Howdy folksOnce again the picture doesn\'t reflect where i am! Spent last few days in Yosemite and just arrived in Zion after long drive across Nevada desert (including a stop at the town of Rachel - famous for its proximity to Area 51) Luckily i wasnt abducted by aliens and anally probed!Yosemite was incredible - a truly stunning landscape on a really vast scale. Had a really good time there, and Zion looks to be just as amazingBye for now (paying $1 for 4 m...

Hey dudes Just cracking in California. Note for the observant - i know the picture doesn't show San Francisco, but there aren't any on the website, and uploading pictures is proving to be a right pain!! Anyway...13 hours on a greyhound bus brought me to Sacramento. Just spent one day there, then arrived in San Francisco. The hostel i'm in is in the Tenderloin - supposedly one of the dodgiest areas in the city. But after chilling with the drug-dealers, pimps a...

Greetings earthlings Quick update from Portland, Oregon. Been here for a couple of days, soaking up the sun...WARNING LANDSCAPE NERD AHEAD!...checking out some great city squares and fountains...going to art fairs...drinking coffee...and more coffee...and some beer as well!! My last day in Seattle was cool - whole day in the sun at the Bumbershoot festival, saw New York Dolls and Garbage amongst others. Heading down to San Francisco soon then going camping ...

Greetings from the USA. The starship Hubert docked in Seattle yesterday after a four hour Greyhound trip from Vancouver (including an hour to cross the border!) Its Bumbershoot weekend (arts and music festival - busiest weekend in Seattle), the sun is shining, the beer is cheap and I haven't got to do any work!! Using free internet at the library at the mo, then catching the monorail to the Space needle for views of the city. Like Vancouver it's got a great setti...

Hi folks I'm back in Vancouver now after the last few days in the Rockies. Hiked up to Angel Glacier and the ice caves on Mount Edith Cavell, and kayaked on Lake Maligne (see pic), followed by Karaoke night in Jasper - Tainted Love-wo-oh, tainted love! After the glorious sunshine of the last couple of weeks we went to Lake Peyto....and it snowed!...in August! Stayed in Revelstoke then Kelowna, and did a tandem skydive just north of Vancouver which was absolutel...