April 2014Only 5 years behind on my blog! I can't believe I can still remember everything. Anyway, I left Santa Monica early on a shuttle that dropped me into downtown San Francisco. On a recommendation, I stayed at the Adelaide Hostel off Taylor Street. A...

April 2014Awakening early on the morning after Coachella, we packed up our tent, mattresses and camping gear, and loaded everything back into our hire car. The drive out from the campground was slow, but eventually we stopped for some Starbucks for lunch and...

April 2014After one last stroll around Las Vegas, we picked up the car from Caesar's Palace. Today was going to be a day of ticking off so many things I've always wanted to see in the USA. First stop, the Hoover Dam. I'd seen so many photographs of this famous...

April 2014I headed back to Vancouver via the bus and ferry to the mainland, making a quick stop for some drinks and food at the Samesun Hostel in Vancouver for a few cheeky beers. Rob was kind enough to let me store my bags at the Front Desk whilst I stayed...

April 2014As early April came, I decided that moving to Nova Scotia and following my heart back there was the best option. I packed up my belongings in Vancouver and headed on a ferry back to the island for one last trip in BC, to visit Victoria - missed on...

March 2014After a long drive through the Icefields Parkway, we arrived safely into Banff, after a brief stop to see Lake Louise. I can only imagine what Lake Louise looks like in Summer [see blog post in 2018 - Matt].We headed to Samesun Banff and were able...

March 2014Leaving Tofino, I caught a ride back to Nanaimo to catch a ferry back to Vancouver for the night through a very snowy and treacherous Roger's Pass which actually involved the car slipping out into a barrier. We gained control though, before nearly...

VancouverJanuary 2014 - February 2014Upon returning to Vancouver, I decided that I should start getting organised and settled. I spent sometime running around getting organised and yet every day I decided to spent one more day putting off what I wanted to...

Late January 2014Upon returning to Canada from America, I headed to a different hostel, Samesun Backpackers (a place where I would much later on in August be offered a job opportunity). When I stayed across the street, I had visited the bar for dinner and...

Departing Orlando early, after a long drive to Miami Beach, I arrived at the South Beach Hostel and checked in. Hungry and keen to see the beautiful beaches of Miami, I headed down the esplanade and found a hotel that was a offering a cheap lunch meal. Stunned...