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This short vacation we went to the South-Western part of the States.
We took a flight to San Diego and picked up a car there. In San Diego we
visited the world famous San
Diego Zoo. We saw lots of animals we have never seen before
and also the layout of the zoo is very nice. The animals acted much more
natural then I have seen is most other zoos. The next day in San Diego we
went whale watching. We were lucky, we spotted a
family of 4 or 5 whales. I wasn't able to make any decent pictures, but it is
a very impressive experience to see these huge creatures op pretty close. |
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Hippo mother and baby under
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Colorful parrot |
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From San Diego we went to LA. Our main target there was Universal
Studios. We were lucky, the park was quite and we have seen
all shows and been to all rides without having spent more than a few minutes
waiting. There were rides featuring ET, Jurasic
Park, Terminator and Back to the Future. There was a Wild West show and a
show around Waterworld. Throughout the park there
were characters from the different Universal films. |
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Jurassic Park |
Dagmar and Beatle juice |
Waterworld show final |
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Next stop was Las Vegas. Especially at night the Strip presents a nice
spectacle. We stayed in two different hotel, the Excalibur, which has King
Arthur and the round table as theme and the Luxor where everything revolved
around acient Egypt. Many hotels have an attraction
in front of their entrance. Excaliber has a
battle between Merlin and a dragon, The Mirage has a vulcano
that erupts every 30 minutes and in front of Treasure Island, a English warship and a pirate stage a real naval battle. |
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Erupting vulcano
in front of the Mirage Hotel |
Circus Circus
on the Strip in Las Vegas |
Ballet of fountains in front of
Bellagio Hotel |
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From Las Vegas we made a flight over the Grand Canyon. We flew over
Lake Mead, the Grand Canyon and the Hoover dam. The pictures give some idea
of what it is like but the real thing was absolutely awesome. |
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Flying over the Grand Canyon |
Nicely colored Mesa |
An
other view of the Colorado river |
