Across London following the Thames

I'm one for believing that you should continually strive for goals. The pursuit of goal helps us develop. I learnt a couple of years ago that there is a path along the River Thames both north of the river and south of the river. Since then I've always been intrigued as to how I would walk the length of the river. Given some time off in the summer of 2016 i thought it was worthwhile giving it a shot. It has been a few months since I last tried long...

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America Trip Summary

When looking back over out trip i realised how difficult it was to find a particular page so I thought I would summarise it here for any readers and primarily myself. America Trip Summary  Day  Itinerary Key Points Day 1  Las Vegas  The first day Day 2  Las Vegas  Las Vegas, shows and chilling Day 3  Las Vegas Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon West Day 4  Las Vegas to Death Valley Death Valley  (Dante's View, Zabriske's Point,...

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Day 27 (12 August 2016) Bryce Canyon

Our trip was coming to an end with our departure back home the following day (from Las Vegas). So the one last surprise was Bryce Canyon. We drove Drove to Bryce Canyon from Cedar City and then took the Interstate to Las Vegas. Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon was a strange place to visit very distinct in its rock structure that leaves you wondering is this really earth you're on. The place has information on its structure and formation. Primarily there...

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Day 26 (11 August 2016) - Horseshoe bend rafting, Slot Canyons and Zion National Park

We woke up early in Page as we had pre-booked a river rafting trip. The idea was to raft the horse shoe bend, its was very calm water so anyone can do the tour and the company that organises these tours was very professional (Colorado River Discovery). White water rafting trips are available further up the river in the Grand Canyon but these trip are inevitable longer. We had taken the half day option. Colorado River Rafting Slot Canyon While...

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Day 25 (10 August 2016) - Monument Valley

Page for us was a central hub for our travels for two after the first night in Page we travelled out to Monument Valley. The valley is phenomenal photographic opportunity with strangely shaped rock rising high from the floor. While you cant climb the rocks the views and shapes are a marvel and the location is backdrop to a lot of old western films. The journey from Page (Arizona) to Monument Valley is a simple road with a total distance of 2 hours....

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Day 24 (9 August 2016) - Grand Canyon South Rim and Page

The last leg of our journey was going east from Las Vegas to cover the main part of the Grand Canyon. Our original plan was to cover the north and south rims but the north rim was closed and so the route to the south rim was the default choice. This was just as well as getting to the north or south rim from Las Vegas is a mammoth four hour drive and there is no way to cover both rims in a day by driving the distances are too vast. Our route to the...

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Day 23 (8 August 2016) - Las Vegas

Rest, there are some days where you need a day of rest and for us Day 23 was our day of rest. This pretty much meant we work up without an alarm and it was a day of pool side laze. Our evening was spend on the Las Vegas strip got back over the best bits from our first three da...

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Day 22 (7 August 2016) - Palm Springs to Las Vegas

The day in Palm Springs began with an early morning swim in the pool. The hotel was hosting a salsa competition well into the night so we had the pool pretty much to ourselves in the morning. By 9am the temperature was gaining and we left the pool check out and headed off to the main thing to do in Palm Springs apart from laze about is the Palm Springs tramway. The tramway takes you too the top of the valley to an alpine environment and there are...

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