For the penultimate part of my adventure in America, I was going it alone in New York City. Now, anyone that is reading this will presumably know what my sense of direction is like and consequently worry for my safety. But I made it to the hostel fine, I mean I got on the subway in the wrong direction to begin with but after that I arrived without any hassle. It's a good job that New York is laid out like a big game of tic tac toe as it made my life easier when ...

In the last two weeks our roadtrip has finally begun. I should mention that since leaving Tockwogh I've been staying with three folk from camp, just chilling in Delaware. The car was packed; we were ready to leave and doing a checklist: phone? Yes. Money? Yes. Passports? Ah. Turns out that Chris doesn't have a valid passport and so we spent the next couple of days figuring out if he could get one within a few days. We couldn't. And then there were three. ...