Travel with Kris to the United States #8- Lower Antelope Canyon 下羚羊峽谷

Hi Steemit friends,

Today I would like to share my trip to Antelope Canyon with you :P Antelope Canyon is located near Page on Navajo Nation land, close to AZ 98 a few miles east of town. It takes around 4 and half hour driving from Las Vegas.

Antelope Canyon is very popular in the Southwest as it is easily accessible and also it is extremely beautiful. This incredible canyon has been created over millions of years by the relentless forces of water and wind, slowly carving the sandstone into different shapes and textures.

The views in Antelope Canyon change constantly when the sun moves across the sky. These constantly moving sun penetrates through the narrow opening narrow canyon creating different shades of lights ans shadows.

There are two separate canyon section in Antelope Canyon, referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon. My friends and I decided to go to the Lower Antelope Canyon because it costs slightly less and usually has smaller crowds.

今天，我想和大家分享我的美國羚羊峽谷之旅。 羚羊峽谷位於位於美國亞利桑納州北部, 佩吉東南方不遠處，屬納瓦霍印第安保護區，從拉斯維加斯開車大約需要4個半小時。

羚羊峽谷十分受歡迎，因爲它的地質形成很特殊，也是世界上著名的狹縫型峽谷之一，不少游客慕名而來。羚羊峽谷是柔軟的砂岩經過數百萬年的時間，由各種因素侵蝕而成。而形成羚羊峽谷的首要原因是來自暴洪的侵蝕，其次則是風蝕。該地在雨季常出現暴洪流入峽谷中，突然暴增的雨水造成的暴洪夾著泥沙，在狹窄的通道反復地撞擊岩壁，形成了羚羊峽谷底部的走廊，留下這些時而如絲綢般的柔軟波紋，時而如刀刃般尖聳突起。

不同的時間，隨著太陽的移動， 陽光穿過狹窄的通道灑進峽谷，形成不同的光影，可以很清楚看出峽谷流水般的柔軟波紋， 十分好看。

羚羊峽谷在地形上分為兩個獨立的部份：分別是上羚羊峽谷和下羚羊峽谷。我的朋友和我決定去下羚羊峽谷，因為它的價格比下羚羊峽谷稍低一點，而且人比較少 ：）

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Lower Antelope Canyon/下羚羊峽谷

Entering both upper and lower canyon required a tour guide as the canyons are not open to public.

參觀這兩個光影婆娑的峽谷都必須要參加當地的旅行團，無法自行前往。嚴格控管不僅是為了管理也是為了旅客的人身安全。因為當地常常有洪水，零星小雨在峽小的峽谷空間，也可以導致超級快的洪水湧出，造成自己去的旅客措手不及而有死傷，當地導遊因比較熟悉地形，緊急逃離口，所以跟著他們會比較有保障喔。

We walked around a quarter of a mile from the parking lot to a staircase that descends into the canyon. And here's the view before we entering the lower Antelope Canyon.

我們從停車場走到四分之一英里的路 （大概10分鐘的路程），走看到地上一處裂口，我們跟著導游的指示爬樓梯下降進入。這是進入下羚羊峽谷前地面的景觀。

You will descend down into the canyon on a series of ladders.

走樓梯進去下羚羊峽谷，入口僅一人寬，而且樓梯的斜度頗大，所以走樓梯時一定要雙手扶欄杆，為了安全起見，這些鐵欄杆都圈上一層黃色膠帶增加摩擦力。

Once you reach the floor of the canyon your tour begins. Our Navajo guide will walk you through the canyon, offering information and help with taking photos. During the entire journey, he pointed out things that I never would have noticed with my naked eye.

到達峽谷的地面后，我們跟著我們的導游穿越峽谷，風趣的導遊把岩石描述為各種動物、風景，甚至人物，他對下羚羊峽谷的每一處瞭如指掌，還主動幫我們拍照，我們花了一小時左右走畢。

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And here's some photos I took during the tour~

這是我在羚羊峽谷之旅拍到的一些照片

The Buffalo

Lady In The Wind

This is my favorite photo of the tour.

這是我最喜歡的 ：P

The Shark

Our Navajo guide explained that the Navajo like to find structures resembling faces and animals that are otherwise hidden in the rock formations. During the tour, he appointed out many faces to us. I couldn't remember all of them so I leave many blanks above.

The tour is USD$48 total ($40 tour and $8 Navajo land fee; the $8 must be paid in cash) and it was worth every dollar. To avoid disappointment, I would recommend make your reservations in advance as it is very popular :)

Hope you enjoy reading this post. ❤️

我們的導游說他們納瓦霍人喜歡把岩石描述為各種動物，參觀期間，他介紹了很多的不同岩石，但很多我已經記不太清楚了，所以上面名字的部分留了許多空白，哈哈。

參觀費用一共是48美元（40美元旅遊費和8美元納瓦霍土地費，8美元必須以現金支付）。因為羚羊峽谷很受歡迎，為了避免失望，我建議大家提前預約哦 :)

謝謝大家閱讀這篇文章。 ❤️

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