Backpacking in the USA: Top 5 Sights in New York City
New York is a beast of a city and I have so far just visited it twice. It holds some great memories, we held the Big Apple – great backpacking times with my friend Nina…
Backpacking in the States: My Return to New York City
So I’m still playing catch up on my crazy journeys over the last year and you might have read that I made it back to the USA for the first time in 7 years when…
Thirsty Thursdays: Coconut Tea With Nomadic Matt in the Chocolate Bar, New York City, USA
As travel bloggers go, there is one name that everyone knows – Matt Kepnes, known globally as Nomadic Matt through his popular, informative and extensive website Nomadic Matt.com . I’ve been in touch with Matt…
Doing New York on the Cheap Back in 2007: Some Good Travel Tips!
Carrying on from my 1,000th Blog Post and my reminiscing of Toronto, Canada on my last trip to North America got me thinking again. Do you know that I haven’t written about the USA for…
Empire State Building: A moon is in my head
It was pretty inevitable really. At some point or other in my life I was going to go to the top of it. And it finally does deserve a blog entry of its own on…
Backpacking in the USA: The White Stripes Trip to Staten Island, New York
While staying at Hostelling International at New York City (incidently the largest hostel in the USA), I had put my name down for a few of the hostel’s organised tours. One of these was a…
New York: Empire State Halo
“All free souls beware; a moon is in my head”, sings Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCullough back in 1997. I never had any ambition to visit New York. As a kid I had often…