Flamingo Las Vegas

Stayed at Flamingo mid January. Vegas is fun to walk up and down the strip in the central area by Caesars. Can anyone say "dancing fountains"? I Knew you could.

It all happened by chance. I suppose that's the most appropriate method in Vegas. But once we saw the bright lights of Vegas, there was no way we could stop before getting there. We thought about stopping in one of the suburbs just to find out what the hotel prices would be. But we'd seen the glow from miles away - 100 miles away in fact. Every time I saw a hotel on the roadside, I just kept on going for some reason. I think it was because we wanted to get as close as possible to the action w...

It was tough to check out of Las Vegas when we had just arrived less than twelve hours prior. But I had to take solace in knowing that we had a full day and night there anyway. We took the morning fairly lazily. We knew we had to check out by 11:00 am, but after hiking about 6 miles, it was only proper to get as much rest as possible. We both ended up waking up around 8:30, which under normal circumstances is odd, but considering that we were in the Pacific time zone for once, it was not unus...

We landed back at the Venetian. Randy had never been and I think it was definitely something to hit. We headed straight to the Venetian shops and he was impressed right away. Not only were the gondolas impressive, but the level of detail in the Venetian were great. We saw the security guards in authentic Venetian attire and we noticed that the window designs for the outdoor facades were rarely repeated. And the layout of the shops were amazing. It wanders like a real city and ends in a town s...

where it's 39 degrees and you can sit on the loo and watch the telly built into your bathroom mirror!



Ok, so the pilot didn't actually say the last bit, but he could have. It's 5am now, day 2, and the kids are all laying on their huge bed in the Flamingo hotel, looking at the view from our 19th storey window. As Cian put it, "Vegas is still on!". There's plenty of activity on the strip below us.



Yesterday went pretty smoothly, we had gone up to the airport and do...

Decided to drive straight through to Vegas with no sleep and got there two days early. Checked into the Flamingo for two nights and got a room with a view of Ceasar's Palace and the Bellagio fountains. Plush bed with a TV in the bathroom mirror. Loved the Ipod dock center with the surround sound. The shower had three shower head...awesome. The only part was our window was a giant see-through poster of Donnie and Marie. We could see out but didn't know whether people can see in. We found out l...

Arrived in Vegas on April 5th and after settling in our room we got ready to go and see Jay Leno at the Mirage, this was brilliant although I managed to sleep through half of it (we had been up over 24 hours at this point). Gareth managed to get a good start on the gambling for the upcoming week by winning $125 on the slots while we were waiting to enter the show. After surviving the first night with two boys snoring we headed out down the strip checking out a few of the Casinos along the way...

Friday, October 17, 2008 Left home on time and got to the airport at 06:30ish - the plane was already 45 minutes delayed - went through the 'baggage drop', customs and the scanners very easily (had our shoes tested twice!). The time went quickly, the Gatwick South Terminal is being made over with more shops and restaurants, we had a nice breakfast in Garfunkles. Got on the plane in good time, but one passenger became agitated, it took another 45 minutes to get her settled before we could take...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Travel day today - a lovely drive from LA to Las Vegas, the scenery at the start is wonderfully mountainous, it did get somewhat flat at the end of the journey. Got a great room at The Flamingo - overlooking the pool. Took the opportunity to visit Paris - another brilliantly laid out 'resort' which was very French. Ate at P D Changs - serves up the best Chinese food... We got a table outside overlooking the Strip - the weather was so brilliantly warm even in the ev...