Viva Las Vegas

Trip Start Apr 04, 2008
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Trip End Jul 03, 2009


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Monday, April 7, 2008

On to Las Vegas. Arrived late last night in Vegas and it took over an hour to check in at the Luxor which is a giant pyramid and built in an Egyptian theme. They didn't have a room for us so we had to be upgraded to a suite which is rather nice having a bit of room. So we didn't get into our room till 2am then had a quick bite to eat and in bed by 3am.
Amazing place, a bit like Disney Land on steroids. Good fun to watch all the people, the size of everything really blows you away, the opulence and at the same time the bizarreness of the place. We visited a hotel called the Venetian which is meant to be like Venice Italy, they have canals running through the hotel with gondolas and you can be serenaded in Italian while you ride on them. It was our favourite one.

On our second night we went to a dinner show called "Tournament of the Knights" were you sit around an areana and they feed you undercooked chook and cold wedges while you watch Men in tights on horses prance around the areana Las Vegas Airport
Las Vegas Airport
 . Hmmm. No actually it was a joisting tournament and very over acted and quite corny.

The next day we took a flight over the grand canyon which the boys (big and small) enjoyed. I couldnt relax too many small plane statistics going thru my head to enjoy the view. The ride was particularly bumpy, something to do with thermal updrafts or something over the canyon. The Hoover Dam is absolutely massive. I can't see any reason why there is desert out there with soooooooo much water.

The following day we walked and walked and walked and pretty much checked out the entire strip. We went on a great roller coaster ride on top of the New York hotel. Harri loved it!!
Pete took the boys for additional exploration and afetr checking out Cesars Palace managed to see the spectacular water fountain display in the massive lake in front of the Belagio Hotel. It is all correographed to some classic music and is great to see.

Next stop.....New York, New York
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