After 48hrs in NYC I knew it was simply too expensive to stay there. Although getting around the city had been fairly easy in my wheelchair (apart from a few subway stations where the elevator was out of order), the cost of staying in any of the accommodation choices on offer was just way too astronomical. As for Couch Surfing in Manhattan – fat chance. So on my third day in New York I headed …
Just a quick note before today’s blog post, if you haven’t already seen the entry from yesterday then please click on the following link > goo.gl/9BDdnf < in order to catch up to where we’re about to begin from today! So, after a quality sleep at the Sofitel Hotel in Terminal 5 I boarded my rearranged flight and headed across the Atlantic Ocean to the USA! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. …
A little under three weeks ago I set off on a journey to the United States. This was my first visit in over twenty years, and when counting countries, I’d always included the US as I had actually been to San Francisco when I was 6 years old. But this trip to New York City was an opportunity to ‘officially’ check the USA off my list seeing as I was returning for a 2nd time …
What started out as being one of the most emotionally challenging days of my life has quickly become one of the best travel experiences I’ve ever had. The day’s antics started a little over 24 hours ago, with a frantic trip across NYC as myself and Emilija tried to make it to Newark Airport in time for her evening flight to Oslo. We barely made it, however; a slight delay to her flight meant that …
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