Hi everyone and welcome to almost the last week of our trip! We used to say to people we were going away for six and a bit months, well we're now well into 'the bit'. Well the bus trip from Niagara to Boston took so long because it went via New York. For those of you not up on your US geography, that's a very indirect route! Just another staggering decision from Greyhound, officially the worst bus company in the world! We got here ok though and have been enj...

Hello all from a wet Niagara, Well it was wet yesterday when we were at the falls at least, now we're gong to get the bus it's nice and sunny! Despite being thoroughly travel spoilt and used to seeing amazing things, Niagara falls up-close is thoroughly awe inspiring. The sheer volume of water that drops over Horseshoe falls is astounding and when you start to consider how long it's been doing that for, it becomes more impressive. It is astounding to us how o...

Hello everyone, Well, another day, another time zone. For people who are missing the phone calls, we've tried for the last two days in a row to call home. Although the 'cell' phone was slow to take off over here it's now king and as a result Chicago has no public payphones left, well we found one in an hour of searching but it didn't work. Payphones were going to form part of a new regular feature 'What's wrong with America' but I've been told my blogs foc...

Hey y'all! Currently in Chicago and yes, it lives up to it's moniker as the windy city! Actually we're quite enjoying the cooler temperatures up here compared to the deserts we visted on our Trek America tour! As already mentioned briefly we had an awesome time with Trek, really was a highlight of the whole trip. High points were Yosemite (especially for Greg who climbed half dome), Zion where we both climbed to the top of the world (well felt like it!) and the ...

Hello everyone, This is just a very quick blogs to let everyone know we're still ok and alive! The proper blog will follow in the next 24 hrs or so. We had an amazing, amazing time on our tour, which was made really by the people we went with although the scenary helped! We met some lovely people, made some really good friends and were very sad when it all ended. We're in Denver now and will be moving onto St.Louis over the weekend. Like I said, proper bl...