We've discovered a new type of hang-over which is more deadly and lethal than any alcohol related hang-over ever known to the non-US resident: the OBESITY EXCESS-EATING GLUTTONY hang-over. Ours was self-inflicted, done in the name of experiencing local culture. After too many burgers, all-you-can-eat buffets, high-fat high-carbohydrate high-calory foods later, today is our last day in the fattest country in the world. The US is about more than just fat people, guns, really bad TV shows and people who don't know what language we speak in Australia (yes, we did meet one such American). This nation is filled with natural wonders, a smidgeon of which we found in Arizona and Utah when visiting the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon and Navajo Tribal Park on Native American land. This is a photo of Antelope Canyon, which is a cave-like canyon on an Indian reservation. A country full of contradictions; its superficial ugliness compared with its great natural beauty, being one of those contradictions. The land of the free and the home of the brave...
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