Viva Las Vegas!!
two days i Vegas doesn't even correspond to 2 days anywhere else....there is no time in that city....
we drove down on monday night, arriving at 1.30am (though the only way you knew it was night was that it was dark outside) just in time to watch the Stardust Hotel at the north end of the strip be blown up!....talk about perfect timing....we pulled up maybe 5mins before the fireworks show started, there was even a countdown on the side of the building in fireworks before it imploded on itself....totally amazing to see....
we then caught up with Michelle (one of my room-mates from last season) who lives in Vegas now.....and managed to make it to bed by 4am, which is pretty good as it felt like 10pm....
On tuesday we began the day with a swim and lying out by the pool in the 88degree weather...before driving down to the strip for "the Vegas Experience"....we spent the day just walking from the north end of the strip to the Sth...though we only made it as far as the MGM, visiting all the hotel/casinos along the way....its kind of like being in a movie set its so extravangant.....we drank margharitas out of over-sized novelty glasses, played arcade games, gambled at the penny slots and rode the New York New York roller-coaster, saw the lion feeding at the MGM, watched the pirate show at Treasure Island, the moving statues in Ceasers....and before we knew it it was 10pm!...we had dinner on the patio of Mon Ami Gabi, a french restaurant across the road from the Bellagio, so we could watch the water show as we ate.....
Wednesday we again had to visit the pool as the temperature was in the 90s......then went down to the Rio for a real Vegas buffet lunch, hideous carpet, gold fittings and all....then made our way to the Stratosphere to be dropped off the side of the tower, spun around off the edge and launched into the air from the top.....all whilst trying not to hurl the buffet we'd just consumed (smart order to do things in, i know!)
All in all i get the feeling that Vegas really is just the Disneyland for adults and i am VERY glad we went mid week as the crowds were bad enough as it was... that and you couldn't walk 5 feet without being offered flyers for hookers....though the only real down side was that we couldnt catch any Vegas shows, they dont run mid-week...but hey you cant have it all despite what they try and tell you....
we drove down on monday night, arriving at 1.30am (though the only way you knew it was night was that it was dark outside) just in time to watch the Stardust Hotel at the north end of the strip be blown up!....talk about perfect timing....we pulled up maybe 5mins before the fireworks show started, there was even a countdown on the side of the building in fireworks before it imploded on itself....totally amazing to see....
we then caught up with Michelle (one of my room-mates from last season) who lives in Vegas now.....and managed to make it to bed by 4am, which is pretty good as it felt like 10pm....
On tuesday we began the day with a swim and lying out by the pool in the 88degree weather...before driving down to the strip for "the Vegas Experience"....we spent the day just walking from the north end of the strip to the Sth...though we only made it as far as the MGM, visiting all the hotel/casinos along the way....its kind of like being in a movie set its so extravangant.....we drank margharitas out of over-sized novelty glasses, played arcade games, gambled at the penny slots and rode the New York New York roller-coaster, saw the lion feeding at the MGM, watched the pirate show at Treasure Island, the moving statues in Ceasers....and before we knew it it was 10pm!...we had dinner on the patio of Mon Ami Gabi, a french restaurant across the road from the Bellagio, so we could watch the water show as we ate.....
Wednesday we again had to visit the pool as the temperature was in the 90s......then went down to the Rio for a real Vegas buffet lunch, hideous carpet, gold fittings and all....then made our way to the Stratosphere to be dropped off the side of the tower, spun around off the edge and launched into the air from the top.....all whilst trying not to hurl the buffet we'd just consumed (smart order to do things in, i know!)
All in all i get the feeling that Vegas really is just the Disneyland for adults and i am VERY glad we went mid week as the crowds were bad enough as it was... that and you couldn't walk 5 feet without being offered flyers for hookers....though the only real down side was that we couldnt catch any Vegas shows, they dont run mid-week...but hey you cant have it all despite what they try and tell you....
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