TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

The Zabrieski Point is simply amazing! From here you can see beautiful limestone sediments and volcanic lava formed through time. This part of Death Valley existed millions of years ago before Death Valley came into existence. A product of erosion, the spectacular views from the Zabrieski viewing point which is a short uphill walk from the car park is one of the most famous in the whole valley and cannot be missed. There were many other things to see in Death Valley as well as I was eyeing on detouring to a ghost town nearby called Rhyolite in Beatty, Nevada but we didn’t have the luxury of time. It would have been nice to stay overnight here and drive back to Las Vegas the next day... well, can't always have everything in life right. The Zabrieski Point is a must stop when in Death Valley. A closer foto of the waves of limestone sediments. Breathtaking work of nature. We are approaching the limestone sediments near Zabrieski Point here which is about a mile fr...

Death Valley in Inyo County is the hottest, lowest and driest place in America. We were glad to be there during winter instead of summer, but we were told that spring would have been the best time to visit Death Valley because it's that time of the year when the wild desert flowers bud. This preserved national park is unbelievably MASSIVE—3.4 million acres of diverse desert terrains and eternal panoramic mountains that changes in color. Driving in the valley especially after Stovepipe Wells to the direction of Panamint Springs gives you the impression that you are driving into a horizon with no end in sight. The mountains are deceiving, you think they are near but they aren’t. So much land everywhere! There are a number of myths surrounding the Death Valley name. Truth is it’s called Death Valley because in 1849 during the gold rush in California, a group of pioneer emigrants from the north who were traveling by wagon was lost here for months. They were following a misg...