We've been in the Grand Canyon for two days now and the only thing that I can say is that it deserves every accolade that it gets. However because of its grandeur it does attract hordes of tourists (many of them on massive tour buses with matching tracksuits and badges, following tour leaders with little signs). Nic and I had an experience that I think typifies the 'big tour bus' mentality. We'd taken Andrus up on his offer to go and see the sunrise. Getti...

The road to Monument Valley has one very cool location on it. The scene from Forrest Gump where he is running into the distance with through the desert was filmed there. Our bus got parked on the cleared ground that housed the movie crews and then we all took photos and videos of us doing the Forrest run at the same time dodging the oncoming traffic from both directions. Monument Valley was amazing. Touring around with a Navajo guide we not only got to see...