Coping with public and private transport since 2001
After our full day at the Grand Canyon, “the cookies were all eaten” and we were due in the next hotel. As it was in Page, AZ the pressure was on to get there in time. Unfortunately, there are a whole bunch of fun things to do on the road between Tusayan and Page. We started our day off with
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Let’s make this an easy post: the Grand Canyon is both a canyon and definately grand! On Saturday we’ve visited and seen pretty much everything there is to see and visit apart from the Desert View Drive. This included an epic flight on a helicopter over the south rim towards the north rim over one of the widest and most
Continue readingWhoever went to California, probably knows the phenomenon: an ever present high temperature low humidity wind, which basically acts as a blowdryer stripping anything in its path from its moisture. Today we have been in its grip for over 4 hours. Luckily, we were prepared and bought a huge tray of bottled water to keep us hydrated. The route was
Continue readingComing to you live from the US, it’s me! After a grueling 8 + 5 hour flight, with a very tight 1.5 hour transfer where we were met only by angry looking US customs men on Washington Dulles Airport and a huge buzz on LAX. It’s safe to say Los Angeles is a huge city, and that it has two
Continue readingIt’s been quite a while since we’ve returned from our holiday to Greece, and I’ve been very busy editing the raw pictures I’ve taken. In total, there’s over 2000 photo’s that needed attention, which was reduced to 1850 due to the crash of my HDD and the incomplete restore from my memory cards. Of those, the following made the cut
Continue readingAs I promised to you: here’s the next 40!
Continue readingAnd here’s part #3. 🙂 Still with me here?
Continue readingI’m still really busy working on the pictures we took during our holiday. Today, it’s creating panoramas by stitching them together. There’s a whole lot of tools capable of doing so, including the ancient Photostich, several paid programs, and my saviour: Hugin. I like! Free to use, maintained by the community and easy to use. What more to wish for?
Continue readingUnfortunately, I’m writing this to you on the very last day of my holiday. Tomorrow, it’s back to regular business for us. *sulk* Pictures will follow shortly. Even after everything that has happened…
Continue readingYou’ve read it correctly; today is my very first day off this year. In fact: it’s the first day of an, in my opinion, well deserved three-weeks-and-one-day period of holiday! Tomorrow, I’ll be attending my friend Mark’s wedding, he’ll be married to, his now fiancé, Christa. I’m rooting for great weather!
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