Charlton, London: Back home on Tuesday, groggy, a bit confused, and wondering why I’d suddenly been catapaulted from summer (28C in Washington on Monday) to autumn (wind, rain, leaves everywhere). A day later, I’m crossing my fingers that a ton of sleep has minimised the effects of jetlag. I hope it has. Many, many years […]
Darryl Chamberlain
Journalist and SE Londoner. Founder/editor of The Greenwich Wire (also reporter, sub-editor, features editor, membership manager, head of finance and business development manager).
Posted inUS/Canada jaunt 2009
Return of America’s least wanted
Bethesda, Maryland, 03.00 EDT: Because sometimes pictures can tell the story better than… well, the story can. And because they were inescapable – at least 100,000 people on this demo, organised by a number of groups which somehow reminded me of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. Before we all start to sneer – a thought which struck […]
Posted inUS/Canada jaunt 2009
America’s least wanted
Bethesda, Maryland, 02.15am EDT: After Philadelphia, my last stop – Washington DC. Or, to be more exact, a room in an apartment in Bethesda, a few miles outside, with crickets chirruping outside. Getting my bearings earlier, I ran into a group of people protesting against Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms. A few of them were on […]
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Sleeping in the city that never sleeps
On the BoltBus to Philadelphia: I’d like to reel off a huge list of fascinating things I did in my four-and-a-half days in New York. I can’t, though – I spent my a great chunk of my time in one of the world’s most fascinating cities catching my breath, catching up on sleep, and, er, […]
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Over Niagara Falls, and back again
(Updated with photos, 2am EDT, Tuesday 8th) New York City: A week into my North American journey, and I’m convinced this must be one of the best things I have ever done. I’ve visited six cities so far: Boston; Burlington, Vermont; Montreal; Toronto; and the two Niagara Falls, one in Ontario and one in New […]
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King of the road
“Fuck off!” “Fuck you!” “Fuck off!” “Fuck you!” Half past seven on Sunday morning, and my North American jaunt had taken another weird turn. I was at Boston’s bus terminal, picking up a Greyhound service to Montreal, but finding myself delayed by a row between the driver and a youth who’d taken his elderly grandmother […]
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Smiles for Edward Kennedy
Boston, Massachusetts: The last thing I expected when I decided to head to America to see pals and sights was that I’d be thrown into a city in mourning. The death of US political icon Senator Edward Kennedy on Wednesday hadn’t meant a great deal to me, not knowing much about US politics. Across the […]
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Another day, another journey
By the time you read this, I’ll be heading somewhere else to do and see new things (and catch up with a couple of people as well). It’s going to be a big and daunting journey for me, something I’ve only done once before in my life, but I’m really excited about it too. And […]
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