Right, 3 days in LA... Go!! Following a sad farewell to Phil at San Francisco Airport and a short flight to The City of Angels, it was time to get my skates on and make the most of my 3 days here. Arriving at LAX early in the morning, I decided to navigate my way to the Hollywood AirBnB I had booked using the metro. Anyone who has visited LA before will know how massive and sprawled out it is, so getting the metro was always going to take a bit of time to get ...

San Francisco baby!!!! No wait, first we had to get up at 5.00am and make a 6 hour drive from Mammoth Lakes before we arrived in San Francisco. I know I said Yosemite was one of the most incredible places I've been to/driven through, but the drive through Stanislaus National Forest was equally as good, if not more astounding. The Scenic Highway 108 Senora Pass route which stretches for miles on end and begins at an elevation of around 3,000ft and rises to 9,628...

What happened in Vegas?? Who knows?! It was time for the next leg of our American tour for Phil and I.. we'd be hiring a car from Las Vegas and making a 6 hour drive north into California. Having not driven for the past 5 or so, then jumping into a car that has a steering wheel where it shouldn't be and then driving the damn thing on the opposite side of the road was always going to be interesting to begin with. Driving out of a busy Vegas where there must be ...

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas... ;)

Mexico City!! HUUUUGE Mexico City!! What a phenomenal place this is!! I arrived here on Monday 10th July and immediately felt right at home - a big city environment is definitely where I'm at my happiest. For 5 exhausting days jam-packed with things to do I explored as much as I possibly could, covering a lot of ground.. and still there are so many places I never even got chance to visit. It would take me a very long time to write a full blog on everything I di...