Originally Posted by ether

I'll try to post a more extensive review to go with the video soon. But short answer is yes, you feel very isolated, almost like you are on another planet given the martian-like landscape.

I never got the sense of being too isolated though. But part of relaxing for me is getting away and isolating myself from emails, telephone calls, etc.

The nearby town of Page Arizona is very small as well. This is definitely not an urban environment.

In the summer, I could see spending the day on a houseboat mixing with the locals on Lake Powell. But I tend to like isolated places where the landscape and nature take over (e.g. Explora Patagonia).

So, no, not too isolated for me. But I can definitely see it being so for others (like the 20-year old kid with the iphone on the plane texting in the left hand while holding the Blackberry in his right hand also texting, all this while talking to his friend). Cell phone reception is pretty nil at the resort: that kid would go into withdrawal pretty quick!