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November Honolulu Weather

The weather in Honolulu in November is wonderful, with temperatures that are almost always comfortable, and with low to moderate amounts of rain. In the last 41 years the highest measured November temperature in Honolulu was 93 degrees Fahrenheit, registered on November 9, 1986, and the average high is 84. The lowest measured temperature in Honolulu for the last 41 years in November was 57 on November 25, 1990, while the normal low measured temperature is 71.

Even the lowest highs and highest lows are not very extreme. According to National Weather Service weather data, on November 17, 1956, the recorded high temperature did not exceed 70 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Honolulu in the past 41 years. Weather Service records additionally show that on November 14, 2006, the recorded low temperature for the day did not drop below 78 degrees, the highest low measured in Honolulu in the last 41 years.

The temperature drops very slowly as the month goes on. According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature in Honolulu in November on the first day of the month averages 85 degrees and the high on the last day of the month averages 82 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Honolulu on November First is 71 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of November is 69 degrees.

If you get very unlucky you may encounter heavy rain. It is rare but still possible. Honolulu receives an average of 2.27 inches of precipitation during November. On November 29, 1954 Honolulu received 5.39 inches of precipitation, the most rain recorded in a single day in November.

December Honolulu Weather

The December weather in Honolulu is only slightly cooler than November. In the last 41 years the highest measured December temperature in Honolulu was 89 degrees Fahrenheit, measured on December 25, 1995, while the typical high temperature is 82. The lowest documented temperature for Honolulu for the past 41 years in December was 54 registered on December 4, 1962, while the mean low daily temperature during the month is 68.

Even the extremes aren’t very extreme. According to National Weather Service weather data, on December 5, 1958, the recorded high temperature did not exceed 71 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Honolulu in the past 41 years. NWS weather data additionally shows that on December 30, 1995, the lowest recorded temperature on that day did not drop below 78 degrees, the highest low measured in Honolulu in the last 41 years.

The temperature barely drops over the course of the month. Historical weather data accumulated by the National Weather Service shows that the average daily high temperature in Honolulu on December First is 82 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of December is 80 degrees. The average recorded low temperature in Honolulu on December First is 69 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of December is 66 degrees.

It can be rainy in Honolulu in December, although the amounts are usually low. Honolulu usually receives an average of 2.85 inches of precipitation during December. On December 12, 1987 Honolulu received 7.89 inches of precipitation, the most rain recorded in a single day in December.

John Rosen writes about November Honolulu Weather and December Honolulu Weather for Honolulu Weather.US.

Are you heading for Rome on a city break? Then you must look forward to all the attractions, activites and sights that awaits you in the Italian capital. But, do not forget, when in Rome.. it can become very expensive if you do not have your brain turned on and have a certain cynical outlook on life. This certainly comes to mind when encountering salesmen, waiters who want to pull you into their restaurants and the many beggars that some people think, litters, the beautiful city.

When talking of big cities or state capitals, everyone knows and expects higher prices and an expensive life. Rome is definately not exception from this. The Italian capital owns a place between the top cities of the world, like Paris, London, Barcelona or New York. As a side-effect of popularity comes inflated prices, so you end paying for a hotel room or a pizza in Rome much more than in other Italian cities. What you need, in order to avoid this, are some reliable tips.

Don’t do everything in Rome

If you put your mind into visiting everything in just two day, be carefuls, in your rush you might not be able to enjoy anything. Rome has tons of attractions and a vacation is surely not enough to see and rejoice over them all. Just imagine the unending lines and the substantial entry fees! What you have to do is establish some places you really want to visit and take your time for those.

Tips on doing some budget drinking in Rome

Bars and restaurants near tourist attractions are always provided with high prices for beverages. If you really want to have a good drink without having to pay a fortune for it, you should walk at least 500 metres from any tourist attraction and just choose a nice bar or restaurant there.

Eating cheaply in inexpensive restaurants

Although it is more agreeable, actually serving a pizza or having a meal in a pub or restaurant shouldn’t be a custom. As you’ll have to pay at least 10 euros just for lunch. The best option would be buying pizza slices from pizza joints. It might be a bit unsatisfying, but it’s much cheaper, believe me.

Inexpensive sleeping options are found outside the centre

Sleeping costs a lot in Rome, especially if you plan your vacation in the summer months. Accommodation then is expensive. However, two cheaper options would be selecting a hostel that offers beds in dorms. For a night, you should take out of your pocket about 20 euros. Or you can choose to travel to Rome during winter, from November until March, when prices at hotels diminish.

DirtCheapRome.com is a free online travel guide which can help you to plan your inexpensive vacation in Italy’s capital. The guide contains helpful tips on where to get cheap accommodation, where to find cheap restaurants (and delicious pasta and pizza), where to find the cheapest bars and even how to find local people of the opposite sex who you can bring back home to your hotel room if everything works out great.

This Rome budget guide shows you how to enjoy your inexpensive break in the Italian capital. It contains tips on cheap shopping, value for money restaurants and cheap bars.

Torremolinos is a seaside resort on the Costa del Sol, Spain. With a roaring nightlife, this place is great if you want to experience the steamy hot nightlife of a typical seaside resort in Spain. Here is an overview of some of the things an average looking woman will experience when she is holidaying in Torremolinos:

1. Plenty of attention from local macho males

If you’re a young, conveniently beautiful woman and you happen to find yourself in Torremolinos, expect to receive catcalls and attention from the young Spanish males in the town. Even if you’re not into this kind of activity and you don’t usually enjoy it, as you walk along the streets of this town you can’t escape some form of attention, like yells from out of car windows, cars slowing down so the passengers could talk to you, on-the-spot proposals, offers for a drink or even dances. Even if they’re straightforward, Spanish men are quite polite, so don’t be scared of someone actually doing you any harm. You could even enjoy the compliments, they’re free!

2. Eating brilliant food

Torremolinos is a coastal town so one specialty here is fish, deliciously prepared. The fresh-caught and smoked sardines are especially tasty. You can find them in fish restaurants along the coast, along with plenty of other dishes, including crab and lobster. Other than this, you can choose something from the great food on offer in this town, either from the local cuisine, like tapas from small, friendly local bars and restaurants or food you already know. Along the coast there are also creperies, where you can serve both sweet and savoury crepes, all of them absolutely delicious and they say they’re even good for chasing away a hangover.

3. Being the center of attention in an European pick up hotspot

Consider that you’re in Spain and you surely know what Spanish people are famous for, right? Exactly, hot-blooded temperament. Recently, Spanish men were voted the world’s best lovers by a survey of 15,000 women in 20 countries. Add to this the roaring nightlife specific to Torremolinos, and you have a potential best pick-up spot in Europe. Definitely sounds like fun! Ole!

4. Getting free drinks

Cocktails cost a minimum of nine Euros all the way up to eleven Euros in some places in Torremolinos, a major price trap. You can have one or two, if you desire, but don’t lose their number. Go with heavy drinks afterward, they’re less expensive than cocktails. Or you can go into a bar, a better alternative to a club, if you’re in for some drinks and order the cheapest options: beer and wine. They’re not so classy, but they’re quality. The best way to avoid paying through the nose for cocktails is to wear a mini-skirt and a push-up bra, some men won’t be able to resist you and will buy you drinks all night.

That’s an overview of the things you are likely to expect when you are a single woman on vacation in Costa del Sol.

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Where does tanned chicas go to show off their body in Barcelona? To the local beach of course!

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain, after the capital. One of its most famous attractions is Barceloneta, a wonderful city beach watered by the Mediterranean Sea. Locals there are friendly and they won’t mind tourists going for a swim, sunbathing, relaxing and having a great time.

If you are visiting Barcelona, Barceloneta has to be seen. It proves to be a magnificent getaway from the city’s noise, traffic, cram and heavy air. Although its waters are not the clearest to be found along the Costa Brava, it definitely offers an interlude that is to be remebered.

By simply taking on a street, Paseo de Joan de Borbon, you arrive at the southern-most point of the beach. The track bears you away along the beach, passing by beachfront cafes, chill-out bars where you can relax with a beer or three, local people and tourists, till the picturesque sailboats and yachts, of various sizes and forms. A somehow soothing image that makes you think that the old and the modern got together in one place. The regular activities are, of course, swimming in the sea, relaxing on the beach, maybe reading a book, walking along the shore and, why not, chatting with the tanned, carefree and stylishly clothed locals. A fun thing to do is trying to make out from the crowd the “white skins”, that is the North-European tourists on the beach, who clearly get out of line.

Furthermore, Barceloneta gives you an idea of what people mean when they say that Barcelona is a city where the mountains meet the sea, as you have a great view of the city’s geographical orientation. To the South there is Montjuic Park and its castle and to the North a range of majestic hills.

After this entire viewing and wandering, what does a massage sound like? Relieving, isn’t it? Nothing easier. Throw yourself into the hands of one of the many asian women who are offering a relaxing massage at the price of 10 euros average for 15 minutes. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy…

Visiting Barceloneta is perfect after a full day in the city…or a busy night. Another side of Barcelona reveals itself, offering a perfect spot for complete relaxation.

How to get to Barceloneta by public transport (metro or bus)?

Everything you want to see in Barcelona, speaking of sights and attractions, is within one’s reach by metro or by bus. The metro and bus system go all around the city and you can purchase a map, quite easy to read, of bus routes and metro stops. The next step would be checking the offers or options regarding public transport. Travelling on budget or no, there are offers that fit anyone, like 10 trip buss/metro pass for 7.90 euros, that can be found at every metro stop and plus it can be shared. If you’re planning on heavily using the public transport, a 1, 2 or 3 day passes are the best choice. Getting stranded during the night shouldn’t be a problem because, even if the bus and metro system stop at midnight, there is a night-bus system that brings home the nightly rioters. Only try to find out the closest night bus’s stop, because its city coverage is somehow reduced. Knowing all this, getting to Barceloneta is piece of cake. Just hop in the yellow metro line and get off at Barceloneta metro stop. It’s that easy! All you have to do next is enjoy yourself!

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I have to confess something. I am having a bit of a love affair with Ibiza. I simply love the island in the Balearics, and I have to go back there, year after year. The simply pleasures of lying on a beach do not satisfy me. I need a complete vacation with the hustle and bustle that only Ibiza can give to me.

Best known as a summer island in the Mediterranean Sea, famous for its parties, Ibiza is not just an island where just the voguish clubbers enjoy themselves. Anyone can have fun on a vacation on the Spanish island. Here are 5 things that define Ibiza, making it interesting, apart clubs and summer parties:

1. Ibiza can be inexpensive

If it’s famous it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily expensive. On the contrary, due to Mallorca’s fresh vacation spots, the 80s and 90s styled hotels from Ibiza, in order to keep up, come out with offers and decrease prices widely. This year’s prices are no exception. So if you put on one side the huge costs of some wildly-named drinks in the coolest clubs, the island is not destined just for the rich and famous.

2. The brits dominate

Theoretically, as Ibiza belongs to Spain, one would expect to feel like he is in Spain. Not necessarily. The resort San Antonio, with its “West End” district makes you think you’re in a different country and it couldn’t be Spanish land. There are a lot of kebab joints, Fish & Chips places, Chinese restaurants, strip joints, nightclubs and party pubs. It verily feels and seems like a Saturday night in an English mid-sized town.

3. San Penya is the gay eldorado

Ibiza Towns’ San Penya area is home, during summer, to a big gay community. Armed with an open mind and high spirits, visiting it would make it an unforgettable experience. What is there to expect? Just narrow streets filled with bars, clubs and some restaurants.

4. There’s also peace to be found

If you think Ibiza is a crowded and noisy island, you’re right…partly. It is packed, but only in the peak season, being the months of June, July, August and September. So you have the entire rest of the year at hand for keeping it low, you won’t run into masses of people and you can have the restaurants and the beaches to yourself. The months of May, June and October are the perfect combination: nice weather, sunny days and no hustle.

5. Sunsets are out of this world

One of the biggest benefits in spending your vacation on Ibiza Island is being able to watch some of the most staggering sunsets while sipping a cocktail in a cafe. You either choose to do it in one of the world’s most famous places, like Cafe del Mar in San Antonio, or any other beach side cafe, the view is spectacular.

I hope these 5 pointers can stimulate your interest for a vacation in Ibiza. I am going back there next year, are you planning your first visit?

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It is not often that someone living in Arizona would fly to Europe to shop for Christmas ornaments. I was actually shopping for a few clients, one of them with Italian ancestry. Their lovely home in Paradise Valley needed those few extra touches that only a “hands on” visual could complete.

While in Venice shopping, it didn’t take long to have offers for a personal tour of the blown glass district on the island of Murano (I think they smell money wanting to be spent). The thought of unique Christmas ornaments became one of my focuses as well as blown glass art in general. The boat docked near the Rialto Bridge to pick me up and I was filled with the anticipation of visiting Murano, one of Europe’s famous islands, for the first time.

Unique Christmas ornaments were the last thing on my mind as I journeyed on cobblestone roads and walk ways to enter the fabulous galleries and on to the actual glass blowing experience. Famous artists are represented from all over the world. The glassblowing process intricate and time sensitive. On the second day of full out exploration I was ready to settle in on Christmas tree decorations again. Decorated Christmas trees are never complete without the reflection of light bouncing off blown glass Christmas ornaments. You may ask what makes Venetian and Murano blown glass so special? Part of the history will intrigue you I’m sure!

My experience was amazing. The cobblestone roads, historical buildings, galleries and especially the family run businesses were my favorites. I was told that the water in the channels stunk! The channels must have been recently treated or, possibly I was so in awe that, I was mesmerized past the smell. Even a gondola ride couldn’t prove otherwise. Such a treat, an art in and of itself!

Venice has a depth of history through and through. The city of Venice originated as a collection of lagoon communities banded together for mutual defense from the Lombard’s, Huns and other invading peoples as the power of the Western Roman Empire dwindled in northern Italy.

Yes, back to the blown glass history: Byzantine craft men played an important role in the development of Venetian glass. When Constantinople was sacked by the fourth Crusade in 1204, some fleeting artisans came to Venice. Even in a city renowned for its water, the many glass shops became a source of serious fires. Murano’s reputation as a center for glassmaking was born when the Venetian Republic ordered glass makers to move their foundries to Murano in 1291 because of the many fires and destruction to the city’s mostly wooden buildings.

More glass workers migrated when the Ottomans came to Constantinople in 1453, supplying Venice with still more glass workers. By the 16th century, the Venetian artisans had gained even greater control over the color and transparency of their craft and had mastered a variety of decorative techniques. Some of these techniques are still used today in glass Christmas ornaments and holiday decorations.

The Italians carefully guarded their glass secrets. By the Middle Ages Venice had become the heartbeat of glass making. It is reported that the city was once home to more than 8,000 glass artisans. Venice was a major trading port, and the city passed protectionist laws prohibiting the import of glass and glass blowers from elsewhere.

In Murano, not only was the threat of burning down one of Italy’s most prized cities diminished, so too was the likelihood that the secrets of glassblowing would be found out. A cloak of secrecy surrounded the island and craftsmen lived under the threat of death should their processes or concoctions leave the shores of Murano. Murano glass is still interwoven with Venetian glass history.

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For those who want to rent a special place for their vacation, there are vacation rentals chateaus and villas with historic value where they can enjoy the lifestyle of the good old days. For people seeking peace and quiet, there are modern villas on mountains that provide the respite they desire.

In Italy there is the Villa Salice

If you are looking for a rustic atmosphere, you might want to spend a few weeks in this villa. The villa is old but has recently undergone remodeling for the purpose of renting it out. It is located in the Lake Maggiore of Italy’s Peimonte (the foot of the mountain) region.

Villa Salice is located in the Peimonte region of Italy and is situated near Lake Maggiore, which is the second largest lake in Italy. The villa is to the south of the Alps is part of the village of Meina.

Even though the ambience of the village and the villa itself is old world, the area has its own share of restaurants and shops. There is even an ice cream parlor for the kids. Villa Salice is the ideal place to go if you want a serene and rustic atmosphere for your holidays.

The Carribean exclusive vacation rentals resort Presidio del Mar

This exclusive resort has only 6 rooms in all. That makes it ideal for vacationing in a secluded spot with your friends. It is on the north shore of St. John’s

You can enjoy the most modern amenities in this resort, including a spacious pool, warm showers and a place to get your sun tan. It stands on an elevation just 200 feet removed from the white beach of Peter Bay. The beautifully designed building has a panoramic view of the surrounding areas.

You have a gourmet kitchen there where you can order your favorite sea foods. Likewise you can ask the cook to cook health foods for you.

If you are a lover of the ocean, this place deserves your scrutiny. It is a very good place to recover from being holed up in an air-conditioned office for months.

Astarte Villa, Greece

Despite being named after the goddess Astarte, this is a modern vacation rentals villa in Greece overlooking Agios Ioanis Bay. Beyond the bay is the ocean on which you can see the island of Delos. The building combines the best aspects of being homey and being luxurious. They have a private infinity pool and a spacious sunbathing porch.

This is a place where you can expect to enjoy complete privacy.

With rentals you can get the best for much less

If you have been thinking of spending your vacation in a luxury suite of a hotel you might as well book yourself into a luxury vacation rentals place. You will pay much less for more spacious accommodations in a vacation rental. All your amenities are easily accessible. No more riding elevators just to get to the sun roof.

There are also pet-friendly vacation rentals locations which will allow your pets to accompany you there.

A few tips

You should always pay a preliminary visit to any vacation rental that you have selected. Verify if the place is, in reality, the way you saw it in the photo. Take the time to examine the rest of the compound. Ask about restaurants and shops that are accessible. You might be able to inquire from friends who have already spent time there about their experience.

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In order to ensure your hassle-free vacation, you have to take some preliminary measures. You don’t just jump in and commit yourself to vacation rentals on the basis of pictures and so many ads. Specifically you have to (1) list all your options down, (2) study and get information on them and (3) pay a preliminary visit for authenticating the info you have.

Decide on type of location and activities you prefer

Without some idea of what sort of activities you want to engage in while on vacation, you may end up going somewhere you will regret. Enumerate the locations that you want to visit. You have to bear in mind the activities possible in those locations. Together with sites that you have already spent your holidays in and which are suitable enough, you should also itemize the places that you haven’t gone.

People who intend to golf during the holidays have a worldwide selection of golf vacation rentals to pick from. Those intent on getting away from it all should look up exclusive rentals that are situated in scarcely populated places. Island getaways are ideal for people who love to swim and sunbathe. You can also spend Christmas holidays in a ski vacation rental resort.

Study and get informed about the vacation rentals

You have many sources of information pertaining to vacation rentals. First and foremost are those of your friends who have been renting for some time. Secondly, you could join websites that deal with this topic. Social networking web pages, forums, clubs and groups will get you real facts from real travelers about a lot of places. These are invaluable for assessing any place.

The advantage of joining vacation related e-groups and forums is that, if you are lucky, you may get to transact directly with the real owners of an accommodation. This situation has a number of advantages to it. In the first place, owners will give you more in terms of amount of info and accuracy of facts. In the next place, they are in the position to give you additional discounts that their agent has no authority to give and thirdly, you will be paying a lower amount since neither you nor the owners will need to include the agent’s commission in the transacted amount.

Go physically to the vacation rentals

After trimming down your selection to about one or two, schedule a visit to each of them. You should have one whole day to check the accommodations in the place. Then you will need another day to visit the surrounding places; the shops, entertainment joints and tourist spots and the transportation. You should ask after such things as the state of security, the crime rate, the types of crime normally encountered and similar pieces of information.

Having actually seen the accommodations, you can decide whether to bring along any extra equipment, depending on what you find there. If their television screen is too small, for instance you may decide to bring your wide LCD.

Choosing the right vacation rental for you is really a question of practical common sense and timing. Long before your set out on that holiday, you should already be doing your inquiries and additional preparations. Not everything can be done a week before you fly.

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Expanded metal picnic tables are designed for outdoors areas that need seating for large numbers of people. Various models include round tables, rectangular tables, and octagonal tables. Some models also feature specialized mounts, although all models can be adapted to in-ground, surface, or portable mounts if necessary.

The term expanded refers to the way the steel the table is constructed from is manufactured. The Expanded style is 9 Gauge steel that forms a crisscross pattern for strength and support. This type of design gives the table a lighter weight than garden furniture made using other metal construction patterns. This is because the larger spaces in the pattern amount to less surface area and therefore less weight than metal furniture made from perforated patterns and diamond pattern.

Expanded metal picnic tables are lighter in weight than tables made with diamond metal or perforated metal patterns. The criss cross pattern of metal reinforcement also makes them more durable than rod, wire, and welded style outdoor furnishings.

All in all, they represent the best of the lightweight world combined with the heavy duty world. The first thing maintenance crews notice when these tables are installed is that the expanded design is the easiest to clean.

Expanded metal picnic tables are also the most budget friendly of all outdoor furniture options, which makes them ideal for all sorts of organizations that have outdoor areas for gatherings and picnics. Senior Citizen homes especially like these tables because they not only provide residents with a place to eat outside, but also with a place to rest under an accessory shade umbrella.

Libraries also like to use them for staff lunch facilities and atrium areas open to families visiting on the weekend. In fact, the cost competiveness of these tables makes them ideal for any municipal grounds looking for outdoor seating.

Expanded metal picnic tables have also become quite popular with public schools, colleges, and universities. Not only are they used for lunchtime, but they are also used for outdoor study areas. Schools that lack an abundance of trees especially appreciate these tables because they can add an optional umbrella that will protect the students from the sun.

Homeowners associations have found that sponsorship of community events is an excellent way to keep residents motivated to keep up their yards. Residents are more likely to attend events if there are plenty of comfortable seats. HOA’s often buy several portable models in addition to in-ground mounted units. This allows them to accommodate large turnouts and to rearrange seating for different events.

Banks and retail center tenants also used expanded metal picnic tables for employee break areas. They provide more seating than benches, and they also provide more shelter from the elements if fitted with accessory, optional umbrellas.

Seats, supports, tabletops, and optional accessories are made with galvanized steel that is coated in a copolymer-based thermoplastic powder coating.

Thermoplastic is an environmentally friendly coating that does not fade, discolor, crack, peel, or warp It protects against corrosion, and it has been found to have the best adhesion rate of any other protective process.

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When we hear a rap at the door and see a courier standing there with a parcel we often take the delivery work that he’s carried out for granted. That hour-long traffic jam he’s sat through on the A40 and the tepid coffee he sipped at a motorway service station all seem pretty inconsequential as we thank the driver and sign for our package. But if you thought that your driver had it bad, spare a thought for the poor souls carrying out delivery work in the desert:

Camel Caravans

The Arabian Desert conjures up images of camel caravans, campfires and exotic dancers, but in reality it simply isn’t that romantic. In day-to-day life camels have been used to transport goods across the deserts for hundreds of years and they’re still used now. However, in the past century the goods that they’re transporting have changed substantially. Nowadays you’re more likely to see camels transporting flat screen TVs across the desert than incense and spices. Seeing a camel with four huge television boxes strapped across its chest is quite a sight to behold. Camels are perfect for delivery work as they can carry up to 1,000lb at a time. They can also cover a distance of 30 miles a day. A distance of 30 miles may be nothing if you’ve got a lorry filled with new televisions or a white van filled with supplies, but when you’re leading a caravan of camels through temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius then this is quite something. For the trivia buffs, if you thought that camels were nicknamed the ‘ships of the desert’ for the amount of weight that they are able to carry then you’d actually be wrong. Camels earnt this nickname because of the way they walk; a motion that resembles a rolling ship passing over the waves.

Mail Planes in the Outback

The Australian outback also suffers from desert conditions and temperatures, and as a result camels were used for delivery work between Oodnadatta to Alice Springs. This journey took up to four weeks and was finally suspended in 1929, when the railroad superseded it. Australians living deep in the outback now have a more modern approach to delivery work and depend on mail planes that are able to cover long distances in a fairly short amount of time.

Horse-Back Delivery in Arizona

It’s hard to imagine that less than a century ago, the American states of Arizona and California were little more than arid desert. Delivery work during this time period was by horse back and the Pony Express was able to cross from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast in just ten days, crossing deserts, mountains, plains and prairies. Despite its success the service lasted just under a year before being replaced by the telegram. However, there is still one town in the US that relies on animals to carry out its delivery work; the town of Supai at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Supai is served by mule train and post sent from this town carries a special postmark highlighting this fact.

Norman Dulwich is a Correspondent for Haulage Exchange, the leading online trade network for the road transport industry across the UK and Europe. It provides services for haulage companies to buy and sell delivery work , road transport and delivery work in the domestic and international markets.