Sunday 7th May. I said goodbye to some friends I had been travelling with in the morning. Its never nice to say goodbye to friends, and it really felt like my last day travelling now. I decided to hit the City again, and made my way back to the Empire State building. I bought a ticket, and went to the very top, the observary point on the 86th floor. The view across the City is absolutely amazing, you can see everything from here, it just dwarfs the other skyscrapers. And since 9/11, its now the highest tower in New York. Its claimed to be one of the wonders of the world. From there I did some shopping in Macys ( of course!! ), and then walked up to Bryants Park. Here is the main library, and ... read more

From Memphis we passed through Nashville, where I did a whirlwind look around the town, and visit the Country Music Hall of Fame, yeeehhaaaa. We then spent a couple of days in West Virginia, mainly because we were travelling to our next destination, Washington. We arrived in Washington on Wednesday 3rd May. The campsite we were staying in was the best I had seen on the trip, very modern with all facilities possible, a comfortable place to camp. We arrived fairly late, so we ate at a local bar that night, and got a good nights sleep ready for the next day. I got up early and took the bus and train in to the City centre. First stop was the Museum of natural history, which has a huge elephant inside, and many dinosaur skeletons. Then ... read more

After leaving Monument Valley there were some long travel days, and stops to different towns for short periods of time. We stopped in Santa Fe, which was a beautiful little town, and then on to San Antonio, which was a mamoth drive. There we walked along the water canal at night, and eat at the Hard Rock cafe, and then we visited the famous Alamo. We set off from San Antonio the next morning and made a four hour drive to Houston, and spent the afternoon in the Nasa Johnson space centre. This was a brilliant place with many artifacts including a 3.8 billion year old moon rock that you can touch, some of the original spacecrafts used in the first missions in space, and a tour of the famous control room where all the flight ... read more

From the bright lights of Vegas and on in to the desert, to see one of the wonders of the world. We arrived at the campsite after driving allday. And it was freezing cold, hard to get used to after being in the sun for so long. We cooked dinner and tried to keep warm that night in the tents. The next morning I was up at 9am, and caught a free shuttle to the Canyon. I got to Yavapai point, and walked along the edge of the Blue Angel trail, and it was spectacular, like a scene of a postcard. We hung around for Sunset, and this was also spectacular, the orange sun making the rocks look like they are burning. An incredible place. That night it was back to the campsite, to try and ... read more

It was my 29th birthday, Sunday 16th April. My flight from Mexico City to San Francisco took around 5 hours, and I arrived at 7pm. I checked in to the hotel, and got unpacked. I decided to go out to get some water from a grocery store, and as I was crossing the road, I was knocked over by a speeding taxi. Was taken to hospital by ambulance and was in the emergency ward for 5 hours. Luckily I escaped with cuts and many bruises, but was not serious. All on my birthday. The next day I did a tour of the City, saw the fabulous Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz prison, despite being in pain!!... read more