U.S.A. Road Trip: Chasing the pony express across the heart of America
After the exhilaration of Niagara Falls, a brief sojourn into Canada and the joy of seeing the Browns in Connecticut, we set off west in earnest to see what we could find in the heart of America. In general we…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Upstate New York, Niagra Falls and Connecting in Connecticut
The United States is a vast and hugely varied country but often much of it can go unseen. In common with many visitors, in the past we had only really spent time in the main centres near the east and…
New York, New York
The magnetic pull of the big apple is strong. Helen and I had been before but the last visit was some time ago. We wanted to give Rafe and Odessa a taste of Manhattan as we consider it an essential…
Florida, USA: Striking gold on Treasure Island and Busch Gardens
Beached on Treasure Island If you are looking for some relaxing beach time on Florida’s gulf coast you could do worse than Treasure Island. We certainly hadn’t heard of it before and simply came across it in our quest for…
Florida, USA: The magic Keys
The Florida Keys. A string of connected and dreamy islands forming the southernmost part of the continental United States*. We knew little more about the Keys prior to visiting, other than we suspected it may be a good place to…
Florida, USA: We have Lift-off at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
What comes to mind when you hear the acronym NASA? Astronauts, rockets, tales of heroic daring-do, ingenuity and exploration. A couple of days here at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral Florida ticked all of those boxes and more.…
Florida, USA: Dodging ‘gators on an airboat in the Everglades
For some people of a certain age mention of the everglades evokes memories of a park ranger, a child and a real pet bear careering through grasslands on an airboat – yes, the TV series Gentle Ben. Enquiries here in…
Guatemala: Easter celebrations in Antigua and on the shores of Lake Atitlan
We like to think we make a big deal of Easter in our house. Jim likes to go out a day or two in advance to invariably buy up the equivalent of the UN stockpile of chocolate Easter eggs of…
Gear update: nine months into the round the world trip
Warning: if you are a fan of gear, minutiae or gear minutiae you are in for a treat. Anyone else (is there anyone else?) should skip this one. This is a geeky yet epic rollercoaster of a post about what…
Guatemala: The incredible IRTRA Xetulul theme park and Xocomil water park
Outside of Guatemala, or perhaps Central America, it is likely that few will have heard of IRTRA and its parks. We are talking here about Xocomil (the water park) and Xetulul (the theme park), next door to each other on…
Adventuring Together
