Los Angeles is a big city. And considering I have just travelled across America, when I say big city I really do mean big! I had already been warned about this before I even boarded my flight from San Francisco to LA but until I had a map in front of me and saw that from my hostel on Hollywood Boulevard, it was a four hour walk to Venice beach did I realise what I was taking on. Fortunately, as there is in every tourist attracting city, there was the city sight...

Whilst staying in New York, I thought it would be pretty easy to sum up the U.S. of A. in a word or two. After my trip from East to West I find myself at a loss as to where to start in my description of this huge county. I guess I could start by painting a better picture of how big America really is - if anyone was to travel the same distance from the UK heading east, they would end up in Iran. I wonder how many people reading this just checked a map to see wher...

When I landed in JFK airport I suddenly felt a wave of apprehension wash over me. After what I assume will be the most emotional airport departure I will ever make happened, I felt like jumping back on a plane and going home thinking "What the hell am I doing going around the world on my own?!" Visiting New York was like visiting an old friend; I have seen it in person already but because we all see it so often on tv and in films its as through we are all so fam...