It's strange that I'm sending a poscard from Los Angeles because I was only really passing through the airport there on my way to Fiji, however I had a good experience that I wanted to share. The flight from San Francisco was very full and I got talking to a lady who had to shuffle over to the seat next to me. Stacey was from Malibu and an incredibly nice person. It's strange because may believe that residents of LA are predominently arrogant and full of t...

Again, I arrived in the city really late and had to navigate my way around the BART (underground system) to find the hostel. It wasn't too arduous and only took about an hour to get to where I was going. I then had to walk from the BART station for about 10 blocks and some very steep hills before arriving at The Green Tortoise hostel. It sounds like a very nice place, but names can be deceiving and this was no exception. The hostel was located in what appears...

I got the most incredible opportunity to stay in Key Largo for the weekend, staying with Danny and his family, so naturally I snapped his hand off! So, after checking out of the Clay Hotel in Miami, we set off early Saturday morning, back down through South Miami to Key Largo. Danny's house is not like any house I have ever seen in the UK, or anywhere else for that matter. It was on two floors, with the kitchen upstairs, large living room downstairs and a ...

The greyhound journey to Key West was actually quite pleasurable as far as bus journey's go. This time, it was during the day so I got to see lots more of the beaty of Florida. It was only 4 hours, but passing through 'The Keys' on the only road which connects them at sunset was quite breathtaking. I met a couple of lads on the bus, one from Key West and the other was a chap who was coming to Key West to work for a year. The one who lived there managed to...

My train from Orlando was horrendously late getting into Miami and I didn't reach my destination until 01:00am. The 9 hour journey had knocked me out, so i just jumped in a cab and headed for the hostel. Fortunately they had room at the Inn and I was in bed for 02:00, asleep by 02:01. It wasn't until the morning that i realised how horrible the hostel was and that I was in a dorm with 5 other people! It was noisy, dirty and a much lower standard than othe...