USA tour
My third trip to the United States but the first on my own. My wife – Rena – had passed away in 2015 and I wanted to visit her relatives and friends in New York and Minneapolis – and join my son in Las Vegas. It would also provide an opportunity to catch up with an old friend from university who I hadn’t seen for over 25 years…
Day-by-day: Diary of a USA Tour
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USA Day 1 part 1: The start of a 16 hour journey and already I’m tense: will the train get me to London on time?
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USA Day 1 part 2: After lessons learned I was glad to be in my Virgin Atlantic seat
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USA Day 2: Arrived at Grand Central and an eerie silence (& lack of traffic) was upon 5th Avenue… what could be going on?
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USA Day 3: With family in Little Guyana
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USA Day 4 part 1: Goodbye Queens; I’m Manhattan bound!
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USA Day 4 part 2: News crews setting up at Trump Tower, and I met a very nice New York Cop…
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USA Day 4 part 3: Time Square at night – one of the top experiences on the planet
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USA Day 5: Forgotten charger meant getting downtown to an Apple Store in the heaviest rain I have seen in Manhattan…
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USA Day 6: Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes
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USA Day 7 part 1: Wall of 1,000 stars… if only I had time to get to a gig…
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USA Day 7 part 2: to the Biggest Mall in America! And I bought Levi’s…
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USA Day 9 part 1: Minnehaha Park – and off to Minneapolis/St.Paul airport – which has an excellent bar!
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USA Day 9 part 2: The Luxor review
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USA Day 10: Las Vegas Strip: should I walk or drive the Mustang?
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USA Day 11 part 1: I95 to Beatty via a bored cop and a brothel
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USA Day 11 part 2: Death Valley, Zabriskie Point & Furnace Creek – and the Death Valley RailRoad
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USA Day 12: The best way to see Vegas – at night – and an English pub & Mexican bar
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USA Day 13: an excellent breakfast with friends in Vegas before getting on the road to Hualapai Reservation – Grand Canyon
Colin Anderson 