USA 2019 — Bernd's Perspective

A whirlwind trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, before finishing in San Francisco and the Yosemite National Park. One week in May 2019.

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

The Luxor Hotel

Check-in at Luxor, not always this empty

Check-in at Luxor when I arrived

View from my room

Me hitting the machines

Semi-virtual Black Jack

Luxor hotel entertainment zone

Luxor hotel gambling zone

Las Vegas airport, I spent quite some time there courtesy of United

First stop on my three day trip through the National Parks: Route 66 through Arizona

Classic car

Classic petrol pump

Members only petrol pump

Grand Canyon, not much to see here

Grand Canyon

Colorado River

It was freezing!

Group photo before boarding a cruise on Lake Powell

Toxic power plant near Page

Fellow tourists taking photos of the Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam

Me in Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon, unfortunately we didn't get off the boat

Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon

Tree in Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon

Me in Zion

Our driver taking photos of everyone

Zion

Zion National Park

Squirrel

Cowboy

San Francisco

Classic photo: me in front of the Golden Gate Bridge

Surfer near the Golden Gate Bridge

Oakland Bay Bridge at night

Hippie area in San Francisco

Street art

Art or weapons?

Burgers!

The Seven Sisters

Muir Woods

Muir Woods

Alcatraz

Alcatraz

Shower room in Alcatraz. Not much privacy.

Cell blocks

The knives are outlined in this knife block so that it's easier to notice if one has gone missing

SFMoMA

My favourite Warhol

Ewwwww

Spiders by Louise Bourgeois

One Cent

JR - The Chronicles of San Francisco

The first of many waterfalls in Yosemite National Park

The largest waterfall

El Capitan

Rock climbers on El Capitan

Jill in front of the Half Dome, inspired by the Northface logo. Or the other way round.

Rock climbing training

Rock climbing training

Jay

Yosemite Valley

Us with the beautiful Yosemite Valley in the bachground

Deer hiding behind a burnt sequoia

Sequoia