Blogs from Arizona, United States, North America - page 9

Alarm went off at 6am and after having had a pretty good sleep and figuring out how to turn the stupid shower on we went down for the complimentary breakfast which they were actually charging non IHG members USD 20- each. I had a light breakfast with some cereal bran with toast and strawberry jam with an interesting strawberry and banana yoghurt (I’m not convinced they go well together ?). I asked for a coffee and they give me a coffee urn (seriously one cup is enough to start the day !). We checked out at 7.40 am and were back on the free shuttle for the 10 minutes trip to LAX to get our Southwest flight. We had already been checked in using the early bird check in system when we we left Brisbane and ... read more

Il est six heures trente ce matin quand on se réveille, le soleil brille déjà dur Page. On descend prendre le petit déjeuner avant l’affluence, pour être prêt à partir vers huit heures. Ce matin, on va visiter Upper Antelop Canyon. Il s’agit d’un canyon étroit formé par l’eau au fil des millénaires. Ce site est un parc Navajo, comme Monument Valley. Les territoires sous administration Navajo, ont leur propre lois, même si bien sur elle suivent les lois fédérales. En particulier, il est indiqué de porter un masque en permanence. Les Navajos ont payé un lourd tribu au covid. Mais étant donné la chaleur intense, il fait déjà trente cinq, cette réglementation est peu respectée. Le lieu de rendez-vous avec le tour-opérateur est a une quinzaine de kilomètres de l’hôtel. On charge nos bagages et ... read more

On est encore réveillé très tôt, vers six heures, on n'a pas encore récupéré du jet lag. La chambre offre une mini cafetière à dosettes qui fait ma foi un très bon café. Les donuts sont toujours excellent et tellement "légers" . Sept heures trente, on est prêt à partir. Il fait un temps magnifique. Il faut environ une heure pour rejoindre le Visitor Center du Grand Canyon. La route est toute droite, bordée de forêt de sapins, et de prairies. La route et agréable et il n’y a presque personne. Juste avant l’entrée du parc, on traverse le village de Tusayan, essentiellement porté sur le tourisme, ca ressemble un peu a Williams, des restaurants, des hôtels, bref tout pour que les visiteurs passent du bon temps. Vers huit heures trente on est à l’entrée du ... read more

Fodors did a survey: According to our poll, these are the most overrated attractions in the world: 1. Disney Theme Parks 2. The Leaning Tower of Pisa 3. The Eiffel Tower 4. Times Square 5. The Louvre Actually, I like Times Square and the Louvre. Other overrated attractions, at least in my experience: Venice, Machu Picchu, Victoria Falls, Seattle Space Needle, Cape Cod, Miami Beach, The Alamo, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lanai, Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco), Singapore, Graceland, Corcovado, St. Taffy's, Lake Lucerne, Costa Rica Cloudforest, Florida Everglades, Boston Pops 4th of July, Mob Museum (Las Vegas), Bourbon Street, Spy Museum (Washington, DC), Montenegro, and ?? My favorite tourist attractions: Amazon Rainforest, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Great Barrier Reef, Checkpoint Charlie at the Berlin Wall (when it was standing), Musee d'Orsay, Smithsonian Air and Spa... read more

One thinks of a pedigree as a sanctioned stamp of good breeding. Thoroughbred racehorses. Edwardian landed gentry. But comic books? These aren't just any comics but specimens from the Golden Age of American comics, 1938-1956, including some purchased in a U.S. concentration camp. A comic book pedigree is the rare designation applied to a collection of vintage material gathered by a single collector at the time of publishing. There are currently 61 pedigrees widely recognized in the comic book world. The Bette Okajima Pedigree is one of them.This pedigree is something of a legend. One theory has it that the collector was a 10-year-old girl at the Manzanar concentration camp in the California high desert. Another speculates that the Okajima signature on the covers was actually by the hand of Bette's brother. Would a girl collect ... read more