Ok so in 6 hours I get a plane to return to England. We've just returned to Halifax and are hanging around here and seeing some sights (including the fortune cookie picture from the mongolian place we've just been to) before heading to the airport. We had a good time in Cape Breton doing their Cabot Trail, seeing the Whiskey Distillery and generally hanging around but it's good to be back in a city and heading home though - particularly after yesterday's power ...

OK, well now I know what the middle of nowhere really means - no wifi. After much faffing the other day in airports, we finally arrived in Nova Scotia.We had a great time in Washington and managed to see pretty much everything we wanted to. Abigail did an excellent job as host and we rewarded her with a steak dinner the night before we left - which was yum. We're staying in a place called Cape Breton which is a rural place with pockets of small but very close co...

We've now made it to Washington, well just outside. We're staying at a friend of Hugh's for the next few nights before we head to Canada (via Baltimore). Philadelphia I really liked and had lots of fun there. The first night we went to the Rocky steps and that haunted jail thing. The jail was brilliant. Loads of people dressed up and you went through in small groups whilst they jumped out at you. Any of you who have been to the 'Passage De Terror' in Blackpool ...

Just made it to Philadelphia. We took turns to drive which really wasn't as its not far at all, but we both wanted to get used to it. Think of it as swapping drivers halfway to Birmingham. The car is a s***ty white Chevrolet, but has air con which is good as it's still very muggy. Unfortunately our last day in New York was a wash out with all the rain so we didn't get as much done - the baseball was cancelled too which was a real shame. However we do think that ...

Well, we had a very busy day yesterday. We visited loads of touristy sights and I sneaked off for to take some photos as well. We were knackered from so much walking though and it was really muggy. We Ended the day with a romantic Mexican for two, which was yum. This morning I tried to get up early to take pics of manhattan from the Brooklyn side but it was very cloudy again and not great conditions. I came back and we headed for Coney Island at which point t...