Snow Flurries, 5c Well... I've left! I might have something interesting to write about from here on in - it'll be a big few weeks before I finally arrive home exhausted. Leaving London was kinda sad. I'd grown used to not having to unpack my things and I met a great group of people who I'll miss. It's strange traveling because you can't really say 'see you later', because in all reality you know that'll never happen. So it was goodbyes all round to everyone at work and the hostel, with some final beers at the St Louis & my [View Full Entry]

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Snowing, -7c What to write??? I'm confused. This is my first entry where I haven't travelled ANYWHERE (and this IS a travelblog, not a 'dear diary' entry!). I haven't even visited Toronto again or left London! Not because I'm not interested - I've just been so busy working, living and hanging out with fellow Londoners. People come & go from the hostel, snow storms come & go, the weather is getting a little warmer (it actually dipped above 0c yesterday) but I'm staying put.. for the meantime anyway. I'm looking forward to travelling again and starting the great 'homebound' adventure, but [View Full Entry]

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Visited US States Map Snowing, -26c (bloody cold!!) So…. I’m a travel writer! I never planned it that way and I’ve always had images of writers being obsessed Woody Allen type characters. You know- raving nerdy, loony and insane idiots. Is that what I’ve become?!?! A ‘major Australasian’ travel magazine (I’ll let u know if u ask!) took a liking to what I had to say about Vanuatu & New Caledonia. So now I’ve been asked to do [View Full Entry]

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Fine, -5c Where have I been?!? It’s a question that requires a long answer and draws blank stares from customs officials. When I think back to October it feels like I’ve been almost everywhere, and maybe I have - I just clocked up 12,000 miles on the car in North America. Think about that for a second. If you could drive from Los Angeles to Adelaide it’d only be 8000 miles. That’s a whole lot of cash I’ve spent on drive thru I reckon! Leaving the ‘charming’ (something my Mum would say) Madison, Wisconsin I motored my way towards Chicago and [View Full Entry]

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Rain & Snow, -1c I could rave about how crap the last few days have been or I could take the positive approach. Let’s do that: “only when things are at their worst do you see the best in humanity”. That quote sums up what would seemingly be a simple trip thru the Canadian Rockies… or so I thought. The plan was a good one, get the hell out of Vancouver and make my way towards Toronto so I can earn some cash. I’d travel via a highway that skirts the US/Canada border and avoid the nasty weather I might encounter [View Full Entry]

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Snow, 4c What’s worse than saying goodbye to someone you love? Doing it twice and knowing how much it’s going to hurt the second time. That’s the sad bit. The happy bit is xmas and new years eve. Despite all my moving around in the past and traveling I’ve never spent xmas away from family. This was a first, not only were we far from home but it was also my first xmas with Marg. There were no complaints, it was just different and would be xmas to remember for a long time. How often do you wake up xmas eve [View Full Entry]

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Fine 14c ….. that’s how the saying goes. But I’m not sure keeping our engagement in Las Vegas a secret is on the agenda. Especially since our families know the news and are all very excited! Yes, you guessed it - Marg has arrived in the US (if you didn’t guess that than shame on you for thinking I’d hooked up with someone random and proposed!!!). More about ‘the question’ later, we’ll start from the beginning. The solo drive from Tucson, Arizona to San Diego was hell on earth. I’ve driven through some boring country but that counted a [View Full Entry]

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Fine & Sunny 25c I’m a crazy driver I’ll admit, but I’m not half as crazy as “The Crazy German”. I don’t even remember his name but I remember the situation. The first stop after Lafayette was Galveston, an ageing (but cool in a faded-elegance kinda way) beach city in Texas. I arrived to find any empty dorm room and settled down to the usual routine - search for dinner, have a beer, chat to some people than head back the motel. Only when I headed back to my beachside digs I met ‘The Crazy German’. He’d pulled into the parking [View Full Entry]

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Mainly Fine 22c Apologies in advance for the wordy blog entry. Just blame the Hollywood celebs for making it into MY blog. I was 2metres away from the “it” couple Brad & Angelina Pitt! You know when you look at someone and they look familiar but you can’t quite place it? Well.. that’s what happened to me. I was getting a haircut in Uptown New Orleans when Brad & Angelina just strolled past. Ten seconds later when everyone in salon was going “Ohh MY GOD” it finally clicked. Damn!! If I was in LA I would have been on guard, but [View Full Entry]

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Fine but windy 24c ..but I was there. Why the hell am I referring to myself as the third person?!? That's what driving by yourself for 6 or 7 hours does, it drives you crazy! You know how in cartoons sometimes the background repeats itself every few seconds? Well that was me driving to Kansas - barn, tractor, field, bran, tractor, field etc etc. Who can blame me for talking to myself! It felt like I’d sat in every position possible in the seat, listened to every song on my ipod and almost certainly scanned every radio station. A career path [View Full Entry]

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