Steve,
It's not my usual territory, but I spent a summer there in the 60's
and was there this week end. It rained like the dickens! Old town
is worth a visit. Santa Fe and Taos are an easy drive as are a lot
of Indian ruins. The Rio Grande passes through Albuquerque, most of
it underground. You might find Alamogordo (of nuclear fame) of
interest, Las Cruces and the towns West of it also interesting. I'm
sure that the New Mexico and Albuquerque web sites will have a lot of
interesting things too. I25 and I40 cross in Albuquerque. They'll
take you anywhere, if you have a car. (We drive on the right hand
side!) The interstate highways are decorated with Southwestern Indian
themes. They're unique and many overpasses and bridges are eminently
photographical if you can find the right position. The campus of the
University of New Mexico is beautiful. You're also an easy drive to
El Paso, TX and Juárez, Mexico. Note that there have been drug
overlord wars in Jáurez, so be careful. In Mexico, they say, you're
guilty until proven innocent!
And do try the New Mexico cuisine. It's not at all like the Mexican
food you'll see in other places in the US (It's not TexMex!). Finish
your meal with sopapillas. I had a great dinner at Nero's
(accessible from Exit 231 on I25) Sunday night. It's Italian, not
Mexican, but great.
Have fun. It's a fantastic place to visit if one doesn't have to
spend too much time working!
Roger
Roger Eichhorn
eichhorn@xxxxxx
On 11 Oct 2005, at 21:00, Steve Hodges wrote:
Can I spell Albuquerque?
I'll be there for 2 weeks (last week in Oct/first week in Nov).
Whilst I'm likely to be so busy I won't get to see much more than
the inside of various man-made structures, I'm going to try to
escape at least *once*.
For a person who's never been there before, who is limited in time,
and constrained to easily available forms of transport... Where is
the most interesting (to a photographer) place(s) to go?
Steve
p.s. Oh, and what's the weather like there at this time?
p.p.s. *waves* at old-timers here.
