Hola :)Well, the last you heard from me I was surrounded by southern USA accents and about to board the plane to JFK. I'll try and remember everything thats happened since then. ------Atlanta SO, I packed up my stuff and moved away from the window and headed towards the gate. We were first class on this flight so we were allowed to just walk on. It was so strange. As soon as we stepped on the plane we were offered drinks by two very friendly staff. Our seats we...

Hey, Well here's a great update for y'all (loving the southern american accent right now). A huge storm passed through Atlanta while we were in the airport, like nothing I had ever seen before. HUGE crashes of thunder and sheet lightning all over the sky, lighting it up purple and white. Forks of lightning struck the earth and the rain was absolutely torrential, but after about an hour it passed.Me and Gemma had been sat in the airport for about... 10 hours, g...

I feel like i live in an airport. So basically I've been up since 2am this morning. I had two hours sleep. Not too bad you say? Filter in the 5 hour time difference. It should be like... half 9 back at home but here its half 4. I'm currently looking out onto loads of planes. Atlanta is such a big airport - we'll come to how I know that later. I left everyone at heathrow and made my way into the security thing. I had a bit of a wobble as I realised I wasn't goin...

Well... I've done so much already and it's beginning to feel so real. I've got accepted, booked my flights, got my multiflex pass, got insurance, got a bank card for abroad, had my first rabies, hep A and B vaccinations, bought my malaria tablets, (this place sounds very deadly haha) looked at Atlanta Airport on streetview (thinking of having a bit of a look around during my stopover) and it's all beginning to feel real. Ahh! So all I need to do now is: Ge...