Driving down the 101 just outside of LA, this scene just screamed Americana for me.
After years of decay, Route 66 is slowly being restored as the quintessential American roadtrip experience.
while on a West Coast road trip, came across someone else's wonderful sense of humor, had fun shooting it
A famous Route 66 trading post since 1949, Jack Rabbit has most of the usual stuff found in trading posts throughout the Southwest. The thing it has that sets it apart from the others is a large rabbit that you can pose on for pictures, as well as the "HERE IT IS" sign at the entrance.
The modern day Ho Chi Minh Trail is more symbolic than exact – it’s not the original trail, but a relatively new highway, which was completed in 2002 to the chagrin of many who believed it to be a foolish endeavor, a colossal waste of money, and a tribute to an artifact of war that represents bloodshed, death, and to some, defeat.
Despite the images of war, a journey along this road, as it winds along the Truong Son Mountains, is one of immense beauty, with a diverse population of ethnic minorities and a varied landscape: farm land and bucolic emerald fields; soft, swelling hills; ruddy, rolling rivers; hardwood rainforests, waterfalls, miles of rice paddy, cornfields, black pepper farms, rubber tree forests, and coffee plantations.
The best way to experience it? Hire an Easy Rider–they’re a group of freelance motorbike guides, based in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, who take travelers on the back of their bikes to see “real Vietnam”.
I went to Great Ocean Road driving my old toyota corolla ( 1987). It takes 12 hours to drive along the road to 12 Apostles.
Our friends, Lin & Jerry, who had moved to Hana, Maui had been trying to get us to visit for years.
We wanted to get away for a week and decided on revisiting The Cape. We hadn't been there in years, even though it is only a two hour drive down the road.
The item everyone with a vehicle needs.
Riding the Ho Chi Minh Highway on 2 wheels is an excellent way to get off the tourist trail... and the bus.