Category Archives: Road Trips

Northeast US Road Trip: From Maine to NYC

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Maine to New York City Road Trip We were up in Maine and had five days to get back to New York City. Where could we go? The great thing about camping in the northeast is that there are literally hundreds of campsites to choose from, but that makes it even harder to decide where to go! In the end we decided to head due west of Portland to the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, and we camped for the night near a small lake. We had an altercation with wasps on the beach – they were after our beers … Continue reading →

Best Camping Trips : Northeast USA

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Do you love road trips? Do you love camping? Are you planning to travel in the northeast USA and Canada this summer? Perfect. Read on… With summer rapidly approaching in the Northern Hemisphere we thought it was perfect timing to get you all excited about the wonderfulness that is camping in the American northeast. Last September, we spent two weeks road tripping and camping our way around the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec – and we loved every minute of it, aside from being petrified of bears. Yeah, we don’t … Continue reading →

Road Trip: Rhode Island, Cape Cod, and Boston

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The past week has been full of little fishing villages, whales, beaches, and sunshine. Rhonda Burgundy took us all around the southern parts of New England, through Rhode Island and Massachusetts. New London New London in Connecticut was an appropriate starting point for our journey into New England. We disembarked from the ferry from Long Island there, and headed towards Cape Cod. We travelled through the small state of Rhode Island, and stopped in Newport, home of the America’s Cup. What a gorgeous town! There were lots of little old houses and a cute village around the waterfront. Newport There’s … Continue reading →

Northeast US Road Trip: Portland & Acadia, Maine

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We’d been keen to visit Portland, Maine ever since meeting a Portland native in Koh Tao, Thailand last year. This small city is hailed as a culinary hotspot of northeast USA, and that alongside the scenic beauty of Maine was enough to get us excited! Read on to follow our journey through the lovely state of Maine… Old Port District The Old Port district of Portland is really quaint and fun to walk around. We loved the cobbled lanes (we definitely have a thing for cobbled lanes!), gas lamps, and old brick buildings, and it was great being so close … Continue reading →

Northeast US Road Trip: New Hampshire’s White Mountains

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White Mountains & Lake Winnipesaukee Back in the USA from our brief foray into Canada, we headed into central New Hampshire and the White Mountains region. The landscape grew from rolling forested hills to higher rocky mountains as we drove further south. The White Mountains National Forest is pretty big – it covers a substantial swath of north-central New Hampshire. Read on to follow our journey through the forests of NH! Franconia Notch State Park We came to Franconia Notch State Park on the western side of the White Mountains, which straddles the I-93. The Franconia Notch is an old … Continue reading →

Airbnb success! Montreal, Canada

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Airbnb on French Canada Road trip We love the concept of Airbnb, a site where hosts can offer their houses, apartments, spare rooms, and couches to travellers for a fee which most often is significantly less than you’d otherwise pay in a hotel or similar. But up until recently we hadn’t tried it – crazy, I know. We had a false start a couple of years ago in Los Angeles where the host cancelled a week before we were due to stay there (it was a week before New Year’s Eve so accommodation was rather hard to come by at … Continue reading →

Northeast US Road Trip: Vermont

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Vermont Road Trip We only had another week left on summer vacation, so we decided to do one of America’s favourite pastimes before we leave – camping! The next few posts will cover our little camping road trip up into New England and beyond into Quebec, Canada. We left the Hamptons on the early morning train, as we had sold our trusty van Rhonda a couple of weeks previously, and so had to rent a car for this road trip. We had searched the net for good deals on car rentals on Long Island but none were to be found … Continue reading →

Tulum, Mexico

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Tulum = Paradise. Think pure white sand, warm turquoise water, good food, and some Mayan ruins thrown in the mix. It’s the complete opposite to the mega-resort of Cancun with it’s eco-friendly and low impact approach – most accommodation is in small cabañas made from local materials with no air conditioning, surrounded by sand and palm trees. It’s just lovely. We spent three days in Tulum and stayed at Playa Mambo, a small collection of cabañas right on the beach. Our room, Cabaña Verde, had a beautiful view to the beach which was just ten steps away. The owners, Natalia … Continue reading →

Hola México! Experiencing an all-inclusive resort in Cozumel.

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Mexico has been on our bucket list for some time. It started a few years ago when a couple of delicious Mexican restaurants opened up in our hometown, and we have been keen to visit ever since. We had a brain wave that we totally needed a beach holiday before heading into the Canadian winter, and Mexico is just so close and cheap to get to from the US! So we decided to head to Cozumel, Tulum, and Isla Mujeres – all on the Yucatan Peninsula (and just off the coast) and easily accessible from the cheap entry/exit point of … Continue reading →