Linus: 2018

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Standard Paper Size

Small paper size is A10 and if we double the width of A10 then we get A9. This process is repeated untill 4A0 size.

Size	W x H (mm)	W x H (in)
4A0	1682 x 2378 mm	66.2 x 93.6 in
2A0	1189 x 1682 mm	46.8 x 66.2 in
A0	841 x 1189 mm	33.1 x 46.8 in
A1	594 x 841 mm	23.4 x 33.1 in
A2	420 x 594 mm	16.5 x 23.4 in
A3	297 x 420 mm	11.7 x 16.5 in
A4	210 x 297 mm	8.3 x 11.7 in
A5	148 x 210 mm	5.8 x 8.3 in
A6	105 x 148 mm	4.1 x 5.8 in
A7	74 x 105 mm	2.9 x 4.1 in
A8	52 x 74 mm	2.0 x 2.9 in
A9	37 x 52 mm	1.5 x 2.0 in
A10	26 x 37 mm	1.0 x 1.5 in

Monday, January 8, 2018

Death Valley national park is at the border of California and Nevada. it has the lowest area, The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, It is Largest national park on lower 48 states. Its around 120 miles from las vegas.

Death valley national park has diverse environment even though its in desert. it has sand dunes, slat flats, mountains, valleys.

Following are the attractions in death valley

1. Mesquite Flat Sand dunes
2. Furnace Creek Visitor Center
3. Badwater Basin
4. Artist's Palette
5. Devils Golf Course
6. Natural Bridges Trail
7. Zabriskie Point
8. Dantes view
9. Borax museum
10. Race Track
11. Ubehebe Crater
12. Scottys Castle - road closed

There are several other places you can see in Death valley.

Below is the map of some of the important attractions.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Travel: Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyons are "slot"canyons (slot canyons formed by water rushing thought the rocks and they are narrow and deeper. Check Wikipedia for more about slot canyons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_canyon). This post only talks about traveling information, read online for more about the canyons.

Antelope Canyons are in Page, AZ which is a small town near Utah border. There are several other slot canyons in the area (in Utah) but antelope canyons are more popular. These canyons can be accessed only by guided tours.

There are two canyons in page, "Upper antelope canyon" and "Lower antelope canyon". To access lower antelope canyon, we need to climb down stairs. So people with mobility issues or cant climb stairs can take upper canyon tours. Most of the tour buses offer upper canyon tour, so the tickets to upper canyon are sold out early. Since these canyons are popular, tour get sold out often, advanced reservation is recommended. There are two tour operators for lower antelope canyon and three tour operators for upper antelope canyon. Reserve the tour tickets in advance by calling them or online.

All the companies offer two types of tours, sightseeing tours and photography tours. photography tours allow to take tripods and recommended for professional photographers.

These canyons are in Native indian reservation, so entrance fee need to be paid along with tour fee.

When we visited in dec 2017, sightseeing tour for lower antelope canyon for adult is $25 and entrance fee is $8 (total $33) and was told that the tour prices are going up in 2018. These are guided tours and there will be a guide for every 15 people. In summer it will be too hot and crowded.

Tips:

- Advanced tour ticket reservation is recommended.

- Choose mid day time for tour, canyons colors pop out when there is sun light.

- Change your camera settings to get the colors (in iphone change filter to chromo/vivid)

You can also visit the following places when visiting antelope canyons

- Horse shoe bend

- Glen canyon Dam

- Wahweep overlook

- Lake powell

Tour
Lower Antelope canyon
Dixie Ellis - www.antelopelowercanyon.com 928 640 1761
Ken's Tours - www.lowerantelope.com 928 606 2168

Upper Antelope canyon
Antelope slot canyon tours - www.antelopeslotcanyon.com 928 645 5594

Antelope canyon - www.antelopecanyon.com 928 645 9102

Navajo antelope canyon - www.navajoantelopecanyon.com 928 380 1874

Navajo tours - www.navajotours.com 928 310 9458 (not sure if this is same as third one)

Also check www.lakepowelllife.com for more information.

Photos

Lower Antelope Canyon