Las Vegas, United States Travel Blogs

Las Vegas - Sin City
May 29, 2009 (13 photos)

... , the old style Vegas with the flashing lights in the streets. I consider it to be a less showy, less pretencious version of Vegas, drinks are a hell of a lot cheaper (I suggest the beers served in plastic footballs). BUT... nothing beats the strip, it's ...

Viva Las Vegas.............
Sep 12, 2005 (15 photos)

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Vegas..... Baby.
Sep 4, 2007 (92 photos)

... ! Look, girls, look, don't you always double down on eleven?" "That was like the Jedi mind shit" -- Swingers Las Vegas..... A city built on broken dreams, organised crime and five dollar lobster. As far as destinations for a stag weekend go ...

Viva Las Vegas
Jun 7, 2008 (14 photos)

... blue suede shoes! The music cranks up, Nic and Pat try to control their laughter and this time armed with a microphone Elvis bursts into 'Viva Las Vegas' as he spins us round and dances us back up the aisle to then turn us round at the top and have us leg ...

Madre's Bday in Vegas
Apr 3, 2009 (11 photos)

... to Vegas in 20 years or so.  We thought she should see the city in post-Sinatra and peri-Paris glory.  That, and Derek loves Las Vegas.  And I don't mean he enjoys it and it's a fun place to go every few years.  I mean, if it's a slow ...

The Perfect Date with ME!
Mar 9, 2008

What? Is! is an amazing social director.   He thinks of everything down to the last details.   It was date night so I did what I do on date night. Dress up. Shave, Shower, cologne, hair gel to spike my hair. I'm a cool dude, just ...

Getting married by Elvis in Vegas
Aug 29, 2006 (7 photos)

... pay for all of the expenses we encountered in Vegas and still leave with a nice amount of cash in our pockets. Thank you very much Las Vegas! I'm glad we went to Vegas but I'm not sure we would go back if we were in the USA in the future (for one thing ...

You're so money baby...
Aug 17, 2007 (5 photos)

... (we checked in at 5.00).  We then stopped over in LA airport for six hours before we could get a flight to Vegas at 7am from LA, to arrive finally in Vegas at 9am. We spent many an hour lurking around both Vancouver and LA airports ...

So very tired
Nov 26, 2007 (2 photos)

... to dinner at Mix, which is a rooftop restaurant at the top of our hotel. Had outside dining and surveyed all that is Vegas while eating awsome food. Returned back to my fave Mandalay Place - Red Square, obviously Russian themed! We were all pretty tired ...

Viva Las Vegas
Feb 18, 2009 (5 photos)

After a long and cold winter we decided to escape the snow and relax in the sun. Besides, we had to see what all the fuss was over.

Vegas, Baby! New Mexico-style!
May 10, 2007 (2 photos)

Headed out of TX, onward to CO and back to the Midwest...our first stop was a quick tour through Las Vegas, NM an overnight campout in an field at Storrie Lake State Park just north of town. I recommend the renovated, lovely train depot downtown--good ...

Wednesday 14 May
May 20, 2008 (11 photos)

... pretty rugged with little or no vegetation and quite spectacular.   We arrived in Vegas about 4.30 so we drove straight down Las Vegas Boulevard or "the strip" until we got about half way down. We decided to try to find somewhere to park close by.& ...

Betting and Shopping
Feb 6, 2007 (26 photos)

Let's just say it's Viva Las Vegas time!  Outside the busy bus from Los Angeles all we could see was desert, desert and more desert.  Why would anyone build a city out in this hot desolate place?  Anyway as night set in we could see a glow ...

Viva Las Vegas
May 20, 2006 (13 photos)

... !!?? We're back again! We sadly left San Fran on the 13TH. We were not too disheartened though, as we were 'VIVA LAS VEGAS' bound... The city of dreams and the prospect of mucho wealth!?!? Well the latter probably not being that true for Dan. Without ...

Not a Las Vegas wedding - Naxi wedding, China
Nov 7, 2008 (13 photos)

Photos from a Naxi wedding in Lijiang, 2008. This was a double wedding, with two couples, including a groom who is a local shaman (dongba in local language) There's more info in Chinese about these weddings at www.lijiangxihe.com

Vegas Baby, Vegas
Aug 10, 2005 (3 photos)

... ) and off you go.I must admit I was surprised at how little kickback there was from an AK47 but it sure was fun. Las Vegas is as trashy,tacky,glamorous and exciting as you can imagine.Downtown is tacky where it is filled with cheap motels,pawn shops and ...

Sin City
Feb 6, 2007 (2 photos)

As enjoyable as the sudden luxury of plush Vegas hotel suite was for a night I did feel the need to meet up with other travelers with the plan of hiring a car to head out to the Grand Canyon tomorrow. Swiping anything not tied down before checking out ...

Vegas Baby!
Feb 5, 2007 (16 photos)

... pain to get up from at 5am with Gary starting something called work at 6:30am. I was departing LA today for the bright lights of Las Vegas the early start meaning I had some time to kill around the bus station. Leaving my bag at the station I took a ...

Very Bright Lights and wonders of the world
Apr 14, 2005 (6 photos)

Las Vegas - What a mad mad place this is. We arrived there late at night and Las Vegas is an amazing site when you land in the evening, never have I seen so much neon in all my life. As we got there late at night we headed straight for the sack as even ...

From Canyons to Caesars
Aug 12, 2004 (2 photos)

... at 117degreesF and you could hardly walk two blocks down the street before you were looking round for anywhere aircon to escape into. Las Vegas is unlike anywhere else in the world - huge neon lights everywhere, tv screens 50 feet high at every junction & ...

'Tiddy Bars'
Jan 26, 2007 (28 photos)

... line and broke the main leg of the journey through Nevada that I realised once again just how little I know. I never realised Vegas sat alone like a sparkling oasis in the middle of the desert, surrounded by pretty much nothing. The endless stretch of ...

My Date with a Hot 20 Something!
Mar 11, 2008

... women in costumes walk by and hand me a coupon advertising a show called Ice and the coupon is for 50% off.   Around Vegas they hand out leaflets all over the place for everything, shows, girls, tours, etc. I've noticed that to date they have ...

Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
Apr 18, 2008 (22 photos)

... the Galaxy in a 360-degree view of outer space. I visited an exhibition showing the Tomb of Tutankhaman. All very impressive. Las Vegas is really just a big adult theme park for Americans. And yet, strangely, despite the fact that you can drink in the ...

Leaving Las Vegas
Aug 21, 2003 (9 photos)

... by day. There is so much to do in Vegas other than gamble. There are a number of Art Galleries, the Venetian has the Guggenheim Las Vegas and the Bellagio hosts The Gallery of Fine Art. There are lots of shows and some are free. A lot of the casinos have ...

Still trying to find our fortune...
Oct 25, 2004 (20 photos)

... intended stay at Las Vegas from one night to three! We didn't like to admit, but we were starting to fall in love with Las Vegas! Tuesday 26th October It was today we decided to hire a car and drive back to LA instead of having to get another train ...

#Heading for the Frisco Bay...#
Dec 6, 2005 (2 photos)

Straight to Vegas Baby!
Jul 9, 2006 (17 photos)

... . Shame the view was facing away from the strip but you can't have everything. Still we got to see the immense size of Las Vegas. Currently the fastest growing town in America and you can certainly tell as the lights stretch as far as the eye can see. ...

Vegas Baby!
Dec 1, 2005 (4 photos)

Nick's Birthday Bash
Apr 11, 2008 (8 photos)

We booked a flight to Las Vegas for the weekend to celebrate Nick's (Shari's brother-in-law) birthday. Happy Birthday Nick!  It was a double celebration for also graduating from college.  Congratulations too Nick! Friends and family from ...

Gambling the Night Away with What? Is!
Mar 10, 2008

... to see the Bette Midler show and didn't come prepared. She came with $80 and that's all gone. She's completely broke. Trips to Vegas for her are a regular occurrence. As we are walking around Maira sees a machine that caught her eye. I say that's a good ...