Ok, it's taken me awhile i know. But the Las Vegas update is finally here. At this rate you might even get N.Y. before Xmas! Lol.
Going from LA to Vegas, we flew on this tiny plane. My sisters head could almost touch the roof inside, it was tiny. At least compared to any plane i've ever been on. From the air you could look down on vegas and see the miles and miles of dessert. We had a laugh wondering just how many dead bodies there really were buried down there. I mean , really, with that much dessert you could see why it was a popular spot to dump a body! When we finally landed the first thing that struck me was the pokies in the airport. Yes, you read that right......pokies in the airport! I mean as soon as you got of the plane, there they were. Why you would fly all the way to Vegas, and then waste time gambling in an airport is simply beyond me....but hey, each to their own i guess. Beside, i never really understood the thrill of the pokies anyway.
But that was nothing compared to the taxi line. I mean.....i have never seen a line this long....ever. It wrapped around into 6 very long lines. I tried to get a pictutre of it, but you still cant see the whole line!
Yes....ALL those people are part of te never-ending taxi line. Thankfully, it moved pretty fast. But even pretty fast took forever. We stayed at Ceasars Palace while we were there....which Leanne informed me is where they do all the CSI crime scenes (and yes Leanne, i did keep an eye out for Grisham for you. No luck i'm afraid though). The casino's themselves are so big that when you check in they give you a key and a map, so as not to get lost. And trust me, you could be lost for days in the casino we were staying at. Thank goodness for that map. To really see Vegas, you would have to spend at least a week there. It would take you one whole day just to see your whole hotel!
Heres us arriving at the Ceasars Palace...
In the lobby....
(yes....more pokies...in the lobby)
And then there's this thing in Vegas people have with distance. If someone tells you something is 10 minutes away....they mean 45 min. If they say a block , they mean 5....at least. If they say a mile......they mean a 10 minute taxi drive away. Really. Trust me, we learned the hard way, more than once, and especially when a 10 minute walk to dinner became an hour walk (or more).
In heels.
At night.
In the cold.
And we were hungry.
Needless to say we missed our booking. Luckily....they did get another table for us though. The night in mention actually, was the night before Dad and Robyn's wedding. She booked us at Bennihanas at the Hilton. And lets just say it was worth the walk.
The bride and groom to be.......
OUr ridiculously strong drinks....
Consuming our drinks....
After consuming our drinks....
After dinner we went exploring the sights at night....which really, my pics do no justice to the way it feels when you walk the streets of Vegas. it is truly the city that never sleeps.
I like this pic of dad and Robyn...so cute...
Seriously, how cool is this baby...
This is Ceasars Palace (behind me). And you can walk the streets with alcohol in hand. Yes, i walked happily with my margarita as i viewed the sites,lol. Made it all much more interesting.
Then Tash and I decided to watch the fountains at the Belaggio. They do a show every half hour or so, of water fountains to music. Its amazing. Not that we would know that night. We waited for almost 2 hours. We kept thinking....any minute now. Eventually we found out that the shows were over for the night (we thought they ran continuosly all night) and felt a bit silly for standing there freezing our arses off staring at the water. But hey, we got some pics....so it wasnt a total loss, right? Lol.
There was so much to see in Vegas....at night and during the day...
Theres this one Casino, i cant remember what it was called though (it the one in the pic below, of the eiffel tower...i think the casino was in that tower) where you go in and the cieiing are painted like the sky. And you REALLY think your outside! There is a cobblestone street and little shops and the whole effect makes you feel as though you are walking through the streets of Paris....outside! Heres some pics, althought they dont do it any justice!
All the Casinos had amazing displays, but one of my faves was definitely at the Ballaggio. The had this gorgeous display of umbrellas and flowers. There was a glass flower display on the cieling, and then a real flower display in which they made all sorts of displays, even large animals...all out of flowers. You can see a pic of me behind a flower-snail. Very impressive, let me tell you.
The replicas of statues and differentfeatures from around the world were so well done you could easily forget where you were.
This is the ceiling in one of the Casinos....
And, of course....you cant be in Vegas with doing some major part-tay-ing...
(check out the size of my tequilla shots...downed way too many of those!)
On our last night we went to a club called Tao....definitely worth visiting if your in Vegas. It was huge. And so much to see. Including some random guy who kept throwing bundles of money into the crowds on the dancefloor.....and yes, thats real money.
We stayed out all night and basically got back to the hotel with enough time for a quick shower before checking out and heading to our next destination. Yes, i pulled an all nighter. Not bad old mum of 3, lol. In fact i probably got around 8 hours of sleep over the 3 days we were there.....in total!
And that pretty much sums up my trip to Vegas. Except for the wedding of course....which i'll share with you in a seperate post again.
Thanks for looking.
xoxo
Z
