Life is a continuous learning exercise. You can learn from what other's do but the lessons that stick best are those learned from your own mistakes. During my time in Virginia Beach, Virginia I learned not to walk a mile in a torrential downpour. In my defense it didn't seem that bad as I set out from the bus station to the hostel. About seven minutes later I was regretting it as I had found that the first street I had to go down had no sidewalk for half its leng...

It was another early start from Charleston at 5:45am to catch the bus out. I wasn't very sorry to leave. I had to change buses twice to get to Williamsburg, Virginia. I met some interesting people on the journey though. The first one was a truck driver who was making his way to Dover, Delaware to pick up a truck at 2:30am when he got there and he was hoping they left it outside the gates. The second was a college student who was studying criminal justice at a Vir...