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Las Vegas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Las Vegas, United States
They call the wind Mariah and then some
Went out to dinner last night and caught up on lost time with our friend Pat. Good times! Had a decent night's sleep, in spite of the incessant wind. Cold here. Woke up to 30˚ temps. Went shopping for fixings for our New ...
Out or the frying pan etc
... a milk shack which was a thick shake, full of ice cream, very welcome still in 106F. On out of the desert and into Las Vegas where I only missed our destination by half a street having checked it out on Google Earth before we left home. We are ...
Viva Las Vegas Baby!
After 3 weeks of camping, I was thrilled to arrive to Vegas. Thanks to my mom; who flew down to meet us, we stayed at Grand Monarch Cancun Hotel and Resort. Although it wasn't as nice as the Marriott Golf resorts it was a pleasure sleep on a real bed ...
Day Two
... to wander up the street later for dinner. Booked a couple of shows for tomorrow and Wednesday so we are now officially "doing Vegas" I went two blocks up the road to a 7/11 for some supplies, that was an adventure. Bought some jelly, what they ...
Viva Las Vegas
... traction, far too many bumps, and drove down the Vegas strip into our hotel that is right in the middle of everything. Las Vegas is a fairly new city and one of the fastest growing in America. Named 'the meadows' by Spaniards who used the water ...
las vegas
... das man kein rechtsmittel einlegen will wenn man nich reingelassen wird. N grund muessen die dafuer nicht angeben. In las vegas werden allen die Fingerabdruecke abgenommen und biometrische fotos gemacht. Dann fragen die wie lange man bleibt... ...
2nd canceled flight = (guilty) Vegas bonus day #2
... and I also was dying for flip flops...my favorite symbol of warm weather. Phil vetoed my initial shirt selections for us (me: hideous orange Las Vegas County jail inmate shirt, Phil: "Tell your boobs to stop looking at my eyes" shirt). So we ended up with ...
On top of the world!
... is one of the most amazing engineering marvels. The dam is huge. See the pictues here. The funny thing is it is between two states of Arizona and Nevada and there is a time difference between the two sides of the dam :) A few hours drive deep into the ...
Op naar het Goud!
Na een nachtje Vancouver vliegen we via Portland naar Las Vegas. Land nummer 6: Amerika. Voor Gijs de eerste keer in dit enorme land en we belanden meteen in de grootste poppenkast van de wereld. las Vegas bezoeken wij onder de noemer īdat moet je een ...
In your face......Las Vegas
After a 6 hour bus ride through the desert we finally made it to the city that doesn't sleep! Las Vegas! It took us a little while to find where we were staying but we dumped our bags and made our way to the 'strip'. When people say its just casinos we ...
Harrahs - Las Vegas
... are here but there is another magician Lance Burton who is supposed to be good , so we will see. Then theres the Hoover Dam, Las Vegas Speedway Nascar drive etc, but my legs need resting already, the place is incredible even if you are not interested in ...
Viva Las Vegas!
Las Vegas, perhaps more than anywhere else in the States, has the ability to polarise opinion. Some feel Fear and Loathing. Others think Viva Las Vegas! Sin City or Entertainment Capital of the World, everyone can agree on two points: firstly, it's not in ...
Las Vegas trip May '10
... divided this into two parts. The first part will be Las Vegas and the second will be L.A. in the next Travelblog entry. Well, Las Vegas was even bigger and brighter than I’d expected. Even the airport had pokie machines in the arrivals area. Only in ...
The Flamingo
Vegas for our first Kensington weekend jaunt. I take some pride that I started a grand tradition, although later trips have been smaller groups. I won't comment on the events of the weekend, other than to say we were measuring our losses in housing ...
Viva Las Vegas!
... due the massive scale of the strip and its hotels, everything seems much closer than you think. DITTO. A leisurely trip down the Las Vegas 'strip' will take approximately 2 hours and there is a hotel filling just about every square metre of it. The first ...
Las Vegas
... settled in and then went for a walk to explore. One or two down and outs but no problems. Here I discovered the Las Vegas Principle number 1 - the Marketing Man is King! Adverts everywhere and when you walk on the sidewalk they all lead near, ...
Sin City, USA
... the tourist seeing all the sites and then she went back home with them to visit for the week. So there I am heading to Vegas with my boyfriend and Grandma... party time! Shelly and her husband, Shad, and daughter Delany picked us up at the airport ...
Stadt der Lichter / City of Lights
... nicht nur der Highway, sondern auch meiner Idee mit der Wuestendurchquerung sprichwoertlich versandete. Rueckzug also und auf dem offiziellen Weg nach Las Vegas der Stadt der Lichter. My stay in Los Angeles was planned for a quick stop only (because I ...
more from vegas
... and with the prospect of a 6am start for the flight to Hawaii ahead of us it was time for bed.... Overall I'm glad I've seen Vegas but it must be said that it's somewhere that I'm not in any rush to come back to. If I came back I would ...
Vegas: 'nuff said.
... to lose in any form of food. We were ready to load at 7.30, and headed off out of Bakersfield towards Death Valley and Las Vegas, driving through the brown hills full of cacti and random caravans in the distance; I decided to get my camera out to take a ...
Viva Las Vegas
Sunday 4 February We had an extremely early flight to Vegas so were collected from our hotel at 6am. The guy driving the shuttle was rather grumpy but never mind. The airport was pretty simple but we managed to find a croissant for ...
Europe here I come
... . It went really smoothly although I did have a split second of panic when I was about to board. The woman told I have to change my United Airline issued boarding pass with an Air NZ one which is fine but when I went to the counter the woman looked at her ...
Going Back for more punishment
DAY 102. NOVEMBER 11. LAS VEGAS Going back for more punishment Today was the chance to win it all back. Another full day in the casinos to win back the money I had lost and then some. The one arm bandits were calling out to me, but I would defeat ...
Los Angeles
... the sheer scale of the dam. Another example of Americans doing it bigger and better. We spend the following 3-4 days in Las Vegas before hiring another car with Lesley and Niel. Niel and myself couldnīt resist the option of the free upgrade for our ...
Lost Wages
DAY 100. NOVEMER 9. LAS VEGAS Lost wages Another day, another chance to lose some money. This morning we started our gambling in the Aladdin, joining up to the Aladdin Club. Upon joining you get one chance to pull for a million dollars on a giant slot ...
Treks & Slugs & Raack & Roll
... attractive mysterious Persian! The 1st trail we took was Calico Tanks! A moderate climb, culminating in some breathtaking scenery overlooking Vegas. For an annual subscription to House Seats, you can get free tickets for any of the pre selected shows. ...
