A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Myrtle Beach, United States by TravelPod blogger Foreman titled "CHARMING CHARLESTON" Foreman’s travel blog entry: "We've gone from windswept beach to the oldest town in the US (in terms of being original). Charleston is like going back in time. ALL the houses are what they were at the time they were built, and that goes back to 1700's, 1800's. They have of course sealed the roads, but you'll still come across the old large cobblestones every now and then. After we negotiated our way through the narrow streets, with low-hanging trees, we managed to park on a backstreet (at the invaluable advice of our soon-to-be tour guide). We thought the easiest and most 'authentic' way to see this town (or that's what we say to ourselves anyway), was by horse and carriage, so after petting the animals, in no time at all we were 'trotting' away on a old carriage pulled by two 1100lb mares ; named Google and Yahoo..... doesn't quite go with the old and authentic does it? We passed the slavery markets, and yes, Charleston was the biggest slave trading city in the US, but these markets were not where they traded slaves, they were actually where the slaves worked, selling for their owners, eg: baskets, fruit, veg etc. In fact, talking of baskets.... as you enter Charleston they are selling and weaving these baskets all along the main road; the raw material is only found in this part of the country, and therefore makes it very unique to ...