Viva Las Vegas...not.

Trip Start Aug 13, 2007
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Trip End Nov 12, 2007


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Monday, October 8, 2007

Arrived at the KOA in Las Vegas just after midday. I rushed to have a shower in the nearby restroom (as the kids had used up the hot water earlier) only to find that neither shower would work, plus there were ants on the floor and the whole restroom just looked old and grotty - not the standard I would expect when paying over $70 per night! We mentioned it to the girl in the office who said she would send housekeeping over, but basically she couldn't care less. I would not recommend this KOA for their service, but there location is hard to beat as it's right on the Strip.

After we got organised we walked over to the Circus, Circus Casino (KOA is right by it, and part of it I think) and watched a couple of free circus acts, which the kids enjoyed. Then we started walking down Las Vegas Boulevard, 'The Strip'. What immediately put me right off Vegas was these 'business' cards of prostitutes/strippers with colour photos of themselves (just about naked) ALL over the place. They were on low hedges, walls, stuck around rubbish bins and on the pedestrian crosswalk poles...really, really sleazy. Fred also said that some of the people giving out these cards tried to hand him one, even though he was obviously with me & the kids!

Next stop was the Mirage Casino, where we saw a beautiful white tiger prowling around his luxurious enclosure... though he looked a little bored. Then we went to Denny's for dinner, which was very nice & served by a friendly, jovial waiter. I tried some Pumpkin pie for dessert for the first time, it was quite tasty and not what I had expected. By the time we'd finished dinner it was almost dark and the neon lights had come on. We walked down to the 'Treasure Island' Casino to see their nightly pirate/siren show. It was very crowded when we got there & hard for the kids to see...which was just as well, as it was way to raunchy for kids. Lots of half dressed woman gyrating around the ship, so I can see why the casino crowd would want to watch it! Luckily I think Josh & Kate were oblivious to this aspect, and just enjoyed seeing the canons exploding, the flash bang flames and the fireworks. After the show we walked back up to The Mirage and watched the fake volcano there 'erupt' - read, fireballs, smoke, red tinted fountain water & little lines of flames on the lake. Vegas was even tackier than I expected.
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