SXSW Music Festival - 15th - 20th March This was a truly great week on our trip so far as we got to see loads and loads of live music that we've been really craving since we've been on the road. We stayed out of the centre of Austin as all the central hotels got booked up really early - we even had to book ours about 9 months in advance. Was easy to jump onto the public bus into town where all the action happens though. Austin itself is a magnet for funky, co...

11th-15th March - Amarillo and Dallas/Fort WorthAfter a rude early start, got our friend the Greyhound to Amarillo from Santa Fe.There is NOTHING in Amarillo, not even a town centre as it's just a massive sprawl so our 2 nights and 1 full day there were mainly spent in the vicinity of the hotel and neighbouring highway - nice. If you don't have a car here you can't get anywhere! The locals were amazed we'd come to Amarillo until they realised it was just a p...