Whilst trying to leave New Orleans, our beloved Mongmobile decided to develop Parkinson’s and start juddering down the freeway, refusing to go above 40 mph – perhaps in protest at having been abandoned for a weekend while we indulged in frivolities. Putting all your hopes and dreams into a beaten up van from 1995 is a stressful […]
Out of the Frying Pan Into the Van
It was hard to keep spirits up after such a blow to our travel plans but we still needed transport and a place to sleep so we had to get back on the van search in Tampa. Luckily we were staying at the friendliest hostel in Florida, Grams Place. If you are ever anywhere near […]
The Keys, Fest and a Couple of Turkeys
From San Diego we had another 24 hour journey across to the East Coast. I had my first experience of driving on the wrong side of the road whilst extremely sleep deprived but fortunately survived the ordeal. Our first stop was the beautifully serene St Augustine, home to the oldest building in America – Castillo […]
Hello America
LA is horrible. Especially when you’ve just been travelling for 24 hours and have no idea where you’re going. This may seem obvious to all those familiar with the US but I had no idea how long the streets were. We caught a train to Long Beach Blvd where our budget motel was situated, assuming […]
Ode to Australia
So I’ve been in this heaps good country they called ‘Strayla’ for 1 year and 9 months. In that time I’ve bungee jumped in Cairns, NYE’d in Surfers, made Byron Bay my home for over a year, bought a car, lived in a car, crashed said car into a kangaroo (RIP Lola), picked rotten grapes for $5 per hour, sat at a desk for $35 per […]
Into the Wild
From an action packed adventure in Rover Park we headed Northeast to Bald Rock National Park which had been recommended to me by my adventure loving parents when they visited in January. They definitely did not let me down. After travelling for an hour without seeing any other signs of human life we arrived at […]
