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Trip Start Nov 11, 2007
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Saturday, December 1, 2007

time for another update. flew into vegas on yet another delayed flight,  5 flights and none have been on time yet!! got in around 3 o clock and checked into the hotel which was about a mile from the strip. hotel was class, better than anything we ever had at home. there were 3 pools and a hot tub, the room was in 2 parts there was a living room and a small kitchen area then another room with 2 double beds and a jacuzzi bath. we thought we had hit the big time!!! it was cheap as well about a 100 euro each for 5 nights about the same as a hostel so it wasnt a hard decision. dropped the bags and headed up to the strip about 8 o clock. the walk to the strip was about 20 minutes so not too bad

walked onto the strip and hit the first casino which was the mgm grand which is one of the biggest on the strip. its pretty cool its call the city of entertainment cos there so much inside, theres even a glass cage for 2 lions to run about in. the pics we got where of small ones but we seen the fully grown ones the other day. we played a bit and lost and then copped on how to play the slots, by playing the 1 cent machines!! think i was down about 15 dollars the first night and leigh broke even. the next day was pretty much the same bit of gambling and walking about. went through a shopping centre that has a pond thing in it and every half an hour it rains into the pond so a big crowd gathers to watch it!! as if we hadnt seen enough rain this summer we went to take shelter in the bar across from the pond for 2 for 1 corona's lol.

on monday we went to the grand canyon, so it was an early start at 6 am and then the bus left at about 7. travelled past the hoover dam which you will see in the pics, i thought it was the one from the james bond film but wasnt, still massive though. you cant even stop on the dam any more in case some crazy bandit tries to blow it up, and theres a a security  search of each bus on either side of the dam checking for bombs hahaha crazy americans. took about 5 hours to get to grand canyon, we stopped to see an imax film nearby which is the most seen imax film in the world apparently and its pretty good some dude on a micro lite plane flying down into the canyon above the colorado river. eventually got to the canyon itself and its really is as good as everyone says, you just cant get it into you head how the hell it got there. so we had 2 stops on the south rim which is the deepest widest part. theres loaddsss of pics attached.

so last few days we pretty much did the same thing tried to get around to as many casinos as possible. we made a rule to cash in if we got over 5 bucks and then move onto the next one. got most of the major ones done. mgm, mandalay, monte carlo, bellagio, planet hollywood, new york new york(which has a roller coaster on the top of it), excaliber, the mirage, the venetian, paris and caesers palace, think thats them all.

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