A very very very very long bus ride from San Francisco to Chihuahua in Mexico. It took over 36 hours in all, and 2 consecutive nights on the bus. As we left SF to LA it seemed like a big mistake. The Greyhounds are compact (crammed), and the first 15 people all pick a window seat. Everyone else has to decide who to sit next to - and pick wisely. The ´gentleman´behind me was drinking meths from a bottle in a paper bag and periodically vomited it back. ...

Made it! After 28 hours of travel we are finally in San Francisco. Our journey started at 4.30am (Sunday) from the Youth Hostel in Vancouver with a 40minute walk to the Greyhound Bus. We managed a short sleep before the US border, before the ordeal of immigration and obtaining the 90 day visa waiver. It should have been a very straight forward bit of bureaucracy, but the border guards were far more interested in us than in any of the other passengers. Surely we a...

Not quite gone yet...we are planning, thinking, talking and planning. Still lots to do before our adventure of a lifetime. Everyone keeps asking if we are excited yet...the reality of the precarious situation that we are putting ourselves in has occurred to us, but the day to day life too busy to allow excitment. Just a small taste of travelling. Scotland was amazing 2 weeks ago over half term.