BAHAMAS | Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012 | Views [978]
It seemed
like a good idea at the time – a quick day trip from Fort Lauderdale to the
Bahamas to get a welcome Caribbean fix – sun, sand, sea breezes and a mojito or
two. And a respite from the congested strip mall that is Miami ... Read more >
Tags: bahamas, balearic line, freeport, lucaya plaza
USA | Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [2642] | Comments [1]
Alighting
the train at Lamy, a blip on the train line between Los Angeles and Chicago, I
wait for the baggage cart outside an old station building with two young men
holding guitars, on a college holiday
trip to Santa Fe. ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, new mexico, santa fe, southwest chief
USA | Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [865]
Lonely
Planet USA describes Las Vegas, New Mexico as “one of the loveliest towns in
New Mexico”: all I can say is, the “eminently strollable downtown (with its)
pretty Old Town Plaza and some 900 historic buildings” was not on the ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak staff, santa fe, southwest chief, train travel, usa
USA | Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [952] | Comments [1]
A FLORIDA
SOJOURN
The train
line from New Orleans to Miami is out of service and no decision has yet been
made to rebuild it, so I had to once again take a deep breath and board a
Greyhound bus for Miami.
The ... Read more >
Tags: everglades, florida, greyhound, key west, south beach, usa
USA | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012 | Views [1063]
We stopped
in Barstow,midway between LA and Las Vegas...a bus stop consisting of an untidy jumble of fastfood joints -
McDonald's, Panda Express, Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits – all leading to dozens
of restrooms and souvenir ... Read more >
Tags: greyhound to las vegas. usa
USA | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012 | Views [884] | Comments [1]
The Spirit
of New Orleans backed out of Union Station and sat on a flyover for twenty
minutes in deference to another, favoured, train using the shared tracks before
jolting forward to begin the long journey south. ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, chicago, city of new orleans, mississippi, usa. train travel, yazoo
USA | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012 | Views [492]
A San Francisco night - walking from the Chinatown Gate up the steep hill
that is Bush Street, just before the corner of Powell and the downhill jaunt
following the cable car tracks to Union Square, I spy a face looking up at me ... Read more >
Tags: san francisco
USA | Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012 | Views [1596] | Comments [3]
Having now
been exposed to the diet of the vast majority of the population for several
weeks, I am dying for fresh salad, fruit, vegetables and low-fat milk for my
(espresso) coffee!
It is of
course possible to eat well - very well ... Read more >
Tags: american food
USA | Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012 | Views [828]
We pulled
into Chicago’s impressive Union Station in the dark, all columns and soaring
ceilings.
Inside
however, is another story. The building is bustling with attendants in their
neat navy uniforms with the badges, ... Read more >
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USA | Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [1123]
The
mini-van swerved into the dusty yard of the Santa Fe International Hostel – a
collection ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, lamy, santa fe, southwest chief
USA | Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [2657]
I left the
hostel at 5am and walked the icy block and a half to the Amtrak station for the
5.41 train to Santa Fe (peculiar how precise the timetable is when the trains are invariably up
to 2 hours late). Several goods trains rattled past - over ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, flagstaff, new mexico, southwest chief
USA | Sunday, 22 Jan 2012 | Views [1042]
Creeping out of Los Angeles Union Station 40 minutes late on the Greyhound
bus Amtrak had offloaded us onto, I was immediately reminded just how
"sketch" this bus company can be; sitting down in my seat I glanced up to
see ... Read more >
Tags: greyhound; central american buses; guatemala
