The roadtrip begins

We left Galveston and began our USA road trip! The first three nights on our trip were spent catching up with Reuben’s friends from when he lived in India.  Our first stop was Tyler, Texas, where we stayed with Danny and Lori and their family, saw the beautiful rose gardens and enjoyed some great conversation…

Buying a car in the USA

We had decided awhile ago we wanted to drive around the USA, as public transport is not great here and we are planning to cover some big distances. We looked at renting a car, but it was going to cost a lot for the couple of months we are planning to be here. We decided…

Galveston

We took an overnight bus from Mexico City to Reynosa, and then took another short one to McAllen, Texas. Unfortunately, we had misunderstood the connections and woefully underestimated the hour and a half it took Reuben to get through customs (in spite of applying online previously) and so missed our bus to Galveston by half…