Wednesday 15th June 2011

Cactus.....yep....they are everywhere down here.

Just like the one Mike is pictured with....minus

the colour and text!!

This morning we left our hotel and took a taxi to

the bus station. We met a young couple at there,

from Milton Keynes, England, heading to LA
and Disneyland. Their mother (or surrogate US
mother) was concerned about them taking the
bus....hence she thought that sitting next to "nice
looking people" (us) was a good thing.

Apparently we are now an authority on the Greyhoung bus system. Having taken several trips we now feel qualified to give advice to those who are new tothe system. Most important....take spare toilet paper!!!!


We arrived in El Paso at 5.45 pm. Being late in, and only intending on staying one night we booked into Camino Plaza Hotel just around corner from bus depot. Happy to take first option as the depot is in an area that couldn’t really be termed ‘up-market’. Had to pay a bit more than we expected but...hey, you do what you do when you have to........:)

Mike pretended to be unimpressed .....but as you can see he was quite at home!!!

The hotel building is lovely. The reception area and bar have some great features. The building must be quite old...... not sure about that....have not had time to research it.

Prior to dinner we had a drink in the bar. Beautiful stained glass roof. And lovely decor throughout.

We were advised not to wander too far from the hotel as the surrounding areas could be unsafe. Probably due to close proximity to the border.

Luckily there were a couple of really nice places to eat. In true US fashion we had far too much food. Seems the custom here is to offer a "box" or as we know it a "doggy bag".  This works really well for us when we are at a place that doesn't service an early breakfast.

As usual Mike has sussed out the cooking facilities.......yep......we have an iron. Looks like toasted sammies for breakfast!

One thing we have noticed here is that it is too bad if you drink tea rather than coffee. In most places they have a coffee maker but no facility to make tea......lucky that does not affect us.

 Mike reckons I drank too much at  dinner.....mmmm....unusual for me:) ....the kahlua cocktails were rather nice though!!!



But who was the one who misplaced the key to the room and had to go to the desk to get a new one????

That would be MIKE!!!!!         Me.....well I was just pretty relaxed!!!

And so to sleep.....overlooking the lighs of El Paso.