I loved El Paso. Can't even put my finger on why, there's just something relaxed and comfortable about the place. I was a bit stunned when the assistant manager at the hostel told me that the Mexican border was only 15 minutes from the hostel, that's 15mins walking. And yet I felt the safest I have in the US cities I've visited so far (admittedly only 3 others). The assistant manager, Antonio, runs a pseudo tour guide service because he thinks the tourist o...

I didn't have any expectations about what Houston was going to be like, other than that when I told people I was going there next they seemed a bit "ho hum" about the place. On the whole it was a bit of a non event because I'd chosen accommodation in the wrong location and there was no transport from the city to the NASA Space Center which was the main thing I wanted to see. Houston is the 4th largest city in the states (4 million peeps). However...