North America
In and around United States
First stop - USA
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler NicolaF
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And so it begins....
Loved it! Clean, friendly and great fun. Found loads to do - Red sox tour where we "lucked out" and got to go round the edge of the pitch! Tour on... Continue reading »
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Next stop...
Chicago
Noisy but lively. We were met with the traditional Chicago charm by our now mascot of the place, Jeanette.... Continue reading » -
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Reunited with Theresa
Arrived in Seattle at about 2:20, and in typical traveller style, had to run to the cab, jump in and try to get to the port to catch the 3:15 Clipp... Continue reading »
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I love Vancouver!
So, we managed to catch the 8:00 ferry, which was amazing considering the only person in the group who appears to like early mornings is Patrice an... Continue reading »
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Whistler is wicked -still!
For those of you who don't know, when I decided to take a year out of work, my original intention was to work in Whistler for the year. Having visi... Continue reading »
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Back to Theresa's
After Whistler,we returned to Theresa's where,after we had collapsed of exhaustion, we managed to do very little,but at some point somebody decided... Continue reading »
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A quick stop
So.... we arrived in Seattle, not knowing where we were staying or where to find Mike and Patrice. Eventually after some food and a beer, I calmed... Continue reading »
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The place of great hills
OK, here goes, I've got a lot of catching up to do! It's hard to find a moment with all the fun we're having!! So..... we arrived in San Francisco... Continue reading »
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You know, it´s not that far.........
We arrived in Santa Cruz in the evening, and had a quick drive downtown. Patrice had lived there for a few months so she was our tour guide... Continue reading » -
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Apparently it´s the 2nd coolest small town in the US!
Arrived at Murphy´s late at night, so pretty much went straight to bed. We´d decided to go to Murphy´s as we fancied heading to Wine Country, and a... Continue reading »
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We´re on the way to Vegas
Just a quick stop at Bakersfield on the way to Vegas. Nothing really to see or do so we stayed in our room and watched Starsky and Hutch. Had an early... Continue reading » -
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Ancient Egypt, free drinks and Gambling......
Finally some luxury. After a lot of pleading and sulking I managed to persuade the others that when In Vegas we should live the Vegas way and push... Continue reading »
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So many rock faces and so little time...
After what felt like, driving all day, we finally arrived in the Zion National Park. We tried several motels, but they were all quite pricey, so th... Continue reading »
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Very big and very deep as it turns out.
We stopped for lunch on the way to the Grand Canyon in a little Indian Reserve. I ordered a turkey sandwich with gravy and mashed potato. I was ima... Continue reading »
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Hollywood boulevard, here we come!
So after a eight hour drive, we finally arrived. I drove the whole way and had felt fine until we got into the city with 5 lanes of traffic and nob... Continue reading »
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So tired...
We arrived at San Diego after a day at Universal studios and for some reason we were all completely exhausted. However, we had to do some washing, try... Continue reading » -
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Spanish....mmm...should have learnt some!
We caught the trolley from San Diego at some ridiculously early hour of the morning, to make our way towards the border. Whilst travelling we met w... Continue reading »
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Quieter.....
Right, here goes, this is the abridged version of what happened, if you want more info, I believe Patrice gives plenty of details!!! Arrived in Gua... Continue reading »
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More pyramids.
We arrived in Teotichan from Mexcio city, our only aim being to see the pyramids. After realising the time, (we had spent 6 hours travelling), we d... Continue reading »
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Last stop in Mexico
Not much to say here, went to a hostel that doesn't exist. Stayed in one that did. Not much going on so tried to find a better hostel, ended up spe... Continue reading »
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I nearly died......
Mexico city airport is a nightmare. First of all we had to get a place to stay, easy you may think. Not so much. We had 2 very grumpy boys with han... Continue reading »
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Miami - we can communicate again!
It was quite a relief to arrive in Miami, where we expected everyone to understand us. This was bnot always the case, but they did have menus we un... Continue reading »
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