Last time we have been looking at an architectural marvel: the Crystal Cathedral (link here). You can actually visit the cathedral if you are traveling from LA southbound (Mexico anyone?). There are a lot more attractions in the vicinity of the City of Angels. However, if you want to get out of the city there …
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This time we will make a dramatic change and go from looking at the desert landscapes to admiring the modern (or postmodern if you want to be extra precise) architecture of the Crystal Cathedral. It is maybe not as well-known as Rio’s statue of Christ the Redeemer or Barcelona’s (still to be finished) Sagrada Familia. …
It’s been a while since the last post. I told you: prepare accordingly when planning a visit to the valley. As you can see I didn’t follow my own advice and it meant a solid few weeks between posts :D. So again: do prepare for the visit. It’s not unusual to see no other people …
As you already know desert landscape is very common in south western USA. For this reason we will stick to it for now and visit one of the extreme places on the planet – the Death Valley. Already the name is a kind of a warning for those who venture there unprepared. After all, the …
Yes, we are back in the USA!! The hot part (weather-wise) of the country. The title of the post may even suggest a very hot part. That’s what at least the “desert” part implies. What about the second part? The dagger. The desert dagger is an English translation of “izote de desierto”. And this “izote …
That’s a weird sounding title, right? Couldn’t I just say autumn? In my last post I said that we will see where the open highway takes us. Well, I though that postponing that will not hurt. You see, it’s mid October and in many places around the world that means autumn (in the northern hemisphere …
Remember the mountains in South Dakota? The ones that have the presidents’ heads AND an Indian chief monuments? The Black Hills… Well, obviously these are not the only mountains on the American soil and not the only place where you can find traces of native Americans. Arizona too was populated long before the explorers from …
It’s been a while since my last post. I do have a good excuse for not updating this site – I was travelling. Again. This time it was the west side of the Balkans – parts of the former country of Yugoslavia. I will get to that in one of my future articles. However, as …
As you know the Hoover Dam is on the border of two states: Nevada and Arizona. It makes perfect sense then to go to the latter and see the canyon. Before you get too excited: it’s not the world famous Grand Canyon, it’s just a national monument that happens to be in the same state …
Last time we have been wandering (and wondering) around the deserts of Utah. These lands are only the beginning of vast areas of south western United States that are extremely dry and with minimal vegetation. Yet some parts of these lands are densely populated and are in constant need of, among other things, water and …