Author Archives: paulrfarrington

My original plan post-trek had been to see a couple of cities between California and the East coast before going up to New England to look at the possibility of hiring a car and driving around for a while. Fortuitously, … Continue reading →

Albert was a man who appreciated things in their right place. Indeed, some would go so far as to suggest that he was a little obsessive. Did it really matter if a chair was not square to a table when … Continue reading →

I’m currently around 28 hours into what has been a fairly grueling journey from San Francisco to Denver, with a total estimated journey time of roughly 31 hours. It’s just been lashing down and the Colorado countryside in the middle … Continue reading →

Since my last post I’ve seen and done some fairly incredible things both on the trek and after it. As I said beforehand I’m not going to go into the level of detail I did before because I’m not sure … Continue reading →

I was looking forward to my time in San Diego because I’d heard such great things about it both from people I’d met on the road and from people who I’d asked in England before I’d set off, so I … Continue reading →

After some waiting and a lot of wondering about whether or not any buses were actually going to turn up, a ticket clerk arrived and said that almost all the buses were sold out. I mentioned I had a Discovery … Continue reading →

I hope you’re sitting comfortably… Post-shower I felt refreshed and invigorated and took the short walk to the bus stop to catch the bus downtown. It was seriously warm and a little more humid than I expected and I was … Continue reading →

I caught a taxi to the Greyhound station to await my bus. The driver asked where I was going and offered to take me there for $800 but I declined. He recommended a couple of bars for me to kill … Continue reading →

From New Orleans I made my way to the gulf coast in Mississippi to meet a couple of people who some friends and I had met online at the beginning of the year. The bus journey was only a couple … Continue reading →

The next morning it was time to wake up and explore the city. So I woke up, walked out of the door to my room, was slapped in the face by ridiculous levels of heat and humidity and immediately reassessed … Continue reading →