Grand Palm

We are going on a six month (hopefully not) once in a lifetime adventure. We will visit eight countries on our trip: America, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Japan.

... dækker vores tur til Californien 2006. Planen er, at vi lander i Los Angeles den 17/6, hvorfra vi tager en lille rundtur til Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Death Valley, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, San Francisco, Highway 1 og måske et smut til San Diego. Følg med ...

... they turned 21 and they never returned - having settled down in England and Europe. Although his house (our B&B) wasn’t as grand as the others, it must have cost a small fortune, he had a classic red Lotus Esprit (bought in England and shipped ...

... away and problem fixed. Time to buy a cheap one for here it think.  Hit the LA freeways in the direction of palm springs. Driving on the freeways while getting accustomed to left hand drive is interesting. An hour and a half later we are at the ...

... day we woke late, after our late night, and made our way to Vegas' smaller airport to catch our flight to the Grand Canyon. The Scenic Airlines' flight was delayed by almost an hour to allow a thunderstorm to completely move through the area, or so they ...

... complete with McDonald's and IMAX, where we stopped. We had a very surprisingly cheap lunch at one of the lodges inside the Grand Canyon national park (which incidentally, costs $25/car to enter). After some wishy-washy-ness about which hike to take ...

... (ne Stunde schneller als unser Navi anzeigte) mit unserem treuen Auto quer durch den Westen der USA, 660 km vom Grand Canyon nach Palm Springs. Ohne Probleme kamen wir nach dieser doch langen Fahrt in dem kleinen, etwas besser betuchten, von unzähligen ...

... . We drove through mountains and desert and stopped in a place called Vidal Junction for petrol. On the way we saw tumbleweed! At the Grand Canyon we walked around a bit and got the bus to various lookouts. Tonight we're staying in Maswik Lodge. The Grand ...

... us about 2 hours roundtrip. It was tough and steep at times, luckily this time the upward trip was first (unlike the Grand Canyon). We didn't see much wildlife, just a bunch of lizards and the occasional kangaroo rat (i.e. glorified chipmunk). The views ...

... . Again, we were assured that a tsunami was not expected and our cruise schedule was not in jeopardy. GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman – A flat, relatively unattractive area surrounded by swamp and scrubland. At the pier, we were greeted by leaping, ...

... the trail. We were hot and sweaty and dusty by the end of that day, but we felt good knowing we had conquered one of the more strenuous of the Grand Canyon's trails! Check out the pictures for views from the trail including Bob's new squirrelly ...

Saturday 9th Jan 2010 Arrived in Grand Cayman at 1830. It had been raining and felt quite humid. Made my way to the Budget Car desk expecting to be palmed off with another old banger. The guy behind the desk said he would do me an upgrade for an extra $5 ...

... be a competitor for the best loukoumades!  Anyway, today was a good day to be tourists! Here are a few funny things about Palm Cove: 1)      People compare it to Palm Beach 2)      It is on the ...

... . So we head over to the La Quinta Resort to take advantage of the free travel and are first ushered into a grand hacienda with gardens, pool, barbecues, chefs cooking fajitas and an unlimited bar. Transpires Warners have laid on some hospitality as they ...

... the airport and waited for our flight.  We finally got to Cairns at midnight on Thursday.  We are staying at the Grand Mercure Apartments.  It fits the description; it’s an apartment with two beds, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a desk, ...

... for drinks at Kaibo ... ... a really nice way to spend sunset, on picnic benches at the waters edge on the beach palm trees swaying gently!!! Nice visual huh... Eventually it was time to leave and we went back to Russ and Georgies.... The ladies ...

... Saturday night.  I felt like we were traveling with Miss Texas.  We literally had to beat the guys off Baileigh with palm fronds.  It wore me out chasing them away.  They are definitely not used to seeing Texas girls around here.  ...

... on our next road trip. This trip is less planned out but we'll make our way over to Death Valley in Eastern California, the Grand Canyon in Arizona and visit Las Vegas in Nevada. We stopped for fuel just before we set off and a really ...

... months ago, so they are still trying to figure out what they are doing. I got two slices for $5.17. I wanted to try the Grand Canyon Pilsner, but a glass cost like $5.50. It was no Andrew’s but it satisfied. I rode the Village Route Bus back to ...

... walls made from dried palm leaves and a sand floor. Expensive, but definitely worth it. So that was our 3 days in Grand Popo, basically filled with reading, swimming, relaxing, sun bathing and just pure bliss after ' weeks of pretty tiresome work and ...