Category: Travel

  • Saturday 11 December 1999 Highlights: Riverside Walk Our bus arrived into Savannah around 4 am, the comfit of the trip wasn’t helped by a having a really stupid American lady talking non stop though the night 😦  We waited at the bus station until the hostel opened at 7 am.  It turned out we were…

  • Friday 10 December 1999 Highlights: Purchasing warmer clothes Jon and I spent most of the today exploring the city.  I purchased a Nashville jumper and thermal under-shirt as it is getting a lot colder now.  We visited the local city library for their free internet access to check out Greyhound bus schedules and answer e-mails. …

  • Thursday 9 December 1999 Highlights: National Football League match, Country and Western Music I attended my first ever American sports game today, the National Football League match between the Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders.  The home team won 21-14 after a slow first half which had no scores. We bought the tickets from a scalper…

  • Wednesday 8 December 1999 Highlights: Elvis Presley Graceland visit Luckily today we got to visit Graceland and visit the home of the King.  The tour was different to what I expected in that you only heard of all the good things in Elvis’ life, his records, awards, movies and army career.  However despite not getting…

  • Tuesday 7 December 1999 Highlights: Economic despair of the area 😦 The overnight Greyhound bus got in around 7 am and we had to walk to the cheapest motel we could find in the area since there are no hostels in Memphis for some reason.  We ended up staying at the Admiral Benbow Inn which…