Well, this is the end of this part of the trip. Home for Christmas. I think that I've changed my perspective on life quite a bit over the last two ...

Went to the ferry terminal to book my ticket "home", to Wales. The 9pm sailing would have been a nightmare, as the sea was really rough and it was ...

Had to take my hire car to Dublin airport to drop it off. The airport has undergone a lot of changes, so the GPS got a bit confused trying to find ...

Another nice town/city. Well worth visiting the castle and just wandering around the streets. The weather was pretty bad, though did ease off in th...

I really liked this town (city?). Lots of interesting shops and I finally found a decent bookshop. Sheesh, Ireland is famous for all its authors an...

Limerick's not too bad a place to stay. Some reasonable shops and the hotel I was staying in had a reasonable restaurant (The George Boutique Hotel...

Aer Lingus managed to send my bag to Dublin, instead of Shannon. So I had to fill in a form and wait for my bag to arrive at my hotel (Oak Wood Arm...

I have to say that Boston is my favourite city in mainland USA (excluding Hawaii and Alaska). The last time I was there - was three weeks before th...

A knackering flight from Hawai'i to Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Los Angeles airport terminal 7 only had one x-ray machine working, at least on the Un...

Took a trip with Mauna Kea Summit Adventures up to the top of the volcano, to see all the observatories and to do some star/galaxy gazing. http:/...

A chilled out town, where I had a cool chat with a bloke who is about to start building his own house on some land that he's purchased. He's also a...

The room was pretty basic, but it served its purpose as a base and somewhere to sleep; it was also cheap! They do a very basic breakfast, but it's...

Nice drive up the east-coast, though there were a lot of road-works. Sometimes it seemed like the road-works had their own.Stayed at a nice little ...

Not a bad flight into Hilo airport, via Honolulu. Seems like I can now easily deal with five hour flights not being able to sleep.Taxi driver from ...

Enough said in the title I think. This was just a layover stop, to catch a flight the next day to Hawai'i.

Nice drive up and down lots of hills, from Chico to Napa. The Napa Valley sure has a lot of wineries, just wish I could sample some of them - but I...

Nice drive in rain from Weaverville to Chico, to stay at the Best Western Hotel there. The area has a lot of walnut plantations! The best thing for...

Been a while since I updated this blog. I've been wondering if the point of going on holiday to write a blog at the same time is a useful activity....

Took a drive out to Shelter Cove this morning, once the fog had gone. Real fun drive around numerous hair-pin bends, up and down hills and the...

Drove over the Golden Gate Bridge, but didn't see much as it was really foggy - no change there then! Stopped off to drive through a Giant Redwood...

Much better first impression, to that of L.A.  Airport had good notices, especially about where our baggage might arrive. Public transport great -...

Well, the flight was two hours late taking off from Vancouver and I was at the airport three hours early (had to checkout of hotel). Not a good sta...

Just a stop-over, to wait for flight to L.A

Saw three grizzly bears this morning. Two of them were pretty shy (a good thing, for them) and the other one was amazing. She walked across the r...

Another mountain pass,  driving on snow, alongside frozen lakes (Bear Lake looked very pretty).  Kaslo itself is quite a quirky town - ...

Another mountain-pass drive, only 1200m this time and no real snow, to speak of. Fantastic scenery and also had a lake-ferry to go on with the ca...

Just a stopover for a couple of nights, while I work eastwards towards Grizzly Bear Ranch. Trip from Merrit was not nice - had to go over a pass ...

Just a one-night stay over in the Canadian centre of Country Music. There was also a rally starting on the day that I left, so wish I'd timed that ...

I have to say that Clearwater is my favourite town, so far. Loads to do, even in the off-season. Will write about this more, when I get the time. ...

Amazing car-trip from Prince George to here, between the Cariboo Mountains and the Rockies. Stayed at the McBride Hotel, which also doubles as the ...

Staying at the Ramada hotel (I think I could keep them in business, on this trip). City centre is a nightmare with one-way streets, three/four-wa...

Really nice drive from Quesnel (160km round-trip), alongside lakes, up and down hills. However - not much to see there, as the place was closed. I ...

A compact town, I drove right through it thinking that there was going to be more of it. Had to turn around and started looking for somewhere to st...

Nice drive to here, from Clinton. Stayed at the Drummond Motel, where the hotel owners were very friendly - I think they were Korean. Nice bit of w...

Really friendly owners (Korean, I think?) welcomed me. My room was clean and comfortable, though I did have to prop a chair against the door, as th...

Just arrived and checked into the Cariboo Lodge Motel, which looks quite nice. Got to kick-about for a couple of hours, so wandering  around...

Pretty much all you need in one place. Motel, restaurant and a pub. My room was very comfortable and clean. The staff are friendly, especially ...

My guide book (Moons) said there wasn't much to see here and it's right. Stayed in an ok motel - Sagebrush. Not  an overly exciting place to w...

Salmon Arm itself seems to go on for ages, as you drive through in the car. It's all downhill (or uphill, if you're going the other way). I was too...

This place is amazing. Will write up the full report when I get time, as I'm using a satelite internet connection at the moment and it's expensive!...

Flight was an hour late taking off from Heathrow, nothing changes there then. The actual flight with BA was pretty good, though as usual I didn't g...