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Leesfragment ZUIDWEST-USA 3 van reizigers voor reizigers TR TTER ZUIDWEST-USA De wereld houdt niet op met draaien. Een wereldreiziger is de eerste om dat te beamen. Hoewel men geen inspanningen gespaard heeft om al de gegevens in deze gids uitgebreid te testen en te actualiseren, is het niet uitgesloten dat je ter plaatse vaststelt dat bepaalde gegevens in deze gids toch al opnieuw gewijzigd zijn. Veel adressen en suggesties in de Trotters zijn bovendien wat ‘fragiel’, juist omdat ze zo sympathiek en verrassend zijn. We zouden het daarom bijzonder op prijs stellen als je ons op de hoogte brengt van eventuele wijzigingen, zodat we de eerstvolgende herdruk op een correcte manier kunnen aanpassen. Dank bij voorbaat. Ons adres: TROTTER Uitgeverij Lannoo Uitgeverij Terra Lannoo Kasteelstraat 97 Postbus 97 B-8700 Tielt NL-3990 DB Houten E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.TROTTERCLUB.COM De prijscategorieën die in de Trottergidsen worden gebruikt, zijn steeds afgestemd op het land. Als je in een goedkoop hotelletje ongeveer € 25 betaalt, behoort een hotel waar je € 75 neertelt uiteraard tot de dure prijsklasse. De uitgever kan niet aansprakelijk worden gesteld voor eventuele fouten of de gevolgen ervan. VERTALING Mireille Peeters, Anja de Lombaert, Petra Van Caneghem; 2013 Imago Mediabuilders REISINFORMATIE VLAANDEREN EN NEDERLAND Wegwijzer, Brugge OMSLAGONTWERP Studio Jan de Boer / Helga Bontinck ONTWERP BINNENWERK Imago Mediabuilders OMSLAGFOTO Maurizio Rellini/SOPA RF/SOPA/Corbis OORSPRONKELIJKE TITEL Le Guide du Routard – Parcs nationaux de l'Ouest americain OORSPRONKELIJKE UITGEVER Hachette, Paris DIRECTEUR Philippe Gloaguen STICHTERS Philippe Gloaguen en Michel Duval HOOFDREDACTEUR Pierre Josse ADJUNCTREDACTEUREN Benoît Lucchini en Amanda Keravel REDACTEUREN Olivier Page, Véronique de Chardon, Isabelle Al Subaihi, Anne-Caroline Dumas, Carole Bordes, André Poncelet, Marie Burin des Roziers, Thierry Brouard, Géraldine Lemauf-Beauvois, Anne Poinsot, Mathilde de Boisgrollier, Gavin’s Clemente-Ruïz, Alain Pallier en Fiona Debrabander © Hachette (alle rechten voor vertaling, reproductie en bewerking gereserveerd voor alle landen), Uitgeverij Lannoo nv, Tielt, 2014 © Cartografie Hachette Tourisme WWW.LANNOO.COM D/2014/45/197 - ISBN 978 94 014 1462 3 - NUR 513 Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden verveelvoudigd en/of openbaar gemaakt door middel van druk, fotokopie, microfilm of op welke wijze ook zonder voorafgaande schriftelijke toestemming van de uitgever. HOE GEBRUIK JE DEZE GIDS? 13 Op deze pagina’s zetten we de toeristische highlights van een land of regio voor je op een rijtje – stuk voor 19 TOPERVARINGEN stuk zijn het met recht topervaringen die je niet mag missen! VAN TROTTER 1 Laat je overweldigen door de uitgestrektheid van Death Valley vanaf Dante’s View en kijk hoe de zon opkomt boven de oranjekleurige rotsen van Zabriskie Point. Blz. 000 ▲ 3 Volg etappe voor etappe het traject van de mythische Route 66 en bewonder de bouwstijl van vintage diners en motels langs de weg. Blz. 000 ▲ ▲ 2 Geniet in Las Vegas vanaf het 4 Ga in Williams, Arizona, aan panoramische terras van de boord van de Grand Can yon Stratosphere Tower van het Railway, een stoomtrein uit 1923 die uitzicht op de Strip, breek je je tot bij de toegang naar de Grand spaarvarken open om een van de Can yon brengt. Blz. 000 In het hoofdstuk ‘Praktisch’ 24 adembenemende shows van Cirque du Soleil bij te wonen en ABC VAN DE VERENIGDE STATEN hernieuw je huwelijksbeloften, vind je alle nuttige informatie OPPERVLAKTE - 9.363.123 km² (307 maal België, 226 maal Nederland). gewoon voor de fun. Blz. 000 BEVOLKING - 316 miljoen inwoners. over de bestemming. Lees HOOFDSTAD - Washington DC. OFFICIËLE TAAL - Amerikaans Engels. In het westen van de Verenigde Staten wordt veel er alles wat je moet weten Spaans gesproken. MUNTEENHEID - Amerikaanse dollar ($). REGIME - democratie met aan het hoofd een president. over bijvoorbeeld verkeer en STAATSVORM - federale republiek (50 staten en het District of Columbia). vervoer, geldzaken, taal en PRESIDENT - Barack Obama (democraat), herkozen in november 2012. gebruiken. ALVORENS TE VERTREKKEN Nuttige adressen ROCKY MOUNTAINS INTERNATIONAL (RMI) - Target Benelux B.V., Hof ter Weydeweg 10b, In België T 3451 ST Vleuten (030) 697 43 22. Fax VISIT USA MARKETING & PROMOTION BU- (030) 691 16 20 o RMI-RealAmerica.com.` REAU - PO Box 10001, 2600 Berchem. Fax In de Verenigde Staten (03) 230 09 14 : visitusa.org.` AMBASSADE VAN DE VERENIGDE STATEN AMBASSADE VAN BELGIË - 3330 Garfield VAN AMERIKA - Regentlaan 27, 1000 Brussel Street, NW Washington DC 20008 T (202) T o : (02) 811 40 00. Fax (02) 811 45 00 dutch. 333 6900. Fax: (202) 338 4960. washing- belgium.usembassy.gov.` [email protected] o diplobel.us.` WEGWIJZER REISINFO - Beenhouwersstraat 9, AMBASSADE VAN NEDERLAND - 4200 Lin- T : ABC VAN DE VERENIGDE STATEN ABC VAN 8000 Brugge (050) 33 75 88 info@ nean Avenue, NW Washington DC 20008 wegwijzer.be o wegwijzer.be. Onafhankelijk T (877) 388 2443. Fax: (202) 362 3430 : o reisinformatiecentrum met leeszaal (reisgid- [email protected] netherlands-em- sen, tijdschriften, plattegronden, reisversla- bassy.org.` gen). Uitgever van het magazine Reiskrant. Organisator van Reismarkt en andere evene- Formaliteiten menten (reizigers informeren reizigers), Een internationale reispas met een machine- De gedeeltes die in twee workshops en andere activiteiten. Leden- en leesbare zone volstaat voor Belgen en Neder- jongerenorganisatie. landers die niet langer dan negentig dagen in ZUIDWEST-USA PRAKTISCH ZUIDWEST-USA de USA verblijven. Sinds januari 2009 is elke kolommen zijn gezet In Nederland reiziger die onder dit zogenoemde ‘Visa Wai- AMBASSADE VAN DE VERENIGDE STATEN - ver Programm reist’ (onder wie Belgen en Lange Voorhout 102, 2514 EJ Den Haag Nederlanders) verplicht om elektronische bevatten nuttige informatie, T (070) 310 22 09. Fax: (070) 310 22 07 toestemming te verkrijgen via het Electronic o netherlands.usembassy.gov.` System for Travel Authorization (ESTA); zoals adresgegevens van CONSULAAT GENERAAL VAN DE VERENIG- o https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov DE STATEN - Museumplein 19, 1071 DJ Am- Blijf je langer dan negentig dagen in de instanties en webadressen sterdam o amsterdam.usconsulate.gov.` Verenigde Staten, dan heb je wel een visum SEE AMERICA CENTER - T nodig. Dat geldt ook als je naar Amerika gaat (06) 10 24 77 33 : o ` ter voorbereiding op de reis. [email protected] seeamerica.nl. om te werken of studeren (zelfs80 voor een korte periode). Neem in dat geval contact op met de Amerikaanse ambassade in België ‘Deof Verenigde Staten, een land met te veel aardrijkskunde en te weinig geschiedenis.’ Nederland. Een illustere onbekende BEROEMDE PERSONEN Tijdens je tocht door het westen van de VS zul je vaak de namen horen vallen van enkele le- gendarische figuren. Het is niet altijd gemakkelijk om onderscheid te maken tussen realiteit, geschiedenis en Hollywoodiaanse fictie. Daarom zetten we ze voor jou op een rijtje. Outlaws • Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker, 1866-1908?): vertrekt naar de stad om een jeans te kopen, maar bij aankomst blijkt de winkel gesloten. Wat maakt het hem ook uit. Hij gaat de winkel binnen, kiest een jeans en laat een briefje achter voor de winkelier, waarin hij schrijft dat hij later de rekening zal komen vereffenen. Met deze eerste diefstal begint hij zijn lange carrière als bankovervaller en lid van de Wild Bunch (het wilde stel). Deze bende die hold-ups pleegt om de anarchistische revolutie te financieren, wordt van alle kanten opgejaagd door marshalls en andere premiejagers, aangetrokken door de beloning die op de hoofden van de bendeleden staat. In 1901 beslist Cassidy om uit de belangstelling te verdwijnen en hij vlucht naar Argentinië. Hij wordt door sommigen opgemerkt in Chili en later in Bolivia, waar hij overleden zou zijn. Een van de vele mysteries van de Far West ... In 1969 speelden Paul New- In het hoofdstuk ‘Mens, maatschappij, natuur en mann en Robert Redford samen in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; in de recente versie Blackthorn (2011) wordt verwezen naar het latere leven van Cassidy in Bolivia. cultuur’ gaan we dieper in op onder andere de • The Sundance Kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, 1868-1908?): paardendief in Sundance, BEROEMDE PERSONEN Wyoming. Samen met Butch Cassidy richt hij de Wild Bunch op die aan het einde van de 19de eeuw veel stof doet opwaaien. Met zijn vriendin Etta Place volgt hij Butch Cassidy tijdens geschiedenis, het cultureel erfgoed en de geografi e zijn vlucht, maar Etta keert in 1905 naar Los Angeles terug. De twee makkers vervallen al snel weer in hun oude gewoonten en krijgen in Zuid-Amerika een reputatie die even geducht is als van het land of gebied dat je bezoekt. Een ideale in de VS. Na een aanval van de Boliviaanse troepen in San Vincente in 1908 blijken ze onvind- baar en worden ze dood verklaard. De legende wil echter dat Sundance Kid naar Los Angeles selectie om alvast thuis of tijdens de heenreis door teruggekeerd zou zijn waar hij met Etta trouwde en onder een valse naam verder leefde tot in november 1936 ... • Billy The Kid (Henry McCarty, 1859-1881): het beroemdste ‘kind’ van het Westen staat te nemen. erom bekend dat hij 21 mannen zou hebben gedood, evenveel als hij jaren telde. Na zijn eerste moord op 17-jarige leeftijd wordt hij cowboy op de ranch van John Tunstall, waar hij verwik- keld raakt in een grondkwestie met de naburige clan. Wanneer de ranchero in 1878 wordt vermoord, breekt een heuse oorlog uit. Billy wordt aangehouden, opgesloten en tot de strop MENS, MAATSCHAPPIJ, NATUUR EN CULTUUR NATUUR MENS, MAATSCHAPPIJ, veroordeeld, maar hij weet te ontsnappen. Hij leert een zekere Pat Garrett kennen, een voor- malige bizonjager en sheriff van beroep. Die ontmoeting betekent zijn dood, want het is de- zelfde sheriff die hem in juli 1881 vermoordt. • De Daltons: we kennen allemaal Joe, William, Jack en Averell, de meest waardeloze schur- ken van het Verre Westen. De fictieve neefjes van de echte gebroeders Dalton worden steeds weer door Lucky Luke bij de kraag gevat.
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