USA

From Florida I flew to LA via Houston, then from LA it was nearly six hours to Honolulu. Seventeen hours of travel, six time zones crossed, and by the time…

Heading off solo around the world - first stop, Manhattan A Tearful Goodbye on a One‑Way Ticket   After a tearful farewell to my parents at Heathrow, I was soon…

Booking the biggest trip of my life so far Back in the summer of 1999, my holidays consisted almost exclusively of lads’ package trips to Greece or Spain — the…