Show Off Your Homeland
October 26, 2015 at 5:08 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2015 at 5:14 pm by Jenny A.)
I'm not talking about which country is better, or politics, I'm talking vacation. If you were to advise someone from the other side of the ocean or globe, where to visit in your country, where would you advise?
I grew up in the mountain west of the United States, and live in the Northwest. If you were visiting the U.S. from Europe, this is what I would advise and why:
Don't spent much time on New York, or L.A. You have many big bustling cities with greater buildings, art museums, and equally good night life as New York. Why travel the Atlantic to do it again? L.A. is uniquely American alright but in a way that has everything to do with traffic congestion. You'd spend all your time on the freeway.
I have three very different suggestions. First go Mountain West and Southwest. Yes, the Alps are beautiful and so is the England's Lake District, and Scotland. But you have no idea about what real empty wilderness means (those from Australia, New Zealand, and Africa probably do). This must be done by car. Fly into Salt Lake, Denver, or Los Vegas. For the most culture shock choose Los Vegas or Salt Lake. The southwest contains, pueblo Indian ruins, current pueblos, and vast high altitude geographic wonders. There's high culture in Santa Fe and Taos, crude Americans at our worst in Los Vegas, Mormonism if you fly out of Salt Lake, and the Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Zion for shear natural grandeur. Or tour Yellowstone for geysers, and the Rocky Mountains for mountains.
Or run down our Pacific coastline from Seattle to San Fran. Take in Mt. Rainer, Mt. Saint Helens, and Mt. Hood and the Columbia Gorge, and the Redwoods as you go. By all means start in Canada in BC.
Other people, particularly eastern and southerners, might suggest something else.
Or make a run across the south doing a Civil War and Revolution tour. You'll get American southern culture at it's best and worst as an added cultural bonus.
I'm less sure were to tell Australians to go as you have even vaster empty land.
I grew up in the mountain west of the United States, and live in the Northwest. If you were visiting the U.S. from Europe, this is what I would advise and why:
Don't spent much time on New York, or L.A. You have many big bustling cities with greater buildings, art museums, and equally good night life as New York. Why travel the Atlantic to do it again? L.A. is uniquely American alright but in a way that has everything to do with traffic congestion. You'd spend all your time on the freeway.
I have three very different suggestions. First go Mountain West and Southwest. Yes, the Alps are beautiful and so is the England's Lake District, and Scotland. But you have no idea about what real empty wilderness means (those from Australia, New Zealand, and Africa probably do). This must be done by car. Fly into Salt Lake, Denver, or Los Vegas. For the most culture shock choose Los Vegas or Salt Lake. The southwest contains, pueblo Indian ruins, current pueblos, and vast high altitude geographic wonders. There's high culture in Santa Fe and Taos, crude Americans at our worst in Los Vegas, Mormonism if you fly out of Salt Lake, and the Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Zion for shear natural grandeur. Or tour Yellowstone for geysers, and the Rocky Mountains for mountains.
Or run down our Pacific coastline from Seattle to San Fran. Take in Mt. Rainer, Mt. Saint Helens, and Mt. Hood and the Columbia Gorge, and the Redwoods as you go. By all means start in Canada in BC.
Other people, particularly eastern and southerners, might suggest something else.
Or make a run across the south doing a Civil War and Revolution tour. You'll get American southern culture at it's best and worst as an added cultural bonus.
I'm less sure were to tell Australians to go as you have even vaster empty land.
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