If nothing else, being on a coach journey for a long period of time gives you plenty of time to think. I've been thinking about what's important to me, and I've been thinking about things I'd like to do when I finish my trip. It also puts a lot of things into perspective. I've only been away 5 weeks but it feels like a lifetime. The first 3-4 weeks flew by and I think it may be the fact that we haven't really done anything particularly interesting or exciting th...

We had a taxi booked for 7.45am to take us to the Greyhound station. Our driver was asking us how we liked Edmonton and had we seen much. I hadn't the heart to tell him how I really felt as although originally from India he had been living in Edmonton for the last 31 years so I figured he must love or at least like the place! He told us how he had watched the city grow from 30,000 people to 1 million! I cannot believe 1 million people live in Edmonton. We got cha...