"Albuquerque - Smaller Than I Imagined " a Albuquerque Travel Page by Bwana_Brown

After touring around in northern New Mexico for a couple of days (see my NM page), it was time to get down to some serious meetings in Albuquerque. This was mid-July with temperatures of about 36 C, yet the low humidity made the heat quite bearable - I did not even break into a sweat like I usually do! My impression of Albuquerque was of a clean city with wide and modern streets and buildings, yet the actual downtown area was smaller than I had imagined it would be. Maybe it was the heat of summer, but there never seemed to be too much activity in the way of either traffic or people. Since I was in town only from Monday to Thursday, maybe things are a bit more lively on the weekends? When I did venture out in the evenings, most of the action seemed to be concentrated on Central street only two blocks from my lodgings at the Hyatt Regency hotel. Photo shows a view down Central St. with the downtown anchor Bank of Albuquerque tower and, to the left, a bit of the similar roof pinnacle on the Hyatt.