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Our wedding travel to the United States, with an excursion to Polynesia
Hello everyone,
Our trip was a honeymoon in 2 parts, 12 days around the car in America and 10 days between the islands of Polynesia in Bora Bora and Fakarava.
In America we have relied primarily to hotels Best Western, I must say that although in general in every chain hotel and we were not where we always had small problems especially with the toilet but on the whole were good accommodations.
The route with the help of previous experiences of friends and some info here and there on the sites are created by me and then I just leaned on the TO "Fifth World". The Budget was fairly high at around $ 10,000 but the most expensive part was the Polynesian Resort where Flight + have strongly influenced the budget, but council in case your trip is a wedding, in the end it does not happen often in life of days and to have money to get there, while other places like the Caribbean, Maldives and Thailand are certainly more accessible.
IMPORTANT ADVICE:
- 12 days for the tour that we did too little for the mileage, Las Vegas needs 2 nights.
- If the trip is late in the period from July to August in Death Valley does not venture out as we might find about 50 ° a living hell!
Rome to Los Angeles, via Paris
10:30 am Wake up slowly to begin our journey that will lead us to 2 new continents to touch us still unexplored: America and Oceania!
Let's put away the last things before sealing the only case that we decided to bring Italy to spend as
Las Vegas where I got the address of the
Las Vegas Premium Outlets 875 South Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89106 ( 702) 474-7500 where convenience is great, but do not anticipate too much! At lunchtime arrivamo comfortable with the train to Fiumicino airport where we board for a sandwich after Paris CDG where arrivamo calmly and do not scare us so we have a slight delay because the intercontinental flight the following morning at 10 at CDG LAX airport and stayed one night's hotel near one of the CDG. (Choice fits perfectly since we met a couple who, starting with the morning flight of 6 am as well as having made a alzattaccia 3 in the morning had to make an incredible run for a Rome-Paris flight delay and change from terminal 2F at A terimnal for those who know that their bags with CGD is not a walk in health when you have limited time and a intercontintale be taken!) Anyway the morning of 13 we embark on the flight Air Tahiti Nui, which for those who decide to travel Polynesia and make a stop over in the USA by the best price, and arrive in
Los Angeles!
Los Angeles
We arrived at LAX we rent a class B 2800 FORD FUSION V6 that will leave
San Francisco. After a few minutes to understand how the automatic transmission and navigation NeverLost absolutely be taken if you want to take a long trip in the U.S. arrived at a hotel in Beverly Hills near Rodeo Drive where we are now very close to us, but it will be the heat or because it's Sunday and there's no one around so we do some photos along the way after a pizza and we take the car and take a ride to the beaches where we arrived at sunset and the air damp and cold and the weariness of the molten We also invite you to stay over because we realize that the traffic is very similar to Columbus in August in Rome!
Universal Studios
If you decide to go to
Los Angeles you can not NOT visit STUDIOS ... adult playground that is worth a whole day! So the morning after getting up at 6! perhaps because of the time not completely absorbed, we rely on our Neverlost that takes us into the studio after a tour of the villas in Bel Air! Here we spend a wonderful day of fun.
Important tips:
- Buy tickets on the Internet the day before from the newly arrived and avoid unnecessary file you upgrade to the FRONT that lets you skip all the files!
- The most beautiful sights Waterworld and The Simpsons
Los Angeles - Flagstaff ( 750 Km )
In the morning we wake up too early and after we left the hotel we take a walk on Hollywood Blv. also known as the Walk of Fame ... the way of Hollywood stars with their footprints. After some photos and hear a bit of shopping we decided to start our first stop, more than 600km of the road ahead over the hills of
Los Angeles.
The street is very charming, the scenery keeps changing before our eyes and Km or Miles better run faster thanks to the automatic transmission and cruise control that allows us not to put too much care not to exceed the limits of U.S. highway!
In the evening we get a bit tired FLAGSTAFF we discover by reading our Lonely Planet to be a university town full of life but with a detail to put it mildly disturbing ... this city has the record for number of freight trains that cross it each day over 100, each of them during the night signals its arrival with a long whistle. So we hope to have a hotel far from the railroad, but as you might imagine our Best Western is right in front of the railway, but our room is on the right side. After a shower and a nap we do a little sightseeing through the mall where we find the shop Hollister (Brand of Aberchrombie & Fitch), where we start our U.S. tour shopping! and so in the evening after an excellent dinner of steak and a rear french fries, we fall asleep in a flash.
Flagstaff - Grand Canyon ( 150 Km )
The early morning we leave our BW and we are going to reach the first park on our journey to the
Grand Canyon! Just arrived in the park we take our room in BW within the park and bought the annual pass is very convenient for those who decide to see how many of us and we dirigiami to the South Rim where the view is nothing short of amazing! I finally have the chance to go wild with my new EOS 500D paid an exorbitant amount to take pictures in burst! After some hours we decided to return to the hotel before returning at sunset when the colors of the canyon becomes a surreal red!
Grand Canyon, Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon ( 180 Km )
The next morning we again woke up early and head to the
Bryce Canyon not before he made another stop at another edge of a scenic park also this wonderful. We continue our journey in a succession of mountains and highlands canyon cliffs that lead us to enter the Red Canyon, a spectacular landscape of red fire pierced the access of green conifers and the cobalt blue sky ... a natural spectacle. We continue our journey to
Bryce Canyon we came from Arizona and we have already entered in Utha. Upon entering the park we leave our luggage to the usual round of BW who welcomes us and we head to the
Bryce Canyon to take advantage of last hours in the afternoon before the sunset.
If the
Grand Canyon is incredible for its majestic
Bryce Canyon is unequal to its forms and colors with the amazing feature of being able to fully immerse into the canyon by doing a walk inside, following the paths between its red needles. A fantastic feeling that the shivers. Although lesser known of the
Grand Canyon also highly recommend everyone to go to Bryce!!
Bryce Canyon, Las Vegas ( 450 Km )
The next morning we aim to
Las Vegas the city of the game but most of the American mentality of luxury and striking, creating a city of entertainment and gambling, have become an almost forgotten place all an attraction for millions of tourists in the middle the desert where nobody else would never go is a genius only American! However we come to the Circus Circus hotel in one of the many world-famous Strip, which allows him to stay one night, and we do a first round of the hotels to see the bright lights of the city. The next day we stay in
Las Vegas and we grant quanche hours shopping at the Premium Outlet where you download not one but two credit cards and end the little cash we had brought to buy a jumbo bag filled to bursting. Just to name a few polo shirts and sweaters & Tommy Heighfilger $ 8.00 - $ 13 120 euro in Italy!
Oakley Sunglasses $ 120 400 euro in Italy, Guess jeans $ 38 110 euro in Italy with a very favorable rate of 1.5 Euro / $ in short, if you want rifarvi the wardrobe is the place for you!!
TIP: On a trip Mileage so long a break of 2 days in
Las Vegas is absolutely necessary in order to recharge and face the second leg of the tour more relaxed particularly with a view to move to
Death Valley in summer!
Las Vegas, Death Valley ( 250 Km )
The late afternoon we set out to
Death Valley and does not take long to understand why it was so named!
We go into this forgotten valley without seeing a car for miles and miles, for not more venture inside without a supply of water with you day and night temperatures during the periods of July and August are close to 50 °. Once at the Furnace Creak ONLY hotel in
Death Valley the wind furnace advises us to take a shower helps cool but only for a few minutes after we stopped at Zabriskie Point known for the famous movie that I really do not we enjoy as we saw the excessive heat so we head towards the painting road but we attacked by a sandstorm that allows me to take pictures of very beautiful but at the same time advises us to return safely to our hotel. The next morning at 4, recommended by the guides of the park to avoid overheating of the radiator of the car we approach the Yosemite park, during the stage we see the incredible scenery for their peculiarity the salt lake below sea level, the dunes of sand and the scenery changes abruptly in miles and miles.
TIP: Avoid
Death Valley during July and August are too hot periods, but also to stay two days during March and April when temperatures allow you to turn more relaxed all the beauty of the place.
Death Valley, Yosemite national Park ( 280 Km )
After so hot we finally arrive at
Yosemite National Park where forest waterfalls and a curious brown bear welcome us in the park! Here at last, after a trip under the falls under which we allow ourselves a little freshen-deserved relaxation in the pool below one of the highest waterfalls in the park! In the hotel where they lodge in the park are an unusual size of beetle never before seen so much that even the servant of the hotel remains stunned by its size making sure he had never seen so great ... but after that we we are occupying their territory! ! !
Yosemite National Park, San Francisco ( 300 Km )
In the morning we move to
San Francisco where we are greeted by a cold fog that enveloped the city throughout the year the bridge and the most famous prison in America! The strange thing that we note that unlike all the rest that we filmed here in the USA the speed limit on highways adjacent to SF are not always known! Here are staying at the Sir Francis Drake hotel in the center behind Union Square! The city is very European and does not reflect the typical American city but more of a European capital with the districts, each with its own different characteristics.
TIP: DO NOT BUY ANYTHING AT THE SHOPS OF THE PORT CAMERAS, THEY VERY OFTEN SELL PARTS THAT ARE NOT TRULY ORIGINAL. I was looking for a Canon lens and only just have not been cheated.
San Francisco Several people have confirmed this fact.
San Francisco
In
San Francisco we do the usual tour bus with the red a little time to orient within the city which is very large and dispersed, but later in the afternoon we take our car and go to the Golden Bridge and I enjoy driving up to the up and down the streets of SF as the most famous movies! In the evening we go to eat after going through the park on a very charming restaurant overlooking the ocean.
COUNCIL even if you normally prefer to eat local food when I travel an Italian restaurant to eat a good meal in town on the road behind Powell in Union Square!
Five nights in Bora Bora
Finally, after 4000 km in 11 days we come to the long-awaited holiday in Polynesia! the calm and unique beauty of French Polynesia in a few hours makes us forget the fatigue accumulated during the U.S. tour and have just arrived to pick up the catalog of trips to see the beauties of the island and so we spend in 5 days with other couples Sofitel known in our resort will enjoy the island.
TIPS: Hiking to do: Obviously, every resort has its own scuba diving center, but in this trip with a bathroom with sharks, rays, turtles around the island.
The motion to water to go around the island also are fun but make sure that the weather is good.
Fakarava - Papeete - LAX - Paris - Rome
... AND AFTER MORE 'THAN 36 HOURS OF TRAVEL you wake up and there's a guy next to you who claims to be your wife but you hardly recognize .... or maybe you will not ;-P)
Good Journey to all .... wherever you live!