My reason to visit the USA

There are many reasons to visit the wonderful USA, including plenty that I probably don't even know about just yet, but I this is my own and I thought I would share.

I'm 22 years old and have spent about 6 months in total visiting the USA as a traveller, with 4 of those months being in the last year and a half of my life.

The most recent trip I took, in Sept this year (09), I decided that rather than take heaps of photos, i'd take videos. With the sole reason that I could make a short movie to highlight just why it is I love to travel and how many amazing people you can meet if you open yourself up to possibilities of o/s travel. That and also that i'd taken plenty of photos before and felt it was time for something different.

Firstly, check it out here -

Many of the people that feature in this video are either friends that I made on the trip, or on my European trip in 08 (only 2 people are friends from home, here in Melbourne.)

Now I know that this video doesn't exactly highlight the beautiful and diverse scenery that you might find on a trip across Death Valley, or in Yosemite but I feel that that is the simple side of travel. That's the side that you can tell your friends and family about when you get home and they can look up all the places you visited on the Internet. The side that is often missed (yet the most exciting) is the actual trip itself. The people that you meet, the jokes you share along the way and the memories you have of being somewhere with someone doing something different are the things that I think make a trip all the more worthwhile. Now, with this video, I can show my parents, friends and family all the fun I have along the way and can also share the memories with my o/s friends, no matter where they live.

In the US, i've visited many places but i'd have to say my favourite place is New York City. That place is incredible. I love walking around with no particular destination in mind, experiencing all the different areas and people. It's just so great to take in. I could live there, full stop.

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That would have been incredible! I spent a few days last year camping in Yosemite and have to say that I can see why it's your favourite. The scenery is breathtaking... Unfortunately I didn't hike Half Dome, which i'd one day like to do, but even still hikes like the Mist Trail are amazing!
Canada would be incredible too. That's one place I haven't done much of because i'd like to see alot of it when i get there. I'm really keen on checking out Banff and Jasper.
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