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Washington and the train to NYC - Amtrak

Washington D.C; the final stop on our East Coast road trip. We organised to drop our car in Washington Downtown and headed straight in to...

Old Rag Hike, Shenandoah

Old Rag is one of the most popular climbs on the east coast of America. It is part of the Shenandoah National Park. The park fee is $15 a...

The Colonial Parkway

The Colonial Parkway is a stretch of road that connects Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. It is a tourist highway designed to show...

US East Coast + Turks and Caicos

New York > T&C > Miami > St Augustine > Savannah > Charleston > Wilmington > Williamsburg > Charlottesville > Shenandoah > Washington DC...

Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson

We planned on climbing Old Rag mountain today in the Shenandoah National Park. The weather ended up being too bad to climb and so we...

Charleston

I absolutely loved Charleston. The city is full of colonial history, antebellum architecture and narrow streets. The place is compact...

Hampton Plantation

The Hampton Plantation was en route out of Charleston by about an hour as we headed up the coast towards Wilmington. We stopped here on...

Savannah

Savannah was a lovely quaint town with beautifully antebellum architecture and a rich colonial past. The city prides itself on its grid...

Ice Creams of the East Coast of America

One of my passions in life is consuming ice cream. This is a list compiled of all the ice cream I have tried on the east coast of...

St. Augustine

We only had 3 hours in St. Augustine and it did turn out to be enough time to see the whole town. St. Augustine was originally colonised...

2 Days in Miami

What a fantastic city. We spent 2 days in Miami and absolutely loved it. My mum and I stayed in South Beach, Miami Beach in a hotel...

The Turks and Caicos Islands

My second cousin lives in Providenciales, the capital and most populated island in the Turks and Caicos archipelago. I wanted to visit a...

What to get up to in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Take a boat trip to Iguana Island. Whilst in T&C our cousin organised a half day boat trip to a snorkel spot and then to Iguana Island, a...

New York things to do

Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and if you have time walk down into the Brooklyn neighbourhood DUMBO, it’s a buzzing and beautiful...

Williamsburg, Brooklyn - my neighbourhood.

The area I stayed in for my time in New York was Williamsburg in Brooklyn. I decided to stay in Brooklyn as my auntie’s friend I visited...

Being a solo traveller in New York💁‍♀️

I’ve never been anywhere on my own. I’ve travelled to Australia on my own twice but I’ve always been en route to meet someone once I...

4th July in NYC🇺🇸🇺🇸

4th of July is an American holiday that does not reach much of the rest the world - I didn‘t click that I was going to be in New York on...

Getting around New York City as a solo traveller

As someone whose absolutely terrible with directions and lacks any instinct for bearings I was more nervous than usual for heading to New...

World Pride NYC

This weekend was World Price and also the anniversary of the Stonewall riots that were the catalyst for the PrIde Movement. I watched the...

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