I remember when I first arrived in London on a chilly February afternoon in 2008 for a working-holiday. I intended to stay for 6 months, have a serious think about what I wanted to do with my life while working a host of jobs through employment agencies. I was also to travel and find myself. […]
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Public Footpaths – The most wonderful thing about the UK
The thing I love most, and miss the most about the UK, are its public footpaths. I don’t know if this is true, but it seems to me that all parts of the United Kingdom (bar a few ferry rides) are connected by public footpaths. Paths that cross public and private land. Paths that traverse […]
To laze and gaze in Florida
The New Year’s Eve festivities at St. Augustine beach end at 10pm, I suspect to give people enough time to find their own festivities for the final minutes of the year. The night ends with a long queue waiting for a school bus to take everyone back to the city; arriving here in a car […]
South Dakota’s Astounding Badlands…and Wall Drug
I can’t complain about the weather. Although there have been some storms, many of them have been timed perfectly – I’ve either been enjoying the slashing and tearing of the heavens from the safety of my car, or while I’ve been nestled into my cozy sleeping bag, my thirteen year-old tent doing a marvellous job […]
Oregon’s Playful West Coast
Mission complete, a part of it anyway – I make it to the coast. It’s wonderful to walk towards the beach in my bare feet, cool sand slipping between and around my toes, the big sky above, and the coast stretching as far the fog and haze. I take my shoes off and run towards […]
A few days in Chicago
Chicago is the first stop on my road trip, and hopefully, one of two long drives that I’ve planned (the second long drive will be the one that takes me back home in about 8 weeks.) The drive from Toronto to Chicago is easy, albeit long. All it takes are two highways – the 401 […]
Bonfire Night, Lewes UK
People will likely never encourage travel to England in November, but I’m here to let you know that there’s one attraction like no other, and you’ll need to be in England…in November. The 5th of November. Remember, remember, the 5th of November. It’s Guy Fawkes Day, and there’s no place like Lewes to celebrate. It’s the biggest […]