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>That route meant a long drive through the boring part of the US. The US southwest is the boring part? You don't get those desert views anywhere else. Virtual
by jsprogrammer 11y ago
>That route meant a long drive through the boring part of the US.
The US southwest is the boring part? You don't get those desert views anywhere else.
Virtual drive: http://www.brianfolts.com/driver/#origin=stanford&destination=new+orleans&advanced=on&fps=60&travelmode=DRIVING&rn= http://www.brianfolts.com/driver/#origin=stanford&destinatio...
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI would imagine that a Saudi Arabian exchange student wouldn't have "desert views" high on their list of sight-seeing priorities.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoI guess you are imagining wrong then. Either way, the US southwest desert is quite a bit different than the Saudi Arabian desert.
- WildUtah 11y agoWatching Lawrence of Arabia I kept trying to identify the geologic layers in the familiar rock formations. Then I realized that it was actually filmed in Arabia. It only looked like Arizona. So no, I don't expect that a non-geologist would find the American southwest so very novel compared to Saudi. But I've never, ever been bored in the American southwest in tens of thousands of hours of travel there.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoI don't doubt that rocks have similar compositions throughout the world, but even a cursory examination of the areas from a distance reveals many differences. For one, the US southwest doesn't have huge swaths of fine sand. US southwest vs Saudi Arabia @ same scale http://imgur.com/a/OkRuI http://imgur.com/a/OkRuI
- castis 11y agoYeah, but western texas to louisiana sure does sound awful.
- selimthegrim 11y agoHaving made this drive numerous times, I tend to cut diagonally from Albuquerque->Lubbock->Austin->New Orleans in order to take in some Hill Country on the way