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Published: April 25th 2014
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We got to Grand Canyon later in the evening, checked in the Lodge and took a walk to Canyon rim for our first sight of the Canyon at sunset. We took a bus ride to a couple of view points but where ever you look from it is so magnificent. I have seen the canyons in South America, often deeper than the Grand Canyon, but Grand Canyon was an owsome sight. Its huge breadth and the vivid rock formations offer an awesome sight that you have to see to appreciate.
There were a lot of tourists around the place but one thing that was strange that we could not contact the outside world on the mobile. In the end we had to sit in the lobby of the hotel and use Wifi and Skype to let our people know that we were there and OK. Next morning after a light breakfast we got kitted out for a stroll around the rim and a trek on one of the trails down the Canyon. The trail down was well laid out, but there were no guard rails at the steep edges. The risk was purely yours. We walked down more
than three quarters of the way. We did not try to get to the bottom of the canyon, to the river, as we were not sure we could make it back in one stretch. Also we had to get to MonumentValley before nightfall. Coming back up was strenous enough having to stop in a few places to rest each time.
We got back to the hotel loaded all the luggage in the car and set of on the rim road to the look out tower at the eastern end of the Canyon. The tower was designed and built fairly recently by an artistically oriented architect who had incorporated some of the indiginous themes in the building. Being the highest vantage point on the Canyon the views from here was spectacular.
The drive to MonumentValley was longer than expected and we got to Kayenta, where we had arranged lodgings, late in the evening. There was just enough time to get something to eat and we thought we could get a bottle of wine to celebrate the trip. The dinner was good but again we could not get a glass of wine. At the supermarket we
were told that we have to go outside the town to buy any drinks. This place was only a few miles from Colorado where you could buy Cannabis legally.
Next morning we drove to the NavajaReservationCenter on the Arizona-Utah border. On the way we stopped at the place where Tom Hanks stopped running in the movie “Forrest Gump”. The view was just like in movie, spectacular. At the Navajo reservation we had opted to do the tour ourselves as we had only limited time. The tour track was just a mud track and I was afraid for the vehicle and the tyres. I would not advice anybody to do the trip in a standard sedan. Even with the 4 wheel drive SUV it was tough going in some parts.
By the afternoon we had ventured back to the ReservationCenter and was on our way to Las Vegas.
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