My One Week Vacation last May (Part 1)

I haven't posted anything related to my big May 2010 Vacation ever since. My relatives from Canada planned out this one week vacation to Las Vegas. And we had side trips to Sedona, Arizona (Grand Canyon!), Hoover Dam then back to Vegas. It was a one week vacation, worth every penny of it (including my losses in the Casino!).

So here I am, arriving late at night in Las Vegas:



I arrived there via Allegiant Air from Bellingham. Since they're like the CebuPac of the USA, I crossed the border first from Vancouver to Bellingham, then took the flight from there. It was almost $200 cheaper! Vegas' airport is huge by the way. And, did I say they had slot machines inside the airport as well?

So our first stop the next day was actually a road trip to Arizona, but we stopped by Sedona first. I loooove Sedona. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. Sedona is also known as the "Red Rock Country".



And in order to preserve most of the Red Rock Country feel, even the commercial establishments looked kinda reddish. Beautiful place indeed.



And then off we went straight to Arizona!!



The night before we went to see Grand Canyon, there was almost like a wind storm outside. The wind was so strong all throughout the night and the next morning, things outside the hotel we stayed in were toppled all over. And when we go to the Grand Canyon itself - it even snowed!!! We were not expecting that. I only brought a thing layered jacket. It was freezing up there!

Btw the way, here's a nice family picture we took.


Grand Canyon is beautiful. When you look at it from the view points, it just looks like it's a picture. That's it. It's that awesome too look at. Peaceful too. Grand Canyon is way too big. You go from one end to the other, it'll take you 30 minutes to an hour! But going here is well worth it.

I think we spent two days in Arizone (including Sedona side trip). On our way back to Vegas, we dropped by the West Rim which had the popular Skywalk. The skywalk is like glass floor walkway that hangs on the edge of one of the canyons out there. It's actually not part of the national park of Grand Canyon. This one's being run by a group of native American Indians out there. It's a bit of a tourist trap though. You see, from the main highway going to the Skywalk, it'll take you around 30 minutes to an hour (not to mention you have to drive by a stretch of road that's not paved!). And then once you get there, you need to pay an entrance fee, and that's still aside from the skywalk itself!! Too expensive. But since I was there already, might as well cash out and go pay for it! It was fun though. But I'm probably not going to go back there. haha

Here's the "paid" shot. You can't bring cameras to the skywalk itself. They have official photographers if you want your picture taken.


(additional cash out again!)

That's it for now. I'll save Hoover Dam and my Vegas experience to the next post.

More pictures available in my multiply account too!