Las Vegas
11:55 AM
Howdy
Well, today, Mike and I finished our last official day of holidaying. From here on in, we are in transit home. The last 3 days we have spent in Las Vegas and Grand Canyon Area.
Day 1 saw us basically walk in and out of every major casino on the strip having a look at each, having a gamble at each ($1 each on the 1c pokie machines) and take in the general "strip" itself. The hotel and casino's here are just mind boggling, from replica eiffel towers and venice canals to giant pyramids, greek temples and mini new york's, this place just oozes entertainment to the max.
For our first night out, we headed to the MGM Grand to see David Copperfield in show. This was an awesome show with all sorts of disappearing/reappearing, incredible tricks and no doubt side of hands happening all over the show. I was actually picked out of the audience, along with 12 other people and we were made to disappear right in front of the crowd and reappear at the back of the auditorium. I know how he did this but I'm not telling. Mike tells me it looked awesome! After the show, we headed out to check out more nightlife, including a club at the MGM called Studio 54.
Day 2 saw us head out mid morning on a day long tour to the Grand Canyon. We got taken to Boulder City by bus where we boarded a small plane to fly to the Grand Canyon. On our flight there, we flew over the Hoover Dam, which is amazingly large with facts such as at the base, it's nearly as thick with concrete as the whole dam is tall! Upon arriving at the canyon, we boarded a helicopter for a ride into the Canyon, where we landed at the riverbed to take a pontoon ride down the Colorado River. After another helicopter ride out, we headed to Guano point for some lunch, photos and sightseeing before boarding the plane and flying back to Boulder City and bus back to Vegas. We were pretty tired by the end of all this and mainly hung around our hotel, Treasure Island, that night where we took in the Sirens pirate show, drank at Kahunaville and did a spot of gambling. I ended the night $40 up.
For our last day, we took a bus up to "old Las Vegas" or downtown where we checked out some of the older casinos down on Fremont Street. This area comes alive at night with an amazing roof covering a major part of Fremont Street that lights up with all sorts of patterns but we missed the night show unfortunately. Standing there in daylight, Mike and I could only imagine what it would look like. We did a spot of shopping, a little more gambling in casino's such as the Golden Nugget before heading back to the main strip for one last time. We then said goodbye to Vegas and flew to LAX, where we are overnight, before flying home to Perth, via Tokyo. 22 hours of flight, should suck.
Anyway folks, this will be my last entry for this amazing trip. Viva Las Vegas!
Dave
Over and out
Well, today, Mike and I finished our last official day of holidaying. From here on in, we are in transit home. The last 3 days we have spent in Las Vegas and Grand Canyon Area.
Day 1 saw us basically walk in and out of every major casino on the strip having a look at each, having a gamble at each ($1 each on the 1c pokie machines) and take in the general "strip" itself. The hotel and casino's here are just mind boggling, from replica eiffel towers and venice canals to giant pyramids, greek temples and mini new york's, this place just oozes entertainment to the max.
For our first night out, we headed to the MGM Grand to see David Copperfield in show. This was an awesome show with all sorts of disappearing/reappearing, incredible tricks and no doubt side of hands happening all over the show. I was actually picked out of the audience, along with 12 other people and we were made to disappear right in front of the crowd and reappear at the back of the auditorium. I know how he did this but I'm not telling. Mike tells me it looked awesome! After the show, we headed out to check out more nightlife, including a club at the MGM called Studio 54.
Day 2 saw us head out mid morning on a day long tour to the Grand Canyon. We got taken to Boulder City by bus where we boarded a small plane to fly to the Grand Canyon. On our flight there, we flew over the Hoover Dam, which is amazingly large with facts such as at the base, it's nearly as thick with concrete as the whole dam is tall! Upon arriving at the canyon, we boarded a helicopter for a ride into the Canyon, where we landed at the riverbed to take a pontoon ride down the Colorado River. After another helicopter ride out, we headed to Guano point for some lunch, photos and sightseeing before boarding the plane and flying back to Boulder City and bus back to Vegas. We were pretty tired by the end of all this and mainly hung around our hotel, Treasure Island, that night where we took in the Sirens pirate show, drank at Kahunaville and did a spot of gambling. I ended the night $40 up.
For our last day, we took a bus up to "old Las Vegas" or downtown where we checked out some of the older casinos down on Fremont Street. This area comes alive at night with an amazing roof covering a major part of Fremont Street that lights up with all sorts of patterns but we missed the night show unfortunately. Standing there in daylight, Mike and I could only imagine what it would look like. We did a spot of shopping, a little more gambling in casino's such as the Golden Nugget before heading back to the main strip for one last time. We then said goodbye to Vegas and flew to LAX, where we are overnight, before flying home to Perth, via Tokyo. 22 hours of flight, should suck.
Anyway folks, this will be my last entry for this amazing trip. Viva Las Vegas!
Dave
Over and out
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