I was very sad to say goodbye to Boston and Melissa! It's now hit me that I'm spending the next 25 days travelling by myself and not with the people I've known for the past 9 weeks! It's nice to know that when my trek starts on Friday it will be with a group but for now I'm in New York fending for myself! After I got off the bus I made my way to the subway. With it being colder and raining when I left Boston I had a hoodie on. Huge mistake. I forgot just how hot...

I landed in Newark last night at around 1am UK time. Spent ages queuing to get through passport control to be greeted by some very grumpy men stamping passports. Though to be fair I would probably be that grumpy if I had to do that all day, every day! I picked up my bag which somewhere along the journey had been damaged breaking the strap. Thankfully I've managed to temporarily fix so it will last me the whole journey. We were greeted by a member of staff from ca...

Six days ago I was offered a place at Camp Hemlocks to work as their sports and archery programme leader. The camp is a special needs camp based in Connecticut for both adults and children. After careful consideration I accepted - still have tons of doubts but that's just the worrier in me and I went with my sisters view of just go for it. With only 6 days to prepare for camp it is safe to say they have been hectic! After some emotional goodbyes and over a 2hr d...