One thing I love about the USA is the live music and as Austin is dubbed the musical captical of the world it is no wonder that it has been the best for music so far. Pretty much every bar on 6th street, in other words every building, has a band of some kind or another playing. Most of them are cover bands but its still brilliant. We have really been enjoying Austin. Yesterday we went to a palce called Barton Springs which is a river which has been dammed, this h...

Forget South by Southwest, forget the Austin city limits music festival, its all about the BatFest baby. Arrived in Austin on Greyhound today. Have been looking forward to Austin for sometime. Hostel is nice and by a lake although it had a dodgy shower set up, not that I mind but don't want to make the other boys feel inferior with my assets. Walked the two miles into town. Austin is a nice city, pretty and clean. Has a rock vibe about it which is what we were ho...