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USA

Photo Friday: Dusk falls over Manhattan

May 6, 2011 Inspire
Manhattan Bridge at dusk

The first time I travelled to New York City was on a work trip. I was attending a conference in Brooklyn and one of the evening activities was an open-top bus ride around the city.

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Video: California Zephyr

June 19, 2010 USA

California Zephyr from Megan on Vimeo.

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Photo Friday #2: USA

June 4, 2010 Inspiration

Keen to get to Asia, where my money goes further, I travelled between San Francisco and Chicago on Amtrak’s California Zephyr in an attempt to literally see as much of the USA as I could in a short space of time. I wasn’t disappointed. In three days and two nights I travelled through California, Nevada, [...]

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Miles of Museums

June 3, 2010 Destinations

The first stop on my round-the-world trip was the USA. I’d been to NYC for a work conference previously, but didn’t have the chance on that trip to do much more than rush around spending a ridiculous amount of money on clothes and jewellery in a ridiculously short amount of time. This time round, I [...]

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Photo Friday #1: USA

May 28, 2010 Photo Friday

The Art Institute wasn’t on my original Chicago itinerary, but everyone I spoke to while I was in the city, locals and travellers alike, insisted that it was terrific and I had to go. This Buddha, from the Asian Art Gallery, literally stopped me in my tracks. It’s a 12th century sculpture from South India [...]

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A year-long adventure

May 27, 2010 Destinations

‘Are you on your year long adventure?’ Apparently my gungy attire, dirty and heavy backpack and my Australian accent gave me away. I nodded at the guy from Salt Lake City beside me in the dining car of the California Zephyr, the train that was drawing us slowly across California and said, ‘Yep, five days [...]

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