grand canyon

My next stop was the Grand Canyon. I went there from the south entrance, which was perfect. You don´t see anything until you are reaching the rim. And what a view it was, the canyon is 16km wide and 1600m deep. You can stand right at the edge and look down, at some parts its secured but other parts are totally open.


If you enter the parc from the east entrance you see some parts of the canyon from the road which lowers the wow effect.

The same place with me:



And the same spot at sunset. The red rocks became even more reddish.



Here you could imagine, how deep it goes down. I was thinking about doing a hike there but it was too hot. At to top close to 40 degrees and down even hotter. I looked at the trails, all of them have been in the full sun without shade. I have been told, if you want to hike down, there is a ranch where you could and should stay overnight. Doing all in one day is way too much. Over 250 people have to been rescued by the rangers every year because of overheating and other problems.




I spent the sunset there, every good spot was occupied, you have to be there early for a good one. I was lucky to find one and me and the 80 people behind me cheered when the sun went down ;-)




Grand Canyon was so far the place where I took the most pictures, really nice and impressive.