We had about 4 hours to spent at the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. The first stop was at Eagle Point, where the skywalk was located. Looking down and taking pictures of the edge of the canyon was always extremely scary, as there were no railings. Even though I had to pay 22 USD just for walking on the skywalk, I didn't want to mis this opportunity. However, being on the skywalk was actually a lot less scary than I had expected. I even lay face down on the skywalk and looked down into the abyss.
There were also some Indian tents and other kinds of housing to look at at this viewpoint.
After a while, I went on to the Guano Point. It was possible to hike or rather climb a little in that area, which I did in order to get a better view. Afterwards, I had lunch, which was actually quite good and healthy: Salad, chicken, corn and a roll.
All in all, the Grand Canyon is unimaginably huge and there were actually a lot more plants than I had expected. I thought that there would only be sand. But it was quite the contrary, everything looked quite green. Even on the way to the canyon there were trees (mostly Joshua trees) and other plants everywhere. Granted, they were desert plants but it was still different from what I had expected.
On the way back we had a short photo stop at the Hoover Dam. I wasn't too impressed by the dam though.
Since I was still pretty energetic this evening (probably because I had drunk a coke on the bus ride back to the hotel), I decided to go to the 9:30 performance of Zumanity. Zumanity is an adult cirque du soleil show, which fascinates with sensual and erotic acrobatic acts combined with great music and a lot of comedy.
The show was absolutely intriguing and I really loved it, although I was kind of glad that I didn't sit in the first few rows, because the people sitting there were integrated into the show. As I had really enjoyed the music, which was a mix of rock and sensual melodies, I ended up buying the CD.
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