Paid usd79 for a day tour from Las Vegas to the big hole. Yes, you hear me, THE big hole.

The fact is, the grand canyon is not the only canyon in the world (obviously), and it is nor the biggest canyon in the world. But it is well-known as *THE* canyon, all thanks to the desert environment, not much vegetation manage to conquer the land – leaving us the magnificient orange/red/brown layered views.

To educate you what a canyon is,
“A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls. Canyons are much more common in arid areas than in wetter areas because weathering has a greater effect in arid zones. Canyon walls are often formed of resistant sandstones or granite. Submarine canyons are those which form underwater, generally at the mouths of rivers. The word canyon is Spanish in origin (cañón). The word canyon is generally used in the United States, while the word gorge is more common in Europe and Oceania, though it is also used in some parts of the United States and Canada. The military derived word defile is occasionally used in England.” – wiki

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So, we unwillingly woke up at 5(?)am for the tour, grumpily waited at the lobby for a coach to the meeting point, which happened to be an airfield.

Iris: Ah, are we going by plane?
me: Hmm.. but we paid for the cheaper fares with the bus…
me: Maybe they’ve changed, we ARE going by plane =D

And we got excited for like 15minutes before *the* bus arrived to pick us up. Potong(means cut in English, well you still won’t be able to understand with translation lol. In short, “potong steam” means =___=”) steam aje…

Passing the police check point at Arizona

Hoover Dam!!!

Remember the gigantic dam in the Transformers movie where the *daigaosuei* bad bad All Spark was being kept in? That’s Hoover Dam =D. And since we have to pass by the dam on the way to the hole =D, we get a short break at the dam:

The intake towers

Saw this at the souvenir shop:

Cowboy bubble bath

My first brainless impression was, beans can dissolve in water?? =p Okay, if you still don’t get it, the beans go down into your stomach, not into the bath tub. Umm, and if you still haven’t been able to get it, it has to do with the word farting =____= (now you made me sound disgusting).

Views on way to the canyon

showing Zorro on the bus. Watching it the nth time.

Oh and the tour fares include an unexpected filling buffet style lunch

Finally…

The suichabo/meinu/kirei-onna once again Grand Canyon!

more suichabo canyon pictures…

We have plenty of time there and there is no other entertainment other than taking picture of suichabo with the canyon

more…

more =D

mo-i-yo (enough! in Japanese)

ok lah last one

nice right nice right? I mean the colour of the rocks lah

the best travel buddy/my dearest bff =D

Don’t do this. 80 has lost their life in Grand Canyon. They just dropped from the canyon. Most of them are pro-photographer (no source for this though, purely based on imaginations).

We were at the south rim – north rim is simply too far and the so-called west rim is bloody commercialised.

And mohawk is very much in fashion here:

bush-ier:

And how can I not taking pictures of the plants even that I don’t have a macro lens so please support “Eehui’s wide angle and macro lens funds” already

unknown

unknown

and

still unknown

this i know though!

suichabo aloe vera and cactus =D (umm maybe not…)

The visitors center

see the different colours

lollies with dead insects

*some* lake on the way back

The best way to see the canyon would be hiking down the hole – otherwise just by viewing it from above is not as ummph as it should be. And the crazy heat is making us grumpy (also from the lack of sleep…). So maybe going there in spring/autumn would be a better idea (bring layers of clothing cause it can get really cold at night and plenty of water!), and be sure to spend more than 1 day to hike a bit there!