Sunday, October 18, 2009

First 10 days of travel in America!!








It’s really hard keep these pages update when u are having a great time and u move along the United States… is really difficult find time to write down something when you are too tired because the long transfer or just for the night…

I’m in Austin, Texas today and tomorrow we head to Houston... we’ve travelled around for 11 days until now and has really been great... after the Grand Canyon we went to Las Vegas and well, it’s better that I don’t write down what is that place... is called the city of sin for one real reason!! Was really fun!! I think I never had so much fun in my life..maybe a couple of other times but was really great... during the day.. Las Vegas doesn’t have any charm..it’s just a huge amusement park in the middle of nowhere..but the night.. oh my God.. it’s just crazy!! We went around for 2 hours into a party bus..all together..was just great!! The effects..we felt them the day after! LOL!!! I think the song Waking Up in Vegas, yea..is the right one..definitely...

I don’t wanna describe the details, was just so fun.. really great! After that we went to Zion but I was just too tired to do anything.. it’s a nice natural park but we stopped by for just 1 day..so not so much!!

But after that..the Monument Valley.. oh man.. it’s just like in the movies..it’s simply breathless.. America is just unbelievable.. the nature that you can see over here is something really extraordinary!! We spent a night sleeping into an Hogan with some Native Americans.. Navajos to be exact... and listen to them...listen what their people lived in the past..well.. it helps to reflect about their conditions.. there are so many of them down here in the Southern States..really a lot.. and a lot of people from South America.. the States are really changing.. you find everything written in Spanish everywhere!!

We passed by to Carlsbad, New Mexico to visit a huge national park completely underground.. it’s a cavern complex.. really cool..

Yesterday we arrived over here in Texas after a long long drive, 9 hours... terrible!! Really stay in a closed space like a van for that time..drives you just crazy!! But the night was great... Austin looks really amazing!!

C ya

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Arizona: Grand Canyon!

So..well.. the adventure is going on and is getting better day after day…. So..right now we are in the Grand Canyon and yea..I guess that this place really deserves everything has been said about it.. is simply hard to describe what you see and what you feel when you stare at it... I thought that when you are in places like this one u can listen the silence.. well, ok doesn’t mean anything but is to try to explain by words the sensations that you are able to feel. You just there and you can admire the power of the nature or the power of God and you understand how the small is the Man compared to the Earth itself.

So, we woke up like at 5.00 o’clock in the morning and trust me..that’s unbelievable... I mean.. I’ve never seen that time on my watch in my life..well just when we were coming back from some party yes..but not when you have to wake up!! Damn!! But after all the day I can easily say that was worth the effort!!

Unsure about hiking in the Canyon itself.. I followed the others and we went for 6 miles just down and yes..that’s was really great!! The landscapes that you can spot can really live you breathless.. it took a while to go up and down but u know is really not something that you do everyday...

And after like 4 days the group seems more open... I like these guys... it’s fun! And you always start to interact with everyone after a while.. nothing comes at the first moment... and the Americans around..well the guys that are tourists in their own country they are always friendly..they always stop by to talk.. it’s really cool.. I love it.. like I loved Canada!

The only hard thing was sleep in the night.. you can’t imagine how is the thermal difference between day and night over here.. is fucking freezing.. really.. u have the tent and the sleeping bag but whatever..u really shiver all the time!! And sometimes..u think.. we belong to the civilization.. so yea...it’s harsh..but is really an experience!

Luckily the day wasn’t really so hot but is possible imagine how hard is live around here during the summer time... it can really go up quite a lot!

Like I said tomorrow is Vegas and that will be rock man!!! Would be so great!!

C ya

Friday, October 9, 2009

America... is amazing!! Grand Canyon!!

So… my American adventure began and after 3 days I can say that is fucking awesome!!

I think that after 6 months in Canada this is really the best choice.. apart for the opportunity to visit this great country from the west to the east coast is an amazing way to know a bunch of new people!! I love that!! Of course, the first moment is always kind of hard, right? Cause u have to literally break the ice! Is a situation that I lived so many times in my life that I’m kinda used to.. U find yourself in an hotel hall full of all these guys carrying heavy suitcases or backpacks and u think.. “Damn it.. is really like a déjà vu!”

After a couple of hours is like if u have known them since an entire life.

And this adventure really reminds me Las Palmas..this is exactly like that! Everyone carries different background adventures, different reasons that brought them in America.. you are around a fire in the middle of the Arizona desert, out of Phoenix and you think that is damn awesome!

I’m writing this update while we are heading to the Grand Canyon.. this is so cool!

Well, I was telling about the group.. well exactly there are 2 groups of I don’t know..I think we are like 22 people.. there are people from UK (of course!!), from Denmark, from Switzerland, from Australia, from Hungary, from South Korea... is awesome!

Well.. we are going around of the States guided by a guide, right.. our guide is a girl from Minnesota.. pretty different climate down here compared to up there!

So we started from San Diego.. really laid back atmosphere..just a city by the sea.. really cool.. just touring around the city staying after that in a campground in La Jolla.. well a campground with 4 pools!! Crazy Americans!

The day after we headed to Arizona.. is crazy think that over the temperature is 30° but in the night drops drastically and is kinda of chilly.. what I’m doing is basically camping.. I’m not really a fan of this stuff..but I find it really cool anyway... so u just set up your tent, you cook your own food and after that you just talk with the others... that’s the best part... damn..know English is really damn important..sometimes I think about people back in Italy, my same age that are proud to not know any word in a foreign language.. guys u are totally fucked up!! U have no idea what u are losing..just right now!!

Anyway, we headed to Arizona, we stayed to this old fashion place like I said above, middle of the desert, no showers, no amenities, nothing.. just the dirt... the tents and some real American cowboys.. that was awesome.. sit near the fire..drinking and sharing your stories...

I can eventually even speak Italian.. so cool!! There’s a Swiss girl from the German part that speaks also Italian... sweet.... you have just to switch from one language to the other... kind of funny... but talk in English I think is better.. I’m so used right now that doesn’t make any difference anymore!

I love Switzerland.. living quite near to the border is one of the country that I’ve been more often.. that’s awesome! And listen what Swiss guys tell... just confirms that!

Anyway... our group is 2 Danish (nice guys), 1 Tasmanian guy (he’s 19 and he’s already been already all over the world.. crazy Australians!!), 3 girls from UK, 3 South Koreans and 1 Swiss German guy... everyone seems cool so far...

Well..like I said we are heading to the Grand Canyon..today just look around and tomorrow is up to us.. hiking or just see around from the rim.. I can’t really do the helicopter flight over it.. I’m kind of broken so I can’t really afford 225 US!!

Anyway I’ll do some of the other things.... like staying with the Navajos..and things like these...

Awesome!!

The Danish guys rode some horse..but isn’t something from me!!

America..is just amazing by the way!! I had the confirm after 3 days..but I already knew that of course!

And the day after tomorrow Vegas babe!!!

Ahahah... awesome suckers!!!!

C ya!!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

California! Here I am!!







ENGLISH

And so..after an odyssey from Vancouver to Seattle, since the bus journey took 6 hours for 250 km because an accident on the freeway that originated a huge line at the border where we waited about 2 hours, today I arrived in Los Angeles. Well precisely I’m in El Segundo, a suburb of the city, in a nice hotel with a lot of fancy stuff that I ain’t really going to use since I’m here just 1 night.

Yea, cause tomorrow my adventure starts. I uploaded a map of what I’m going to do and see.. I hope that will be awesome. I’ll be able to see so many different parts of this amazing nation!!

I’m ready!!!

I saw Seattle again, after the visit with Luigi but was just a small stroll around downtown to see how she looks like by night...

See Los Angeles from the plane is unbelievable.. is not huge.. gigantic I think is the right word! Incredible!

Something about the airline that I used: Virgin America.. 79.60 $ from Seattle to Los Angeles plus 15 $ for a checked baggage... 94.60 USD in total.. 65 Euro to travel on a wonderful brand new Airbus A319 with in flight entertainment, complimentary soft drinks.. well.. a lot better than Ryanair!!

When you get out you immediately realize that you are in the States! Air conditioning at the maximum level, fast foods everywhere.. ehehe.. I love this country!!

ITALIAN

E così, dopo un’odissea da Vancouver a Seattle visto che il viaggio in bus è stato di 6 ore per 250 km a causa di un incidente sull’autostrada che ha causato una coda allucinante al confine statunitense, oggi sono arrivato a Los Angeles. Precisamente mi trovo a El Segundo, una città satellite in un albergo spettacolare con una marea di cose che non userò visto che sono qui solo per una notte.

Esatto perché domani finalmente la mi avventura ha inizio. Ho pubblicato una mappa di cosa dovrei fare e vedere.. speriamo sia spettacolare.. Sarò in grado di vedere un casino di cose che la maggior parte della gente si sogna soltanto!!

I’m ready!!!

Ho visto Seattle di nuovo dopo la visita con Luigi ma è stato solo un tour piuttosto veloce per vedere com’è di note..

Vedere Los Angeles dall’aereo è incredibile.. non è enorme.. è gigantesca!! Incredibile!

Qualcosa riguardo la compagnia aerea che ho usato: Virgin America.. 79.60 $ da Seattle a Los Angeles più 15 $ per un bagaglio in stiva: 94.60 USD in totale.. 65 Euro per farsi 1500 km su un brand new Airbus A319 con in flight entertainment, bevande gratis.. well.. a lot better than Ryanair!!

Quando si scende dall’aereo..ci si rende subito conto di essere in America.. Aria condizionata ovunque ed al Massimo.. fast food dappertutto... ehehe.. I love this country!!