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Grand canyon

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August 9th 2009
July 15th Started the day with breakfast together with 100 other tourists in the ‘charming’ breakfast room with annoying elevator muzac playing to get us out of there in a hurry. Amazing that even though the food looked nice it didn’t taste that way. The morning was spent with cooling off in the hotel pool, which was quite nice, and planning the afternoon canyon visit, only disturbed by a ... read more

North America » United States » Arizona » Grand Canyon National Park

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more