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Travel Journal: Travelling LAX – JFK and Sleeping in JFK Airport!

Camping capers were finally over and I was travelling onward to some city sight seeing and not just any city….the Big Apple. I just needed to get from Los Angeles on the West Coast to

Travel Journal: Los Angeles in One Day

On group tours you don’t always get as much time as you would like to explore. This was certainly the case for my trip to LA. Here’s how not to do Los Angeles in one day!

Travel Journal: Driving the Big Sur coast

Driving the Big Sur Coast is the stuff of US road trip daydreams. Unfortunately for us we could only stop at the biggest landmark – McWay Falls but there’s plenty more to explore along the Californian Coast.

Travel Journal: Back to San Francisco

This was my second stop in San Francisco so I filled in my sight-seeing gaps with a trip to the Golden Gate Park buffalo and the famous Painted Ladies but did San Francisco woo me over this time? Come find out.

Travel Journal: Yosemite National Park in 8hrs

Yosemite National Park – a place of immense beauty and days and days of hiking trails. So what do you do with just 8 hours to explore! Here’s how I got a taste of the area on my EXTREMELY short visit.

Travel Journal: A Rocky Start to Our Yosemite National Park Arrival

At the southern end of Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Grove contains hundreds of mature Giant Sequoia trees. It’s a great place to get up close to these natural giants but also a little scary if you lose your group!

Travel Journal: Emergency Room Antics in Tonopah, Nevada

After leaving the luxury of our hotel behind we head out on a long day of driving but things turn a little more eventful than planned with a trip to an Emergency Room in the town of Tonopah in what seems the middle of nowhere!

Travel Journal: Not Really Exploring San Diego, California

Group tours can help take a lot of the hassle out of travel adventures but actually they’re not always the best option for city exploring. Our day in San Diego, California comprised of San Diego Zoo and sadly not much else. Here’s how not to explore San Diego…

Travel Journal: Our First Night of Our Camping Tour

So, as probably evident from my last post, I wasn’t too impressed with some of the initial impressions of this camp trip and after spending a day with my driver … let just say I

Travel Journal: Bad First Impressions of A Tour Group

After some solo travel in Iceland, Canada and the US I opted to complete the next part of my trip as a camping tour with a company which provides tents and transportation. It sounded great but first impressions of my tour leader certainly put some doubts in my head.