A huge selection of holiday photos from my recent trip to the US can be found on my Facebook profile. For those of you not on Facebook, these links take you to the individual albums:
Orlando: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2146006&l=2bd23&id=36918472
Key West: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2145999&l=caa71&id=36918472
Colorado 1: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2146010&l=60837&id=36918472
Colorado 2: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2146019&l=a840e&id=36918472
Utah / Arizona: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2146927&l=ae053&id=36918472
Arizona 2: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2146937&l=7b198&id=36918472
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
44 degrees in the shade
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona, and it's so hot you can only be out of your air-conditioned car or hotel room for about 5 minutes before you start passing out. My three-week US adventure is almost at an end. I've done so much, I don't even know where to begin. In the last week alone, I've been to the summit of Mount Evans (14,800 ft), to the Black Canyon, to Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon and Route 66. Lots of photos coming soon...
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
US trip half-way point
I've been in Florida for 9 days now, and this evening is my last. Tomorrow, Chris and I fly to Denver, Colorado and begin our 9 nights in the Rockies and Grand Canyon.
In Florida, we managed a great mix of relaxation and adrenaline - the first day we went to Wet'n'Wild water park, and then it was tyhe 7 hour drive south to Key West - the furthest (inhabited) of the Florida Keys, 80 miles off the coast and reachable by the Overseas Highway, a series of bridges linking the archipelago. We had two relaxed days there, going to bars and restaurants and taking a boat trip out to the coral reef to watch dolphins and the sunset over the Gulf of Mexico. Back in Orlando, we did Epcot, Islands of Adventure and Universal three days in a row. Today is 4th July - American Independence Day... it's been quite stormy so far, but the plan is to head to Universal this evening to see the parade and fireworks.
Our flight to Denver is early tomorrow morning. We're heading north to the Rocky Mountain National Park and then south along the ridge of the Rockies, down the San Juan Skyway, to the Mesa Verde National Park, through Monument Valley into Arizona and the Grand Canyon, ending up in Phoenix on 13th July.
The best is yet to come!
In Florida, we managed a great mix of relaxation and adrenaline - the first day we went to Wet'n'Wild water park, and then it was tyhe 7 hour drive south to Key West - the furthest (inhabited) of the Florida Keys, 80 miles off the coast and reachable by the Overseas Highway, a series of bridges linking the archipelago. We had two relaxed days there, going to bars and restaurants and taking a boat trip out to the coral reef to watch dolphins and the sunset over the Gulf of Mexico. Back in Orlando, we did Epcot, Islands of Adventure and Universal three days in a row. Today is 4th July - American Independence Day... it's been quite stormy so far, but the plan is to head to Universal this evening to see the parade and fireworks.
Our flight to Denver is early tomorrow morning. We're heading north to the Rocky Mountain National Park and then south along the ridge of the Rockies, down the San Juan Skyway, to the Mesa Verde National Park, through Monument Valley into Arizona and the Grand Canyon, ending up in Phoenix on 13th July.
The best is yet to come!
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