"We're here looking at one of the world's most amazing spectacles, and all you can think about is Superman 2!!!"Lj questions Dan's motives for travelling to Niagara Falls. CHICAGOArriving in Chicago was always going to be significant. We'd been saying for months that this would be the start of the very last stage of our journey, and we'd given ourselves 4 full days to recharge and prepare ourselves for the frantic final fortnigh...

"I'm very sorry, but I've smashed the kitchen window.....will this show up on my bill???"We appeal to the good hearts of the First Congregational Church in Memphis. DALLASWe arrived in Texas knowing that affordable accomodation was going to be much harder to come by, this is not a part of the USA usually frequented by backpackers, just how difficult was yet to be realised. Our chosen hostel in Dallas, the only hostel in Dallas was not, as it tur...

"I'm very sorry, but I've smashed the kitchen window.....will this show up on my bill???" We appeal to the good hearts of the First Congregational Church in Memphis. DALLAS We arrived in Texas knowing that affordable accomodation was going to be much harder to come by, this is not a part of the USA usually frequented by backpackers, just how difficult was yet to be realised. Our chosen hostel in Dallas, the only hostel in Dallas was not, a...

"This is a 20 minute stop, be back on this bus at 2.30. Remember, it's a Greyhound on the side of this bus.....not a bloodhound. I will NOT come looking for you!"Our first Greyhound driver was a comic legend.Our entry into the United States was not straight forward. Firstly, because of our ludicrous flight plan, we were forced to get to San Francisco from Rio via Sao Paulo and New York City, making it an energy sapping 36 hour journey. Secondly, bec...