Southwestern US Road Trip with my parents [Archive] - The Unofficial ACS Sitiawan Alumni Forum

Sila

11-01-2006, 01:19 PM

so - we have just completed Day 4 of our 8 full day road trip. tired liao!! but we have seen some really cool stuff on this trip.

we flew out to phoenix last friday night and on saturday AM, we set off north to Flagstaff and headed east towards New Mexico.

vin is driving:
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mak and abah hanging out in the back seat:
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common sight around Phoenix:
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signs for the old Route 66:
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we got our kicks on Route 66!!

Sila

11-01-2006, 01:22 PM

1st lunch on the road: Mexican food! huevos rancheros and a bean burrito and lots of spanish rice. kenyang! sampai ta pau lagi....

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outside the restaurant, a pic with petrified wood:
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old car:
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Sila

11-01-2006, 01:23 PM

more route 66
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views of the Painted Desert:
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group pic in the Painted Desert:
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the colors in this pic don't do the Painted Desert justice at all. it was bright BRIGHT bright colors....

Sila

11-01-2006, 01:30 PM

this whole area is full of cool rock formations. a geologist's wet dream lah... like this cool rock:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/SWRoadTrip/IMG_3636.jpg

also there was so much panoramic views that i had to try my hand at photostitching. here's a view of the panorama from a scenic overlook. the arizona desert just north of Phoenix:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/SWRoadTrip/SW_PhxRestArea.jpg

also the Painted Desert - awesome place! the colors of this pic doesn't do it justice:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/SWRoadTrip/SW_PaintedDesertBadlands.jpg

goodnight! tomorrow is Day 5! gotta get to bed early! :D

Chris C

11-01-2006, 01:36 PM

Lovely pics Sila.....thanks.....:smile-2:

athena

11-01-2006, 01:47 PM

nice panaroma!!! :)

sorry for being blur...what's the significance of route 66?>

Voon Chan

11-01-2006, 01:49 PM

Puan Hasini & Pakcik Jamal still looking strong & healthy

11-01-2006, 02:22 PM

Champion punya gambar2.. ;)

Is Route 66 the one featured by Disney's Cars animation?

Sila

11-01-2006, 09:43 PM

thanks you guys - i'll try to keep posting a few pics at night, but it's been a really fun trip! after breakfast today we head out again!

athena - route 66 was i believe the 1st road to cross the US from east to west coast - now it is a defunct road but pieces of it has been preserved in the Southwest US ni (new mexico, arizona, etc.). there's a line from a song "get our kicks from route 66" but now i can't remember who sang it or anymore of the song!

jc - gua tak tengok Cars lah.. so i dunno if they drove on route 66 or not.. :o

vc - my parents are doing pretty well! even my mum is walking around and seeing all the sights and doing ok. my dad is in great shape! :)

Odysseus

11-01-2006, 10:45 PM

nice panaroma!!! :)

sorry for being blur...what's the significance of route 66?>
Route 66 links LA to Chicago and and of the last major roads before those great highways replaced the old federal roads. Supposedly scenic and passes through many old towns. This is what i remember the people who lived in Williams who told me about the story.

LiLiaN

11-01-2006, 11:04 PM

nice pics sila, and love the panoramic!!

athena

11-02-2006, 08:56 AM

route 66 was i believe the 1st road to cross the US from east to west coast - now it is a defunct road but pieces of it has been preserved in the Southwest US ni (new mexico, arizona, etc.). there's a line from a song "get our kicks from route 66" but now i can't remember who sang it or anymore of the song!

Route 66 links LA to Chicago and and of the last major roads before those great highways replaced the old federal roads. Supposedly scenic and passes through many old towns. This is what i remember the people who lived in Williams who told me about the story.

ic ic...a piece from the past!!! ;) thanks for the explanation guys!

Dino

11-02-2006, 09:33 AM

Drive to Grand Canyon or not, Sila?

Sila

11-02-2006, 01:44 PM

Drive to Grand Canyon or not, Sila?

tomorrow south rim of the Grand Canyon!! north rim closed for the winter...

Dino

11-02-2006, 01:50 PM

tomorrow south rim of the Grand Canyon!! north rim closed for the winter...

I am sure your parents will enjoy that!!!! :)

Odysseus

11-02-2006, 01:53 PM

tomorrow south rim of the Grand Canyon!! north rim closed for the winter...
Enjoy your trip :) Regards to Pn Hasini.. Wonder if she can remember me :(

Sila

11-02-2006, 01:55 PM

dino - i'm sure they'll enjoy it! i will too - it will be the first time for me also.. sad huh? :)

ody, my mum sure remember your face one - she may forget the name but she can usually remember faces :D nanti i show her a pic of you.

Oddfather

11-02-2006, 02:09 PM

ody, my mum sure remember your face one - she may forget the name but she can usually remember faces :D nanti i show her a pic of you.

Hope it will not overstresse her mind.

Wonder if she remembers my face.:unsure: show it your dad.....tell him is his tennis buddy in late 1970s.

Sila

12-03-2006, 06:03 AM

sorry for the long term abandonment of this thread. been very busy with work. my parents also have gone back to Sitiawan :(

but in the meantime, here are a ton of pictures from out 2nd day of the Southwestern road trip.

for more on the first day, please go here (http://www.hishgraphics.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=335).

on day 2 our first stop was El Morro.

Road to El Morro:
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El Morro:
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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:04 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:05 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:05 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:06 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:06 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:07 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:08 AM

Sila

12-03-2006, 06:11 AM

after El Morro, we drove on to Acoma Sky City, a 1000 year old still-lived in pueblo on top of a mesa, hundreds of feet above. this was my mother's favorite place of the whole trip.

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:12 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:13 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:13 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:14 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:14 AM

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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:15 AM

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and here are some photostitched stuff
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Sila

12-03-2006, 06:17 AM

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to read a detailed account of Acoma Sky City visit, please go here (http://www.hishgraphics.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=337).

Chris C

12-03-2006, 04:17 PM

Lovely pics Sila......I saw the ones your abah took....ada 1st hand naration and explaination from your parents somemore........lucky me!:D

LiLiaN

12-03-2006, 09:03 PM

lucky chris indeed... but i've got the narration from sila's blog too, so that's as good! ;)

Dino

12-03-2006, 10:05 PM

Hahhahaa....Cracker Barrel pegs. I usually end up being a moron at that one!!!

Sila

12-04-2006, 04:16 AM

chris - the pics i just posted are a combination of pics i took and pics abah took (i pinjam the nice ones he took mah..) hehehehe

lil - the blog is still ahead of this thread. :o

dino - i won for the first time ever at the peg game there!!! see? left 1 standing liao...never won before that!

Anson F-Clef

12-04-2006, 09:45 AM

Sila, I thot u missed some public transportation from the look of one pic lah!!!

LiLiaN

12-04-2006, 03:54 PM

lil - the blog is still ahead of this thread. :o
that's cool... it means reading the blog has exclusivity mah... :laugh:

Sila

12-05-2006, 04:56 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/SWRoadTrip/US106.jpg
[QUOTE=Anson F-Clef;366733]Sila, I thot u missed some public transportation from the look of one pic lah!!!
Anson - the above pic, issit? i was waving to my parents - they took the shuttle down from Acoma Sky City, Vin and I chose to walk down and enjoy the view.

that's cool... it means reading the blog has exclusivity mah... :laugh:

hehehe true oso.. :D

Jamalludin

12-05-2006, 11:26 PM

[QUOTE=Sila;366507]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/SWRoadTrip/US106.jpg

Anson - the above pic, issit? i was waving to my parents - they took the shuttle down from Acoma Sky City, Vin and I chose to walk down and enjoy the view.

hehehe true oso.. :D

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Jamalludin/ForACSforum.jpg

A clearer pic.of the above .And she was saying bye abah...Of coarse we waited for them at d visitors center down there.

Jamalludin

12-05-2006, 11:43 PM

and to recap - that was El Morro national park

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/SWRoadTrip/US91.jpg

for a more detailed account, please go here (http://www.hishgraphics.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=336).
:)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Jamalludin/Quesswhosdphotographer.jpg

Enthusiastic photographer at d EL MORRO.:)

Jamalludin

12-06-2006, 12:01 AM

Among the typhical look of the native american we spotted this pretty one & permission must & was granted to take her picture sandwich by Sila & my wife.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/Jamalludin/PrettyRedIndianNativeAmericangirl.jpg

Oddfather

12-06-2006, 12:14 AM

Big Chief, fa tat lor.......

Anson F-Clef

12-06-2006, 12:18 AM

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This was what I thought as some of you missing out on public transportation!! :eek::laugh:

Sila

12-06-2006, 06:32 AM

This was what I thought as some of you missing out on public transportation!! :eek::laugh:

hehehe no that was some kids that were running downhill, racing each other, playing football with bottles of gatorade. :D

abah, thanks for the clearer pics. and see? got potential to become buaya ni...take pics with the pretty native american girl.. heehhehehe

athena

12-06-2006, 11:34 AM

Jamalludin

12-06-2006, 03:09 PM

uncle, let's see one with you and the native!!! :laugh:

No!no pic with her.What I meant was that d whole family members dat we met on d Acoma Sky City during our tour have d typical look just like dat of our tour guide Gerry,except this one.Those potrayed in many cowboy movies showing pretty squaw were actress but dis one real Red Indian squaw.Thats what I appriciate about her.

athena

12-06-2006, 03:31 PM

No!no pic with her.What I meant was that d whole family members dat we met on d Acoma Sky City during our tour have d typical look just like dat of our tour guide Gerry,except this one.Those potrayed in many cowboy movies showing pretty squaw were actress but dis one real Red Indian squaw.Thats what I appriciate about her.
teehehehe...

Sila

12-07-2006, 04:06 AM