Marita goes Walkabout

So yesterday I travelled by Greyhound from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City. Once again the Greyhound station was terrible. I don't know if these Greyhound employees attend a rudeness school or something but they are definitely great at it! The drivers on the other hand are courteous, friendly and helpful. The busses themselves are great too. It is just the stations that are chaotic and terrible. The drive was long (8 hours which included an hour long lunch break) but uneventful, which is always good. I was very surprised by how drastically the landscape changed. One moment we were in Nevada, it was flat and very dry. Then I looked up from reading and we were driving through a gorge with sheer, red cliffs going up on both sides of the bus. And when we came out of that, it became mountainous and much greener. As we got closer to Salt Lake City, there was still some snow left on the peaks. It is quite hot though... Walking from the Greyhound station to my accommodation a poli...

Today I visited the Grand Canyon, one of the seven Wonders of the World and it left me in awe. It is not the first canyon I have seen... that would be the Fish River Canyon in Namibia. But this was spectacular! So, so much bigger than the Fish River Canyon. I took so many photos but photos really cannot do it justice. Looking at the photos reminds me how disappointed I was when I looked at my photos of St Peters in Rome. You really have to experience it yourself. And then there were the cute little squirrels that come up to you, wanting to be fed. Elk were grazing next to the entrance and crossing the road, forcing traffic to a standstill.  On our way to the Grand Canyon, we stopped at the Hoover Dam. It is quite impressive but currently the water level is quite low. And we drove a short distance on part of what used to be Route 66, the 2,800 mile route from Chicago to Santa Monica. Mater from the Car...

I did not blog for a few days… the head-space was just not right. J   Day 11 - Friday: Got up at 5 to take 2 local busses in Anaheim to the Greyhound Station. This was going to be my first experience with Greyhound and the reviews have been a bit hit and miss. But Greyhound is cost-effective and they go everywhere. All went well until I lined up to get on the bus and the driver told us “there will be no busses going to Las Vegas for 4 hours but we can get on the next bus to LA as it would be easier to get onto a bus from there.” So, that’s what I did… 1 hour back to LA. And then the real circus started: No busses going for who knows how many hours and the crowd is growing and getting more and more upset by the minute as no-one knew or cared to tell us why. Bunch of rude idiots, the lot of them. Very unfriendly and unhelpful and yelling at everyone. Never been treated like that in my life! Eventually, after waiting around in line for another 3 hours, I got on a bus. 3 ho...