July 14, 2008
OK, we left you in San Diego, having just slept in the car. Since then, Carrie and I have become members of the Santa Monica library (I have three library cards in my purse at the moment..), and had... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
We got to Vegas on..some evening.. (I don’t remember which) and decided to splash out and have Forty-Eight Hours of Splurge, which started in the sort-of-pricey Riveria Hotel/Casino. It wasn’t... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
After the absolute carnage of the Santa Fe Muzik Fest, Trusty, Carrie and I headed a bit north, a bit west, hit a tornado and then landed in Flagstaff, AZ. We chucked our stuff down in a hostel, grabbed... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
I woke up this morning in a motel in Albuquerque AGAIN (how do I keep coming back here?!) sharing a bed with Carrie, covered in chocolate brownies. I had three packets of cigarettes in my bag and more... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
Quelle suprise, our plans have changed! So, yesterday, we checked out the Roswell UFO Museum. Despite the evidence (tin foil and a handful of affidavits) I remainednconvinced; the only outerspace being... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
I’m preeeeetty certain that’s what I heard last night whilst I was out running along the main street in Roswell, New Mexico. I was having one of those restless moments and after dancing in... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
I’m covered in them after camping out in Bandera, Texas last night. The place was completely deserted except for two guys who turned out to be camping right next to us, so we hung out with them... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
So, Carrie and I just realised that we have stayed in pretty much every kind of accomodation going: Camping in South Carolina Crashing at random people’s houses in North Carolina and New Orleans Hotels... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
OK, so after we visited Graceland, we spent another day in Memphis. Took a wrong turn and ended up in Arkansas when having a gander at the Mississippi. Visited the legendary Sun Studios where Elvis... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
I’ve managed to turn this roadtrip into an ode to one particular country song by the much hated (well, so it turns out) Travis Tritt. We took a detour from South Carolina up to Tennessee just... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
Well, I’ve just spent my 30 minute slot in this internet cafe eating a huuuge bagel drenched in butter so I don’t actually have time to write a blog now, but I’ll copy Carrie’s... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
Act1, Scene 1. St Christopher’s Inn Berlin. Sunday afternoon. Ripp walks into the hostel to find Remily asleep following a weekend of no rest. They eat a LOT of fluorescent chips and get planning.... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
Berlin and Belgium were gloriously messy and wonderful. I’m sure I’ll get round to writing a blog about it soon because I can’t write it all in text messages. And yes, there’s too... [Read more...]
Bucharest – Brasov – Rasnov - Bran – Budapest – Split – Hvar Island – Korcula Island – Dubrovnik. 1. Only stay with old people when you need washing done. ... [Read more...]
Flew to Alicante, found a hostel, sunbathed, climbed a massive mountain to a castle, cactus scars, hung out with Spaniards and weirdos, ate paella, drank sangria, party, sunbathe, sangria, party, tram/train/bus... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
is really great and so are Dutch people. This trip, I learnt to never to go to a fraternity party without a watergun and not to snowboard into ski lifts. And don’t expect to sleep in a hostel... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
Welcome To My Paradise Ok, so 6 weeks ago, me and Michael booked a flight each to Jakarta. Four weeks ago, I was on the plane. Today, I returned home with my backpack much smaller, a huge list... [Read more...]
July 14, 2008
I went there and rode a horse around mountains, saw waterfalls and geysers, crawled through ice in caves, saw volcanoes, partied with Icelandic people ’til 9am then was given the whole hotel kitchen... [Read more...]
June 4, 2008
One hundred and thirty-three lei. A bargain! It seemed like the perfect solution to our time-pressed multi-stop whiz round Europe: the night train. In two weeks, I had to get from Romania to Croatia, via... [Read more...]
