June 2012
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Eventually after being screwed around by Delta in Buffalo Airport for the better part of a day I finally made it to New York. I was supposed to arrive the night before but ended up arriving the next morning and it was extremely miserable. I had to walk on the Tarmac at JFK airport because my plane was so small that it didn’t get it’s own gate. As soon as I stepped out it was rainy and...
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May 2012
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So after my annoying last night at Niagara it managed to get worse. I left my hotel to venture off to the Canadian side of the falls which was quite pleasant. If you want to go to Niagara Falls MAKE SURE you go to the Canadian side because it is just a better view and a more accommodating area. There are more hotels to stay at and most of them overlook the falls so you can see them at all times,...
Holliday Inn Niagara Falls is the biggest joke I have experienced on this trip. First of all they manage to let us check in yesterday only to have us lug all of our luggage up to find that the entire level was dirty and had not been cleaned yet. We then go downstairs to sort out the matter only to have them send us to a room that they could have sent us to in the first place. A few hours pass and...
I don’t get American Buffets. It’s a great service but I can’t help but feel grossed out there. I like them because it means I can eat as many vegetables as I possibly can but watching people tower up their plates with that some colored carb filled food makes me sick. And watching people go plate after plate after plate of food and they are so overweight and are eating the worst...
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Another thing.
When I got here I didn’t worry about learning measurement conversions like Fahrenheit and Miles and Pounds and stuff like that. I’m not sure why I didn’t, I think I just thought to myself why would I need to know that.
So in my head i’ve been trying to make an educated decision on comparisons. I decided that 50 degrees Fahrenheit was about 20 degrees and i’ve just...
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I love it how the only meals I had in Boston were Ham, Cheese and Tomato sandwhiches which I made in my little kitchen in my little house just because I am so sick of burgers and take away food and everything like that. To have a sandwhich and have it make me feel that happy concerns me a little haha.
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So I had a few changes in my travel plans a few days ago so instead of catching a really long and deathly bus from Atlanta to Boston mum booked a flight which would take me to Boston via Charlotte and it only took about 5 hours.
Just in that small trip I noticed so many differences. It’s crazy how different the people are from state to state. Like in Australia we’re pretty much all...
I’m being so slack with photos. My problem is is that not only am I taking more photos in each city but because i’ve been taking so many photos, the quality of my images has improved so incredibly much which means that a lot of the photos are great instead of half of them being shitty and needing to be deleted.
Plus i’m just really tired again. I did a lot of walking in Boston...
I just stood in Harvard square. Such an overwhelming feeling of joy just being in those grounds. An Asian tourist even asked if she could get a picture of me because she thought I was a student. Holy shit.
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My bus ride from New Orleans to Atlanta consisted of sharing cookies with a hilarious girl from Houston who kept pointing out animal shaped clouds and having in depth chats with a middle aged african american man who turned out to be so incredibly fascinating. He told me about how he used to be in the Military and had visited Australia in his 20’s and can’t remember much because all he did was...
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If you want to go to France, go to the French...
Fuck it is such a cool place. And I’ve been to France so I can say that.
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Today I’m really home sick. It’s not that I miss certain things it’s just that everything has hit me so I just miss everything. I’m not wanting to come home and it’s not because I’m alone, it’s just that for the firs time it’s miserable in a city I’m in and the last thing I feel like doing is packing up my bags yet again and then finding the...
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Nothing is better when it comes to traveling than jumping into freshly washed and dry cleaned clothes. Ohy, my, god.
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It’s definitely true that when you stop being afraid amazing things happen.
I’m learning that everyone that speaks to me doesn’t always intend on murdering me, some people just like to talk. I think thats the best and worst thing about traveling alone, people just like to talk to you. They also like to complain to me, and tell me their life stories and all about their...
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Last night I flew into Texas and it was definitely an experience.
I got off of my flight which was delayed by two hours, stumbled on down to pick up my luggage and then waited for my shuttle to arrive. By this stage I was super hungry because I was supposed to land and be at my hotel by 7.30pm-8ish but because it was so delayed I didn’t end up getting to the hotel until just before ten and I...
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Okay. Texas is huge.
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How to not be a shit head on a plane.
- Go to the toilet before you board your plane. It’s not that difficult but it is annoying as hell when you first get in the air and the person next to you needs you to move so they can use the toilet! Do it before! Also the bathrooms on planes are scary so yay! Two birds one stone!
- Come at least an hour early. Baggage checks take at least 30 minutes and then customs and then finding your...
So yesterday I said goodbye to my friend Charlotte and then met up with some family friends we met through a car club about ten years ago. They have two daughters and I really have grown up with them. I’ve probably seen them about five times but each time there have been so many years in between so it’s always exciting to see each other and see how much we’ve all grown and...
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So the KROQ Weenie Roast ended up being the most amazing gig I’ve ever been to. I bought tickets to it only because I was going to be in the area and thought ‘Oh, may as well go’ and I am so glad that I did.
The line up consisted of Coldplay, Incubus, The Offspring, Pennywise, Garbage, Silversun Pickups, Angels and Airwaves, Group love AND there was a surprise set from...
I am currently in LA after saying goodbye to my beloved San Francisco yesterday. I had pre-booked a ticket to go from San Francisco to LA by Greyhound bus overnight and was a little bit worried because I had never done it before but it all ended up being alright.
My taxi driver from the hotel to the San Fran transit centre was telling me about how dodgy Greyhound buses used to be and I began to...
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I’m now sitting at Starbucks staring out the massive windows leading out onto my favorite street in San Francisco and I’m feeling great. I leave for LA by bus at 10pm tonight and had to check out of my hotel by 12 so I now have 8 hours to kill.
It’s actually pretty miserable today. It’s the first day of my trip where I have seen weather that I’m actually used to....
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Australian tourists suck.
I’ve already encountered a few on my trip and they absolutely suck. They have all been bogans which makes me even more ashamed to talk to them after they recognise my accent AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY UP THEMSELVES. I am a 19 year old girl travelling by myself and when they see me they must thing that hey, here is a girl I can tell my life story to and someone who I can explain my trip in every...
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TIPS SO FAR:
Pre-pack what you are wanting to take clothing wise. Halve it. I brought way too much stuff that I will not wear and I am an idiot.
IF YOU BRING A TRIPOD, MAKE SURE YOU PACK THE STUPID TINY PIECE THAT ATTACHES YOUR CAMERA TO YOUR TRI-POD AND DO NOT LEAVE IT AT HOME LIKE I DID SO I BROUGHT THIS HEAVY BIT OF METAL ACROSS THE WORLD TO BASICALLY BE A PAPER WEIGHT BECAUSE IT HAS NO PURPOSE.
Wear...
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