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  • Up The Coast To Boston And Niagara Falls

    Up The Coast To Boston And Niagara Falls

    From New York the road trip will continue up the coast until we hit Boston. I have to be honest with you when I say that Boston is one of my least favourite cities in America. I know that I am one of the few...

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  • Macau – The Vegas That Isn’t

    Macau – The Vegas That Isn’t

    When you get off the hydrofoil from Hong Kong to Macau, you walk out into a group of hawkers trying to take you to the nearest casino. Once you get past them you arrive at the free shuttle buses provided by the casinos to take...

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  • Spain, Shoes, Films and Everything Else!

    Spain, Shoes, Films and Everything Else!

    It has been a hectic week. I was in Spain this week discussing production with my new manufacturer. For the first time I feel like I am working with a manufacturer as opposed to against them. A successful week has seen me able to begin...

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  • One Day In Phili – And a bit of a drive!

    One Day In Phili – And a bit of a drive!

    The drive to Philadelphia from Washington DC is not too long and a gentle way to break into what is going to be the road trip of a lifetime. You need to get quickly used to driving though as this is not a family trip...

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  • 3 Days And 2 Nights In Washington DC

    3 Days And 2 Nights In Washington DC

    If you remember from my last post we decided that we were not going to go for the cheap New York city flights but are going to head down to Washington DC to start with. I always try to book a flight that gets me...

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  • Christmas Holidays

    Christmas Holidays

    It is that time of year again and the shops are filled with the joys of Christmas. I have always enjoyed Christmas and especially New Year. New Year seems to be a time when you can look back over the past twelve months and see...

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  • Journey To The Jungle – Part 2

    Journey To The Jungle – Part 2

    We arrived in Lacanja village in the early afternoon. The sun was beating down, and it felt good to have reached the final destination before heading into the jungle. Lacanja boasts the largest village for the South Lacandon tribe. Due to the concrete that is...

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  • Journey To The Mexican Jungle – Part 1

    Journey To The Mexican Jungle – Part 1

    As I sit in my plastic chair, I can hear the rain pattering on the aluminium roof of the bus station.  It is just typical that I fly half way around the world from London to Mexico City and it is still raining! Actually, now...

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  • Financing And Planning An Adventure

    Financing And Planning An Adventure

    Having arrived back in the UK around a week ago it was immediately noticeable that I was going to be cold. Although I may have been ill in Mexico and having trouble with manufacturers in China one of the benefits was the adorable amount of...

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  • No Facebook

    No Facebook

    This is probably well known by most people, I can sometimes be slow on the uptake, but having a number of friends living in Hong Kong and having to make a hasty retreat there when my visa ran out I thought I would get in...

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