Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 20th, 2007 No Comments »
We arrived in Las Vegas in the afternoon and checked into the “Excalibur†hotel which is located on the Southern Strip (between Luxor and New York hotel). We stayed until Friday which gave us three full days and nights. In Las Vegas, it is almost impossible to get bored, just walking up and down the [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
We arrived at Zion National Park at around 10 am (after a 2 hour drive from Bryce Canyon). Zion is probably three times bigger than the Bryce Canyon and is a center for Rock climbing, Hiking and Backcountry Hiking. There are seven popular trails with round-trip times of half an hour to four hours, we [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
We left Page, Arizona in the morning and arrived after three hours at the Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce Canyon offers great hiking and driving tours. The most famous points are Sunrise, Sunset, Inspiration and Bryce points from where you can encounter the Bryce Amphitheater. These points also offer a great starting point for easy [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Our tour to the Antelope Canyon started at 9:30 am (you have to have an authorized guide to the Canyon since it is not open to the public anymore). When we got there we were amazed by the Canyon. The Canyon was formed by erosion of the surrounding Navajo Sandston primarily due to flash flooding. [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 16th, 2007 No Comments »
We arrived in Monument Valley at 10 am (a two hour drive from Moab). Monument Valley is famous for the buttes, mesas, canyons, and the free standing rock formations, the tranquility of the land and its wilderness beauty. Also, many movies and commercials were filmed there beginning in 1938 by John Ford. You can either [...]