Articles Posted in 2010
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Arrival in Canada (Toronto Pt. 1) – Sightseeing & Couch Surfing
Tweet 25 – 28 October 2010 On the coach to Canada I pondered what this large country was about; land of the Canadian Mounted Police, birthplace of Pamela Anderson, Keanu Reeves and Celine Dion; I wondered if there was going to be much more to Canada. I was about to find out… First I needed [...]
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Philadelphia – Cheese Steaks and The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tweet 22 – 24 October 2010 I was off to explore Philadelphia for a couple of days, I was going to taste cheese steaks! I’d had a reply from couch surfer Megan who said she had tickets to The Rocky Horror Picture Show; it all sounded pretty cool! I would have liked longer in New [...]
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New York (New York)
Tweet 18th to 22nd October 2010 New York, the most populous city in North America, famous worldwide; would I enjoy it? I was about to find out. The Big Apple, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, business, food, languages, lots of people. Michael kindly responded to my couch surfing request and I met him after [...]
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Washington DC – Food, Culture, People and Apple Picking
Tweet 14 – 18 October 2010 For my last three nights in Washington DC I stayed with another couch surfer. I had an amazing time with Monica, it really sealed the couch surfing deal for me – no better way to travel! Beer Garden The night that I arrived another couch surfer was also staying [...]
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Washington DC – Museums and Sights
Tweet 13 – 14 October 2010 I stayed with a fellow couch surfer for my first couple of nights in Washington, Jake had a pretty busy schedule between university and protesting (his true passion – being an activist) but we did find time to chat about life, politics and religion and we went out and [...]
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Fort Lauderdale to Washington DC – JetBlue Airlines – What a Drama
Tweet 13 October 2010 Having decided to stay in America and continue with my original plan of travelling the United States and Canada I’d booked a flight up to Washington DC. I tried to check in early for my flight just to be alarmed when the assistant at the JetBlue desk notified me that Homeland [...]
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Alligator Wrestling Show
Tweet 12 October 2010 Please excuse all the videos – my trial license with Adobe Premiere Pro has expired and I’m currently without video editing software. Any suggestions for free editing software will be appreciated
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Couch Surfing Fort Lauderdale
Tweet 10 – 13 October 2010 Through CouchSurfing.org I’d emailed a few potential hosts in Fort Lauderdale, I was really hoping to not have to stay in a hostel again as they were all more designed for crew accommodation than travellers and had pretty poor online reviews. I did end up hostelling for one night; [...]
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Couch Surfing – Creating a Better Travelling Experience
Tweet What occurred next has proved pivotal to my recent travelling experience. With time to plan but a general dissatisfaction with the time I was having in hostels I remembered Jesse from Vegas and his enthusiasm for Couch Surfing. I spent time adding to my profile to try achieve an accurate and representative description of [...]
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Do I Want to Work on a Super Yacht?
Tweet 02 – 09 October 2010 On Saturday 02 October I made my way back up to Fort Lauderdale, booking into crew accommodation run by The Neptune Group on the way. I paid for a one week stay upfront, whether or not I got a job it was going to be my longest time at [...]
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