Blogs from Arizona, United States, North America - page 287

A New Year - January 2006 David and Janice take to the road again, this time across the Atlantic to North America in search of culture, knowledge and the thrill of the unexpected. After touring across Europe for eighteen months in a 23ft motorhome, they have found it hard to settle down to a normal life and normal routine in a normal house. But, it’s not for long. Plans for the second phase of their tour to ‘places to know better’, are fast taking shape and they‘re off again, motorhoming on yet another Continent. With hopes of an awe inspiring 18 month stay in North America, (though initially tied to a six month US Visa restriction) the clockwise itinerary will take them northwards following the Pacific coast from Phoenix, Arizona, to Vancouver, Canada, journeying right across ... read more

Hi Everyone: I can't believe that I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon! Oh my god...it is actually here. I'm finishing up client projects today and trying to fit in packing somewhere...if you hear about an American arrested for running around naked at the Taj Mahal on New Year's Day...that will be me because I didn't have time to get my suitcase packed! ;) A couple of you have asked about who I am going to India with, so my final entry before I leave the country will be to give you a sense of that--that way you'll know who I'm talking about when I mention them in blog entries while I'm away. As most of you know, I'm going on a Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange. For 20 years now, Rotary has been sending teams of 5 people ... read more

The Greyhound bus left Albuquerque at 5:30pm on Christmas and reached Phoenix around 3am on Boxing Day. Initially, I wanted to take a bus to Tucson and explore Tucson in the morning. Then I would return to Phoenix in the afternoon and explored Phoenix in the afternoon. However, because Boxing Day was a public holiday, most of the schedules between Tucson and Phoenix were cancelled. The next available bus from Phoenix to Tucson would depart in the afternoon, and if I went to Tucson, I might not be able to make it back to Phoenix in time to catch the bus from Phoenix to San Diego. In the end, I decided to stay in Phoenix and forget about Tucson... (Also, I was not feeling very well. The fever seemed to subside, but I was having a ... read more

The plan today was to travel south from Flagstaff, AZ via scenic highway 89A through the beautiful Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona, AZ. Along the way, I would stop by two state parks - the Siding Rock State Park and the Red Rock State Park. Details to be provided later. Sorry!... read more

After I typed my previous blog about Calgary, I packed up my stuffs and made my way to Calgary Airport. To travel from the hostel to the airport, I need to take a C-train to the end of the line and transferred to a bus. When I left the hostel and approached the City Hall C-train station, I saw a train coming, so I quickly ran to the station to catch the train. However, after the train departed, I realised that I forgot to purchase a ticket!!! (Calgary Transit has a fareless zone along Downtown's 7th Street. Outside 7th Street, normal fares apply. I was taking the train out of Downtown...) Since I was carrying quite a lot of luggages, I was too lazy to get off the train at the next station to buy the ... read more