JAMES Ok, here goes - my first ever blog entry! I still can't quite believe that my persistent attempts over the past 5 years to coerce Katie into jacking it all in and going travelling have finally paid off, and in 4 days time we will be somewhere over the Atlantic on our way to our first port of call - Miami, Florida. We're not quite doing in authentic backpacker style, that's true - our itinerary is pretty well planned, and for all the hostels we stay in I a...

Well, here we are at long last, the much awaited blog site! Seems to be pretty easy to use and love the fact that you can attach an itinerary and there's a message board for people to get in touch with us too! 4 days to go before we embark on our whistle stop tour. Still feeling pretty calm about all the things I have to do before we go (since James is working still!) particularly as we're away at a friend's wedding this weekend! I think the panic might start to...