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  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 67 – Flagstaff, USA

    Saturday 15 January 2000 Highlights: Nothing today. We arrived at Flagstaff very early in the morning.  I had a spare empty seat next to me so managed some sleep, Jon wasn’t so lucky.  After ringing many local hostel’s Grand Canyon International answered and organised a pick up from the bus station.  Checking in at 7…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 66 – Santa Fe to Flagstaff, USA

    Friday 14 January 2000 Highlights: Palace of the Governors, San Miguel Mission A change of plans meant we got a chance to explore Santa Fe.  Santa Fe is the oldest surviving town in the USA that was part of Mexico originally. We visited the Palace of the Governors that was for a long time the…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 65 – Santa Fe, USA

    Thursday 13 January 2000 Highlights: Barely surviving a 23 hour bus trip 😦 Barely surviving a 23 hour bus journey we arrived in Santa Fe around 3.50 pm and walked down to the Thunderbird Inn to spoil over selves instead of staying in the local hostel. Santa Fe is just a stop over point before…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 64 – Deadwood to Santa Fe, USA

    Wednesday 12 January 2000 Highlights: Mt Rushmore, Custer Park. We managed to visit Mt Rushmore today, it only took a taxi ride to Stargis, a bus ride to Rapid City and a short term car rental to get there.  Driving in the USA takes some getting used to (right side of the road)  but I…

  • World Trip 1999-2000: Day 63 – Deadwood, USA

    Tuesday 11 January 2000 Highlights: Visiting graves of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Today we visited the historic sites of Deadwood.  But first the locals greet us as we walked around the small town.  This was surprising but apparently getting to Australians in town was news, we must have made an impression playing blackjack last…