The Google joke happened to us too for one of our company outreaches with my previous employer. We were supposed to go to an elementary school but we ended up at a foot of a mountain with no school around and very few houses. When a colleague searched Google, he got a totally different route than the other one who navigated while we travelled. Note that they both searched for exactly the same destination. Indeed, a big joke! It was good that you somehow managed to find your way even when it was late.

You got great shots in there especially the two shots in motion, tenth and eleventh photos above. I really like the motion effect. You captured it perfectly! The B&W photos also have very good nostalgic effect.

I share your sentiments regarding pesky people blocking the view for photoshoot. It is either I just back off or settle for less appealing photos with so many people in them.

Well, I guess that invitation was worth all of the adventures you had. To your point, you can never get enough of vacation time!