So the adventure is now over, I am back in the comfort of my own home. My mum has decorated my room and has made room for all the boxes I have sent back. I now have the labourous task of sorting through everything and rediscovering what I have bought over the past 6 months! Time has really flown by this past 6 months, I can't believe half a year has passed and I have been the whole way around the world! People keep on asking me the same questions so I'm gonna break it down for ya'll. Total No. of flights: 22 Total No. of Countries: 12 BESTS Country: Thailand- because it was soo cheap, relaxed and full of culture China- because it was soo cheap New Zealand- because they have the best Lamb and ... read more

Barbados, what can I say! We stayed in St Lawrence Gap at ' Time Out' for 7 days. The hotel was across the road from Dover beach, a beautiful beach, the clubs and bars were in walking distance and Oistins was down the road. Oistins is the place to be on a Friday night, fresh fish, music and some dancing. It was a really nice atmosphere, but what struck us us immediately was that there was soo many tourists- throughout our stay there we discovered that the majority of them were British! Very unlike St Lucia, where we only bumped into 3 British tourists for the whole time we were there! Our hotel was ok, a bit pricy for what it was esp compared to St Lucia, the staff were either not very friendly or over ... read more

All the students from the states were there with us in Cancun- it was heaving and Kay and I felt like right oldies as we partied alongside them- they have soo much energy! During our time in Cancun we sampled pretty much all of the local cuisine, all of it delicious! We sunbathed at a few hotels (illegally) as we weren't really meant to be using the facilities unless we were paying guests- ah well! Our hotel was nice we stayed in downtown Cancun, despite the connotations of 'downtown', Hotel Margarita's was lovely, really clean, and a central location- we had to get the bus into central Cancun, it was 6.50 pesos, about 40 pence! Food was soo cheap- very dangerous for the two of us as we just wanted to sample everything! As for the ... read more

Arrived in Miami early this morning after a 5hr flight from Las Vegas. Our first American Airline flight and so far not impressed at all, especially after being spoilt by Cathay and Qantas, as well, at least we only have short haul flights with them! We are staying a few blocks away from the beach. Our hostel is not what we expected, we are considering moving, but everything is such a hassle over here without a car. It took us 2 hours today to make it from the airport to the hostel on the bus! But we have already seen some of the day life in Miami, we popped into Nikki's beach, on the beach to have look at a daytime party. It is a house weekender at Nikki's and it was like a scene out ... read more

We arrived in San Francisco from LA after spending the whole day on a bus! We are used to that now, so it's no big deal. First impressions of San Francisco, not as glitzy as LA but then not as bad as some of the less impressive areas. The greyhound station, however, was not in a very savoury part of town. San Francisco was a bit of a blur to be honest; it came and went so quickly. We did a whole day walking tour of the district, which took all of 4.5 hours, the next day we couldn't walk! We saw all of the must see sights, the Golden Gate Bridge, the street with the most angles in the world and, of course, Alcatraz. All very interesting but to be honest, we are soo exhausted ... read more