Canada - Ottawa - Sushi, Pizza, Bowling and Lac La Peche - 17th June to 22nd June After a long sleepless night on the bus from Washington it was not much of a surprise that upon my return to Canada the first day was a bit of a write off. After being picked up by Andrea we headed home where I told the tails of my journey to the states. As I sat back for the day forcing myself to stay awake I uploaded photo after photo and journal entry after journal entry. Afte...

Washington DC - 15th June to 16th June As the rain feel first thing in New York I awoke to the sound of my alarm beeping, the room was dark and damp. As I hopped out of bed a little before 6.00am I was already packed to head straight to the subway to the port authority for my bus to the United States capital, Washington DC. As I walked hurriedly through the rain and on to the subway I imagined to myself what the capital would have to offer, would I see the P...

New York Part two - 13th June to 14th June As I awoke the next morning my legs and feet were still throbbing from the day before. After managing to turn my alarm off in my sleep I finally got out of bed just before 9am, after a quick shower I headed straight for the door to being my next adventure on the streets of Manhattan. As I arrived in to the station and boarded the subway I waited for the doors to close to take me downtown, the doors of the train stay...

New York City Part one - 10th June to 12th JuneThe bus was crammed, immigration was as hard faced and cold hearted as ever and lack of sleep was inevitable, but all this did not matter, I was in New York. I left the bus with a young Chinese nurse, who had been good company for much of the journey, and we headed off our separate ways. I took a stroll into the Greyhound office to find out where I needed to be in a few days time for the journey to Washington before ...

Barry's Bay two and a half hours North East from Ottawa - June 5th to June 9th After a book reading session back from Montreal, I waited intently for Andrea to pick me up from the station. As she arrived the adventure had started with the Emery's Kayaks strapped to the top of the car. As I hopped in time was short as I only just over an hour to get ready. Stimpy and the girls sat in the back as we headed home. After a mad hour of eating lunch, washing and packing...