Wednesday, September 07, 2005

twelve: monument valley and bryce canyon

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i just walked a trail in the bryce canyon, the canyon that most tourists consider the most memorable one of their trip. and now i know why. bryce is not really a canyon but has all these pointy rock formations that look like totem palls. they have incredible colors because of the sunlight and these colors change every single hour. the trail we do with tourists takes more than 90 minutes. i was suprised that the tour guide didn't warn the people more. i will be overcautious. i have that from my mother i guess. haha.

some people doing the trail were as old as my parents. i have much respect for them. i wanted to climb trees and do all that kind of stuff. but i felt like a shepherd. do that trail if you are there it is amazing. it walks down to the bottom of the canyon that look suprisingly lush and it's just an awesome sight.

i visited monument vally yesterday and that was a bit disappointing. it's grand and beautiful of course but it's nothing compared to what i've seen today. monument valley is where you have those rocks that you associate with western movies. we did a ground tour there with a navajo tourguide. she was cool. actually, she was a half breed and very american. but pretty. navajo are definitly the most attractive native americans.

i love this country... the southwest... the native americans... the geology... the history... the adventure stories.... this is just so incredibly cool... the last thing people on my tour will say is that i'm not enthousiastic about the area... i recommend it to everyone and hey, most of you have studied languages... apply for this job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elke you don't speak german but maybe they need spanish speakers... just ask...

what i really liked were the cliff dwellings in the navajo monument... they are not navajo dwellings but you can see very well how the old people lived there 1000 years ago... it's a must on your way to the monument vally.

i also took a flight from monument valley to page over lake powell.. with the sunset.. it was amazing.... page itself with it's dam is boring... but lake powell is very extraordinary... i also liked the little place kanab on the way to bryce.. basically i just liked everything... even the souvenirshops and the native american artifacts... i want to get an indian symbol as a tatoo.

oh well time's up again here on the internet

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