It is the 3rd consecutive year-crossing travel for south west part of US. I decided to go to the south route of the 1st travel along the Mexican border.
The schedule is as below;
Day 1 (12/25): Los Angeles, CA => Phoenix, AZ => Tucson, AZ
Day 2 (12/26): Tucson, AZ => Tombstone, AZ => El Paso, TX
Day 3 (12/27): El Paso, TX => Carlsbad Cavern N.P., NM => Roswell, NM
Day 4 (12/28): Roswell, NM => White Sands N.M. => Albuquerque, NM
Day 5 (12/29): Albuquerque, NM
Day 6 (12/30): Albuquerque, NM => Sedona, AZ => Las Vegas, NV
Day 7 (12/31): Las Vegas ,NV
Day 8 (1/1): Las Vegas ,NV
Day 9 (1/2): Las Vegas ,NV => Los Angeles, CA
I traveled a lot of times since I had come to US in 2004 but this is my first time to travel by myself after I traveled around Denver with 11 day and 9 night in 2001.
There were a lot of changes during these 10 years.
For example, one of these changes is booking. I went to travel agency to book hotels and car-rental city by city before but nowadays I can do it at my house through online.
Music is also the one. Music is necessary for me to travel. It was cassette tapewalkman when I traveled for the first time in 1998 having about 10 tapes while I bring mp3 player having a couple of thousands songs in it now.
Next one is camera. This is also necessary for me. I brought about thirty 35mm films in X-ray guard pocket for 30 - 60 days travel 10 years before. But we can take photos with digital camera, even movies!
Thus, a lot of things changed for my bringings and sightseeing destinations are also changing.
For instance, Monument Valley has the one big change compared with year 2000. The new hotel was built near the gate which doesn't fit in landscape at all.
Las Vegas is also changing. There are new buildings come out every year. More than 10 hotels came out after my first trip in 1998. Aladin is the one who came out and disappeared in this 10 years.
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