After leaving Sedona/Flagstaff, quick stop at the Bonito Lava Flow. Didn't have enough time to stay due to a reservation at Lower Antelope Canyon and a 2h drive to get there:

Pretty route on the way, no time to stop, though:

Eventually arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon just in time for the tour with just minutes to spare:

first went to the wrong one

then found the correct one

it's a fair ways down

Then rain happened:

small rivers started to form :)

then it started raining for real ;)

Got exciting in very little time:

Getting tours last minute was hard, so I got one for wind canyon, but it also got flooded, so we went to secret canyon instead:

wider but nice

The nice bonus is the tour company had its own private access to Antelope Canyon:

While in the area, I tried to sign up for real "the wave" without success, but there was this very cool "the new wave" a few minutes outside Page, well worth the visit:

A few more pictures the next day before driving out:

Not far outside Page are Toadstools part of Grand Staircase Escalante NP. Cool walk:

And further up the road, there was Moqui Cave, fun weird quirky place:

this is very random :)

but just next door Sand Caves was a cool visit:

And that was it for the Page Area, next was Zion...

After landing, was greeted by Waymo cars taking people around, unfortunately they didn't go far enough for where I was going. Taking an uber all the way to Sedona, ended up being difficult and expensive, but eventually got there:

The next morning, went to visit parks/hikes with Mark:

Even the local mall, great views even then:

Then went to Bell Rock:

In the afternoon/evenings, we worked on LEDs :)

wiring a new array

part of the work was to reduce the amount of long ribbon cables

yes!

More lovely trails, this one to seven sacred pools:

sinkhole

The seven sacred pools were actually quite small :)

not quite enough to bathe, in :)

There was a very cool cave off the trail:

Mark had a great time looking around with me:

Later, went to Cathedral Rock just around sunset. Also beautiful:

Also lots of nice cute stores in Sedona:

I used the opportunity to go see a few things while I was there, even if there aren't loads of worthwhile things I haven't seen in Veas :)

Ceasar's Buffet was one of the only available at that time, and its price did go way up. Quality was still good, though:

Then, headed over to the MGM for Copperfield I hadn't seen in a long time:

David's show was still very good

Then to the Wynn to go see Awakening:

show was impressive technically

very pretty

Wynn also has cars from Bugatti, Mclaren, and Zonda:

I settled for the Mclaren simulator :)

Then it was time to go to Insomniac & Tomorrowland's UnityX at the Vegas Sphere (clickme) via the Venitian:

The next day, I went to check out the John Wick Experience, which was fun:

And a bit of time at Area15:

More pages:

And after Tiesto pool party at Liv on saturday, it was time to fly back early to get to Maker Faire the next day:

happened to see the Capitol One lounge

got a snack box

huge rain storm north of vegas

After dinner, went for a short walk around Paris at night before heading back, maybe my last such walk in a while:

This time around, I made the good call of visit Cambridge's Center for Computing History (click me)

After that, here is the rest of Cambridge:

After most of the colleges were closed, finished the day at the Fitz William Museum (clickme for more)

Went to north west london. Quick stop at Bubble Planet (clickme)

and that was before going [to see Starlight Express!| (clickme)|/perso/uk/post_2025-07-16_Starlight-Express-Revival_-30-Years-Later_-in-London.html]

At the end of that quick UK trip, had a day in London. Went to see:

and a bit of time left to walk around:

Finished the day by going to see [Mamma Mia (clickme)|]

Flying to Fiji not in coach turns out to be quite expensive since Fiji Airways is indeed the only way to get there, and while LAX has daily flights, SFO is not every day (and in a lesser plane as I found out later). So while I hate connections that can be skipped, about as much as I dislike connecting through LAX, after 20 years, LAX finally connected terminals on the secure side, so putting aside that it was a long ass walk, at least it was without doing security again

nicer plane from LAX to Nadi, just quite expensive

Once in Nadi, our plane was just a tiny bit late, and retrieving luggage took so long that it was 5mn too late for the connecting plane to Taveuni that was still there but boarding had closed. Thankfully the one 1h later had room, so not too bad except for Paradise Taveuni not reading or answering any messages and not being aware of the plane change. There was no one there to wait for us or anyone who tried to call me, or anyone to call. I managed to find a random driver for another company that new the driver I Was supposed to be with, and called him on the road to turn around and come back:

small plane :)

second smallest commercial plane I've flown in, but thankfully they were nice with luggage weight

After a snafu with pickup and a longish car ride around the island (over 1h ending on a crappy dirt road), welcome to paradise:

onsite farm for food

food was pretty good

made my own coconut juice :)

made a little friend :)

onsite activities included making fans and baskets:

nice dinner made the traditional way

still no complaints about food :)

They did have a nearby village visit as well as a nearby farm, which were both interesting:

And after 8 days and a bunch of dives, it was time to leave paradise. Thanks to all the staff that took great care of us:

Not a lot of shows during EDC week, so first went to the Vegas Sphere:

And then went to see the Empire strips back which was pretty entertaining:

I stayed in downtown Vegas, Fremont Experience was right there, fun walk:

Next day, yummy dinner at the Cirque in the Bellagio, with a visit of the conservatory first:

Quick visit of Caesar's next door:

And then back to the Rio for the Wow Vegas Spectacular, which was a mix of small shows, some better than others:

The unexpected highly, however, was Arte Museum at Aria

Nice little time, although of course the highlight was EDC Vegas itself

Now that it's out of the way, this trip allowed me to see how Korea had changed in 9 years, as well as do the Western part of the Korea tour (last time I only had time for the Eastern part).

For the rest, compared to my previous report, I don't have a lot to add. I was super excited to have seen my first mudskippers in the wild during the western tour. Glad to have been back.

Otherwise, being there for EDC Korea was loads of fun! (clickme)

That said, this is what I found nearby (and that was stil 30 to 40mn drive, ICN airport is really out of the way):

let's start with a great find I made, 'with orange pieces', haha

Found a nice museum on writings around the ages:

Nice buildings in the area:

Then went for a nearby chinatown and portion of the town with cute decors:

yum :)

Then, went to a waterfront: