary and Banff, Canada with friends that I met in SE Asia back in May when I first started this crazy adventure. Today I saw snow fall for [...]
I love New York!
I am thrilled I was able to spend just over a month in this amazing, frenetic, friendly, random, beautiful city that epitomises everything a city is and should be. I introduced my Mum to the city. I was given a [...]
I haven’t forgotten, I am still alive, my life is still amazing :)
So I am currently in Chicago and have very slow upload speed. I do have a video journal waiting to go up, I haven't forgotten, I just need to make it happen. But I am still alive, loving life in [...]
North Carolina – Pumpkins, driving and southern soul food
Over the last week I was lucky enough to stay with my friends Emily and John at their home in North Carolina. After being on the road for so long, being so overwhelming welcomed into John and Emily's home, spending [...]
I don’t have any bad days anymore.
Yesterday I was talking with my friend Emily who has been kind enough to let me stay with her and her family in North Carolina, USA. We were talking about my plans over the next few weeks, where I'm going, [...]