Week 40 - November 12

Panoramic view from Devils Garden trail - Arches National Park


Panoramic view of Double Arch - Arches National Park


Delicate Arch - Arches National Park


Looking down onto Canyonlands National Park

Hey,

I took a wondering trip out to Moab, Utah this past weekend and it was spectacular! I was so amazed by how beautiful and enormous the national parks are out here in the U.S. It's quite deceiving as it's all hidden away off the highway.

We spent a few hours hiking in Canyonlands National Park. This is the largest national park in Utah and we only got a glimpse of it. The most famous spot is Mesa Arch. This is probably the most popular destination and often will appear in every Utah travel brochures http://www.discovermoab.com/whattosee.htm

Arches National Park contains the world's largest concentration of natural sandstones. The park alone contains over 2000 arches. The most famous being Delicate Arch. This was probably my favourite park. We spent majority of our time hiking around the various trails and saw some amazing arches. Most of the trails are categorized as easy, but there were some that we hiked over consisted of slickrocks and often quite dangerous. Nonetheless, this is truly an amazing place to come and visit especially during the winter time where the temperature is around 15-18 degrees celcius.



Work colleagues from CU Online enjoying the food & entertainment


Casa Bonita


A typical mexican dish

Greetings,

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying what's left of this year. Wow, it's been an incredible year for me so far and I'm thoroughly enjoying my time here in the U.S

I went to this fun Mexican resturant (Casa Bonita) with plenty of entertainment - puppet shows, cliff divers, dancing gorillas and much more. Although I can't say much for the food, it was edible enough, but very average. I guess everyone just comes for the entertainment.

As you enter inside, it's almost like a "theme park" where you have to go through a line and pay for your food before you actually get inside the resturant. Once you are inside, you receive your food on a tray (cafeteria style) and the hostess will then show you to your table(s).