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Albuquerque Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Albuquerque, United States
Do I, or Don't I???????
... up and the rain started falling. I had hoped to stop in at the Petroglyph National Monument and spend the evening in Old Town Albuquerque. With the crappy weather last night, I got up having to decide if I stayed another day or hit the road for points ...
Train derailment
to be completed.............. Bad nights sleep, train derailment ahead Stopped in Albuquerque, had quick look around then on a bus to La Junta where got back on ...
Still waiting!
... and we will see if this thing is capable of surviving Ed's driving. Wednesday 20th March, all packed and ready to move on. Leave Albuquerque RV park at 10.30am. Left the nice people a little Australian souvenir. Head off on the big Desert highway (W I40). ...
Here we go
So we're off. We have a short flight to LAX, then a long wait until our (close to) midnight flight to Australia. In the meantime in LA we'll be having lunch with friends. I got over my cold in about three days, thankfully, and I feel great now. Better ...
Albuquerque
... nbsp; Peter, his lady (Molly) and, Oliver and I did a nice short local that was almost right out their back door. Albuquerque offers a boatload of hiking/biking for the outdoor enthusiast. Peter & I did a more serious hike up Sandia Peak. We ...
shoulda taken that left turn at albuquerque...
shoulda taken that left turn at albuquerque... literally!! got through oklahoma and started the trek through Texas, what can I say, everything is BIGGER in texas, even the WALMART. We stopped for groceries and supplies and the store was enormous and ...
Boring drive
... before packing our bags to head to the UFO museum. We figured we might as well before we continue driving to Albuquerque. We paid the $5 entry each and entered into the museum. Tim was disappointed he was expecting more commercial silly stuff instead it ...
Day 15 - Albuquerque NM; Houston TX; Memphis TN
... of you, I did shower in between I promise) I felt more sorry for the lady patting me down than I did for myself. As Albuquerque is a fairly small airport it doesn't fly directly to Memphis, so I had to fly to Houston first. Houston airport is like ...
Day 78 - The Return To Albuquerque
... emails while Neil studied his VW manuals to learn how to remove wiper motors. That's one of the things that we're going back to Albuquerque for. The one that's fitted to our bus is from an earlier model and doesn't make the wipers "return" which is a real ...
The Arctic Desert
Now, dear readers, what would you say was the defining characteristic of a North American desert in late May? After sand you might answer "it will be hot and dry". Well you would be wrong! We woke to rain and a bitter wind. ...
Day 24 - Albuquerque - New Mexico
... stops except for coffee breaks. Then I saw the inside of airports and airplanes. I had to fly to Denver and then on to Albuquerque. The Denver flight was about 3 hours long, the Albuquerque flight was only an hour, but there was a lay over of 2 hours ...
Week 4: Texas & New Mexico
... door de rest van het centrum van Santa Fe, gevuld met leuke binnenplaatsjes, stapten we weer in de trein naar Albuquerque. De terugrit tijdens zonsondergang was adembenemend mooi (zie foto). 's Avonds bereidden we ons voor op de rit naar Flagstaff. ...
One long day
... immigration went fine, and we were soon walked across to the other side of the airport to catch our Southwest flight back to Albuquerque. The security process and everything was back to normal for me (which meant it took much longer than in Australia) but ...
Into New Mexico we go.
... Servo was off the beaten track and looked like it was in the middle of the desert in the middle of nowhere. Arrived at Albuquerque KOA Kampground. Very mexican housing, lots of dust, not much green grass anywhere (what am I saying, there just ...
Into New Mexico...
The next morning, after much needed rest, we left before checkout and around 1 pm, we arrived in Albuquerque, NM along the I-40 West and continued to chase the falling sun into the ...
Albuqurque, New Mexicao, Land of the Enchanted
... if he was experiencing cross winds. He said, “Yeah, I hate it. It comes from nowhere.” I arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with my butt hurting, deaf from the wind, but happy for a shower and visit from a motorcycle club ...
The bureaucracy involved in removing your ...
... where in a fit of stupidity I bought some Pork Rinds to snack on. This piece of Americana I could have done without. Fried pork skin is just not my game. I ended up spending the night in Albuquerque. Drive time stats... Daily KM: 957 Hours: 10 ...
Leaving Las Vegas
Set off by Greyhound bus bound for San Angelo, Texas. A journey which will take about 18 hours. ...
Double Take: Sandia Peak and Petrified Forest
Today, we managed to cover two states in one day - moving from Sandia Peak in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the Petrified Forest just outside of Sedona, Arizona. This morning was an early start, after waking up to a 6:45 alarm and hurrying over to the ...
Le voyage de retour
... un endroit à visiter l’été mais sûrement que c’est beaucoup mieux en hiver. Ce soir, je vous écris d’Albuquerque (Nouveau Mexique) et nous sommes dans un très beau camping. C’est le plus beau KOA que nous ayons visité; ...
Hot Dog, Jumpin Frog...... Albuquerque - Day 1
... in from 1981 to 1991, it really was a quite uniquely fascinating place. Having visited Tinkertown we then headed into Downtown Albuquerque where we enjoyed a stroll up and down the main street looking at all the neon signs and artistic buildings. We also ...
More hot air than some governments
... about it, having played bit parts in so many seen but unremembered movies. We were embarrassingly late arriving in Albuquerque to meet Mike and Cheryl Garcia, another globalfreeloaders couple who generously opened their home to us, feed us and ...
Albuquerque
Day 2: Amarillo to Albuquerque
... into New Mexico, encountering a crazy rainstorm on the way (the first time we had seen rain for about 7 weeks). There, we stayed in Albuquerque for the night, sleeping on a futon at Tara's brother & sister-in-law's house. It was nice catching up with ...
Rattlers, books & Cerillos
We had a marvellous, marvellous time this morning in old Albuquerque wandering around the plaza and shops, looking at art & jewellery and talking to people. Our mission, a concho belt for Viv. We payed for our parking by poking 3 one dollar ...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
... balloons is the largest ballooning event on earth, the most photographed event on earth, and the largest annual event in the United States. Balloon Fiesta Park comprises of 365 acres of which 78 acres or 54 football fields is the launch field. Hundreds ...
Flying
... 4 1/2 hour flight to Denver, followed by 4 hours at Denver Airport. Our very old friends Kay and Ken met us at Albuquerque airport and after checking into our hotel we headed straight for a great Mexican restaurant for margaritas and fajitas. It's been a ...