Published: August 20th 2006February 4th 2006
Monument Valley
as you know it
Size wise, Canyon de Chelly doesn’t even get close to Grand Canyons dimensions, but the atmosphere is even more intriguing. Maybe it is its past; or is it simply the natural beauty of this read sandstone gorge, that gets me? There is hardly a soul out here, and the ones that I do see seem to be local Indians. I spend a wonderful day out here, hiking down to the “white house”, which is believed to be more than 1000 years old, built by the Diné-Indians. All that’s left over now is a ruin. I take a long break down in the canyon by the white house and enjoy the energy of this place. Beautyful!
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Some people say I´m crazy, but what´s crazy?? I guess I am not the typical Backpacker as far as what I do and what I don´t do when I travel is concerned. The big thing for me is nature AND this trip is not only to see what´s around me but to see what´s inside me as well (adds an interesting note to it:-).
Thing is also that I´m one of those travellers that find it really hard to sit INSIDE a bus looking out. I just have to be smack bang in the middle of all the beautiful places on this amazing planet. Visiting cities is easy. But how visit nature? How get around if not in a bus or a ... full info
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Part of the Navajo Reservation (Indian)
Canyon de Chelly
The white house from the distance
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The white house close up
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Navajo Sandstone is Hypnotic...
The Navajo Nation Indian Reservation is larger than most states in the US. Archaeologically it is known that the ruins of the four corners region belong to the Anasazi and other groups now long gone, the Navajo arrived after the dissappearance of these groups after 1300 AD. This is based on liguistic evidence, although most of the Dine(Navajo) think this is nonsense and claim direct links to these ancient people. The Navajo and Apache languages are part of the Athabaskan group, which originated in the Pacific Northwest and spread out after 1500 AD. Did you make it to Zion?!? Look forward to more posts!!
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