Its 14:00 on Friday afternoon and I'm in the middle of Alabama on the train from Atlanta down to New Orleans. I Arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday morning at 8am. Trying to get some sleep on the train was harder than I thought. The Amtrak seats where comfortable enough, but I still found it difficult to stay asleep for more than about half an hour. I took a bus and then the underground to the hostel which was quite a strange place. The building was a big old house that had been converted. Antique bits and pieces where hung up on the walls all over the place, with messages telling you not to touch the attached. I noticed that there were not any locks on the room doors so that anybody could walk in and out ... read more

After all the hassles of Saturday (see previous post), Sunday has turned out to be a hell of a lot better. We visited the Natural History Museum which has got an exhibition on called "Cosmic Collisions". You get shuffled into a theatre where the whole roof is the screen. Robert Redford narrated a storey about how the moon was formed after a meteor hit the earth and the fragments that where displaced merged together to form the moon. Apparently it only look 1 month. They also had a cool exhibition on about marine animals which I had some fun photographing. We also had a wonder down through times square and found the avenue Q theatre. Apparently 30 minutes before each show they sell 12 front row tickets for $20 each (they are normally $110). They do ... read more

Yesterday I thought it might be a good Idea to have a wonder down to Wall Street to see what all the hoo-haa is about. Wall St is located in the far south of Manhattan Island. The hostel we are staying is on 103rd St which is around the north west of Central Park, between the two is about 6 miles of Broadway. It was so interesting walking from one end to the other watching how the character of the street (and colour of skin) changed as we got further south. I really enjoyed all the little parks the city has, they are are great for people watching. It took about 4 hours to get down to Wall St, the place was teeming with media vans, police and people from Fox News with balloons saying "We ... read more

Not much longer to go now, just need to sort out an extended Thai Visa, drop my car off up North and get some US Dollars. Planning for the USA and Japan is going smoothly, I just bought my Japan Rail pass today and booked another hostel. I'm slightly worried about the tensions in Bangkok. Hopefully it will be sorted before I arrive in Thailand in mid December.... read more