The alarm clock started going off at 5.30am, but I couldn't find the damn switch to turn it off, so grabbed a phone to shine the light on it....then noticed on the phone that it was 6.30am...but the alarm clock said 5.30am!! We slept in! For some reason the phone alarm didn't go off! Just couldn't believe it! We were supposed to be at Excalibur hotel to meet the tour bus at 6.15am, which takes us to the tour office! I knew from yesterday that the tour doesn't ac...

Early alarm wake up call at 4.45am! Some idiots from next door woke us up at about 4.15am though, trying to get in their room. And it took me ages to get to sleep so I've had about 3 and a half hours sleep! We had to make our way over to the Excalibur hotel and park our car up, then go wait for our tour bus to pick us up at 6.15am. The tour cost us $224 (£140) each and is to the Grand Canyon South Rim. Most of the tours actually go to the West Rim which is sup...