Blogs from Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, North America - page 2

If you like golf, this entry is pure indulgence....if you don't like golf, don't worry, more diving is on the way. I went pure "epicurism" over the last few days, it is actually bordering to way too much fun when it comes to golfing. Arizona is a mecca when it comes to golf...and yes, I did play three times the Old course at St Andrews, Scotland! Try to compare Scottsdale in Arizona to St Andrews in Scotland...in November...that's simply not a match! Remember last Monday...I was indeed somewhere 200km north of Port Sudan in the morning. Then the same day came Port Sudan, transit in Khartoum, Dubai. On Tuesday came...left Dubai, transit in Addis, tried to sort out a messy situation in Joburg...Wednesday was...two meetings in Hong Kong, transit in Shanghai and LAX...and finally got a ... read more

A great welcome to Phoenix from Clarice and Darryl and Sandra. First stage, a few days with Sandra in Scottsdale.... read more

Hello everyone, we have managed to pay for one day's Wi-Fi which is now on its 2nd day of being active, more evidence of Americas incompetence with internet, so here's a quick update from sunny Arizona. The weather here is fantastic topping 40 degrees most days and providing excellent tanning conditions. Everyone is enjoying a bit of downtime and hence we haven't really done anything worth mentioning. This evening we will be heading into Old Scottsdale which is apparently pretty cool so will give you an update on that later. Kit and Mom have had a game of tennis which Kit only won 6-3 which has led me to believe that if I was still capable of running around a court I would still be able to beat him. Last night's dinner in a very nice ... read more

Los Angeles to Scottsdale, Phoenix Left our lovely hotel in Palm Springs rather reluctantly having enjoyed breakfast outside by the pool. Our only real stop on the trip was at the Joshua Tree National Park which involved a bit of a detour. We entered the park at 29 Palms and drove a little way to see some of the main ‘exhibits’, rather fantastic geological rock formations. One was called the skull and it was obvious why. We also admired the Joshua Trees, like enormous finger-pointing cacti, which grow throughout the park. We drove 40+ miles down through the park to rejoin route 10 and a good 15 of those miles were following a pilot car as the road was being relaid. We were really lucky as we joined the queue behind it just as it set ... read more

Today has seen me become an official coach tour member as Trafalgar Tours’ Western Discover” is on the road. It was quite the rude awakening as we had to be up at 0600 to ensure that we had our bags at our door before 0645 – up until this day we have not been up that early on this trip. The first port of call for the tour is San Diego, which is a two hour trip down the freeway. Thankfully this was at 8am on a Sunday morning so there was little or no traffic. It is fairly boring to write about but the traffic we have been in prior to this has been heavy. We hit rush hour traffic at 6am on the first morning – what should have been an easy 15 -20 ... read more