Right. At this point it would be prudent to point out that the blog is being written retrospectively by two weeks. As I’m sure you can imagine, it’s quite hard to find the time to write these entries but we’re getting more organised now, in fact, we’re actually becoming quite good at this travelling lark! Ok then Charlotte. Ollie and I arrived a few hours after Ben and Kez due to the fact that we had to get a later bus as there were only two spaces left ...

We pulled into Raleigh after experiencing one of the worst examples of customer service imaginable. After getting off the phone to Ann Robinson and the rest of the Watchdog team, we set out to explore North Carolina’s state capital. Andrew was famished so we headed to the ‘Hibernian Bar’, an irish themed hostelry on the edge of downtown Raleigh. From here we joined our respective couch surfing hosts. Kez and myself were staying with a chap called Edouard. ...