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Las Vegas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Las Vegas, United States
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 ...
Wedding Day
THE PLAN Staying at: Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas After breakfast in bed, a visit to a Spa. Wedding to take place at 6pm at the Garden Gazebo at the Flamingo hotel and followed by dinner for friends and family. THE REALITY Get up ...
It's Human Nature
Last night, well late afternoon, we went to the Strosphere building. A pencil thin structure some 1000 ft high which apart from the usual casino offers a Legends show and huge buffet at a very reasoanble price. We went to the top of the tower ...
drive to Las Vegas
Nach dem fuenfstuendigen Flug nach L.A. gings nahtlos weiter per Mietwagen nach Las Vegas. Dort kamen wir dann auch an (ca. 5 Stunden spaeter) und checkten im altbekannten (fuer Linda) Motel 6 ein. Die Stadt ist und bleibt der blanke WAHNSINN ! Der ...
Las Vegas, its luxurious host and the Grand Canyon
... of destinations. Passengers had to put up their hands when their hotel was named. "Mirage, Luxor, MGM International, Sahara, Las Vegas International Youth Hostel". I was the aging youth who reluctantly acknowledged his not-so-grand billet. Although cheap ...
My guilty pleasure
... down town area. After the down town tour we loaded up the small bus/enormous car and started our road trip to Vegas! Ham sandwiches (of course), left over pizza and mannnnnamalon (watermelon in rowan talk) were served en route and Jojos road trip ...
Rome, Venice and pirates!
... 8217;t that great, though the strawberry mojito I had while watching was deliious. Maybe it really was brilliant but since in Vegas everything is bigger and better, it just wasn’t as great I I expected. After a pitstop in the Mirage ...
To Vegas or not!
... fee for. Ken also got in a few rounds of golf and we hit up a couple of buffetts! Believe it or not, we didn't even venture down to Las Vegas Boulevard or downtown. We stayed on the outskirts of Vegas and manged to enjoy our ...
Vegas, Baby, VEGAS
Well, welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada, Home of Everything Slightly Sinful! As we trucked along, inching closer to Vegas, or what we assumed was Vegas because we were unable to see due to the heavy smog, the coins in our pockets started jumping about begging ...
Waiting at McCarren
... 45 minutes. OK, I figured I could handle that. I was felt like taking a nap anyway. As we were waiting, the temperature in Las Vegas was rising as usual. Not only was the plane getting warmer by the minute, the pilot told us that it was too hot to ...
Viva Las Vegas
... the day we headed out to Hoover Dam. Heading back in we swung round for some token shots out the front of the 'Fabulous Las Vegas' sign....looked like Elvis was taking a break smashing a cheeseburger in his Cadillac in the car park. Dropping the car back ...
The long haul to LA part 4
... from -7c on the hills to 19c as I passed into the more desert and deserted regions of Nevada. I knew I was near Vegas when the billboards started lining the road advertising guns, adult entertainment and of course gambling. What I listened to. ...
Desert Road
So eating Mexican food and drinking beer was not the best plan in advance of a long drive! Today I was heading down to Las Vegas for the final six days of the trip and this meant first headed back along US50 before making the long trek through the desert ...
Day 1 in Vegas: Wheel of Misfortune
... won Ohio, Brett Favre retired and we returned to our hotel room tonight with lighter wallets. Ahh, the joys and seductions of Vegas! I cast my absentee ballot last week, but Phil headed to our poll site this morning before our flight while I tackled ...
Leaving Las Vegas, Hoover Dam
Well it's been such a fun few days! Mostly spent on the 1 cent machines and getting free drinks served to us at the slots! I won $14!!!!!!! It was on a machine called splash party and my god it was addictive! We stayed up until 3am and by this point had ...
Long road trip
... he desert campground in Yermo near Calico ghost town ( particularly as it is the onnly campground for just under 200m between Vegas and Bakersfield) and then in the winery/ fruit growing area nearing the coast outside San Luis Obispo finally arriving in ...
Las Vegas
... public road over the top of it, this was a true 'drive-thru' attraction, making it the perfect American sightseeing stop. Las Vegas had some unexpected attributes that we immediately liked. The way people took such pleasure in walking around indoors ...
Sin City!
... that weary gamblers and drunken tourists like us are forced to part with even more cash on the quest to get out. The general consensus with Vegas is that you either love it or you hate it. The last review we had of it from one of the cops in Newcastle ...
Stage 9 - Las Vegas
... centre where I had organised a couple of glasses of champagne. I would at this point like to thank all the lads at the Vegas Extreme Skydive Centre for all their help organising this. So, after getting quite merry on champagne, it was back in the minibus ...
Viva Las Vegas!
... Grand Canyon south rim. On the way we did stop at the Hoover Dam, which was impressive. The only way to see these places in the states is on a tour, as hiring a car at my age is so expensive. My initial impression was wow! But after a short amount of time ...
Viva Las Vegas
... jacket pockets and rug up even though it was a beautiful day but we managed to stay under the weight limit. On the flight to Las Vegas we tried to get a quick nap in as we were expecting to hit the Strip when we arrived for a very late night. ...
Let The Beers, Rums and Vodkas Keep On Flowing
After a big first night in Vegas it was no surprise that we did not get out of bed until close to midday. After freshening up, it was time to do it all again as we headed back out on the strip. Sucking in some fresh air while we could it was only ...
Dec 14, 2009
There's no place like Las VEGAS!
... , all in one day, yet be in the middle of the desert? Epcot is close but incorrect. It's Vegas, baby! While I drove into "Fabulous Las Vegas," Steve looked up places for us to dry camp. He found an old post stating that RV's had been able to park behind ...
VIVA Las Vegas!
... With additives pumping in our veins we doubled our "honk" request efforts, danced to Leila's extensive road trip themed play list (Viva Las Vegas, Are you going to San Francisco, etc) and generally had a good time while night began to fall around us. The ...