London - 19°c Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean in between one nap and another, and remembering to move my watch forward 5 hours, day 36 became day 37. As not really much of a sleeper anywhere other than a comfortable bed and even then sometimes struggling, I thankfully managed to sleep a fair bit on the flight home thanks in large part to the complete exhaustion that’s caught up with me after such an epic trip in so many ways. Mentally, physically, emotionally and psychologically, I’ve been on one of the largest journeys of my entire life both inside and out. [View Full Entry]

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With prospects of coming back to USA bleak, I desperately wanted to see New York city before I leave. The 'to do list' had reading a book in Central Park, long exposure shots of Times Square and sky diving in Poconos mountains. I was also looking forward to hiking and camping in Catskill Mountains. I ditched my initial plan of going by Chinatown/Greyhound bus from Chicago, the cheapest mode of travel, as it took almost 24 hours and friends who had done it didnt have anything good to say about it. So I took the flight and landed on the La [View Full Entry]

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We got up and headed to the Milford for another sad goodbye… This time it was Lauren’s turn. We said goodbye, to which she replied, “I’ll see you before Christmas!!” Looking forward to it LV!! We left and headed down to the Ground Zero site. It’s a bit odd being there, remembering all the images from that day. The site itself it really big, you can only imagine how tall the towers themselves were. We basically did a lap of the site; you can’t really see much anymore, it’s just a building site now. We did see a mural on the [View Full Entry]

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Nú hava vit ikki skriva nakran blog í 4 dagar, men tad kemur av at hava havt sera lítid ella einki samband til internet. Her er bara ein lítil updatering, vid nøkrum fáum myndum. Vit hava spælt eitt sovrit lítid spæl sum vit kalla finn 3 føroyingar í Times Square: Tad gongur út pá at trý av okkum standa mitt í einari stórari fjøld av fólkum, og so kunnu tit royna at finna okkum. Enn eru bara tvær myndir, men væntandi koma fleiri (um vit tíma). Vit lova at í morgin skulu vit nokk updatera bloggin - tad er í øllum [View Full Entry]

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New York City to London - 34°c (NY) And so, the final day of my trip has arrived! In many ways it doesn’t seem as though it was 36 days ago that I arrived to start my epic journey across America with time between then and now flying by so quickly. In just as many ways, it does. When I think about the things I’ve seen, the places I’ve been, the people I’ve met and the escapades we’ve shared, 36 days seems more like 136, with far too much action and adventure crammed into such a relatively short space of time [View Full Entry]

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Got up early and headed down to Battery Park with Caddie to meet up with Lauren, UK Mich, Steve and Nathan. Got our tickets for the ferry out to see the Statue of Liberty. It’s big… But not as big as I thought it would be. It was still pretty cool to see. Once we were on the Island, we lost the others, so Mich and I just took lots of photos ourselves, or found other Aussie tourists to take photos of us =) We headed back to the ferry and found all the others on there. Before taking us back [View Full Entry]

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New York City - 32°c I woke up shortly after 9am, and after taking my morning doses of cold and flu medication, showering and making myself presentable, Aaron and I headed down to the club lounge for breakfast, with Jen needing a bit more time (and peace!) to get ready, and then joined us shortly afterwards. After breakfast we headed down to the subway at 53rd street & 7th avenue, to pick up the ‘E’ line down to the World Trade Center. Although I visited the site around 18 months ago when I was in New York City last time, a [View Full Entry]

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New York City - 33°c After not heading to sleep until around 2am, it felt so great not to wake up until just before 10am. I think if it hadn’t have been for Aaron, and knowing I should get a move on, I probably would have carried on sleeping until mid-afternoon! After 26 consecutive days of very early starts, sleeping in has become what can only be described as the Holy Grail, and the ultimate reward! Once awake and dressed, Aaron and I headed down from our 50th floor (top of the building!) hotel room to the 44th floor’s Platinum member [View Full Entry]

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Bags to coach for the final time - 7.45! It was a little surreal I guess, after 26 days on the tour it was all going to be over =( We stopped at the United States Naval Academy. We did a tour of the grounds. It was kind of interesting… But our tour guide was pretty boring… So it wasn’t that great. It’s extremely hard to get into this school, and it’s so strict once you’re in, with barely any outside contact etc. We then hopped back in the bus and headed into Philly!! We had a surprise stop at the [View Full Entry]

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Arriving at work today, I could not contain my excitement. My excitement was not due to the fact that I was about to spend the next 8 hours chained to a reception desk, but because it was finally happening. Months upon months of planning have gone into this. Tireless hours of research and evaluation; sleepless nights, and wondering, if anything would actually eventuate from all our efforts. But finally, we had something on paper. The flights are booked, the accommodation is secured, we’re off to New York City!!! My friend and I have dreamed of going to New York City [View Full Entry]

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