Las Vegas is Disneyland for adults. You can slip away into both anonymity and silliness within moments of arriving. You can stay up late and see shows your parents might not necessarily approve of. Las Vegas is all shock and awe and reminds me of being eighteen again – hazy though such memories are these days, four decades on.
Neither G nor I are gamblers and everytime we visit Las Vegas, we do the same thing. On our last day, with about an hour to go before heading to the airport, we head to the casino. We drop $20 each into a slot machine and – usually within five minutes – exit the casino nine times out of 10, $20 poorer. I am happy to report on this trip, we exited $5 richer. Woohoo!
1) Luxor; 2) the amenities at Mandarin Oriental
3) at turndown each night the staff bring roses; 4) moi prior to heading out to dinner
5) G prepares to head out too; 6) the staff leave orchids as well
7) the Dale Chihuly museum
8) the lobby at the Mandarin – this wall greets you as you exit into the the 23rd floor lobby; 9) home
10) New York, New York; 11) the Chandelier at the Cosmopolitan
12) The Crystals Mall; 13) looking down the strip
14) Mastro’s Ocean Club restaurant at the Crystals; 15) I know this woman!
16) inside the Crystals Mall; 17) big balls at Aria
18) Happy New Year!; 19) G heads to shop in Crystals
20) the dancing fountain at Bellagio; 21) taking a refreshment break at the Coke Store
22 & 23) where you can try different types of Coke products from around the world
24 & 25) more Coke tastings
26) the Venetian; 27) waiting for the monorail
28) ballooning
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Although Vegas did have a few things that were quite nice and suited my kind of travel, for the most part I didn’t like it very much. I’m not a gambler and I didn’t have the money to spend on shows, if I were given the option to come back again, I don’t think I would~@kunhuo42 – I took tours to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam which was great~ http://www.looktours.com/grand-canyon-skywalk-bus.html & http://www.looktours.com/hoover-dam-deluxe-tours.html
I admit to spending hours at the Blackjack Table. I enjoyed the food and shows when there. PS. I did leave Vegas with more money that I brought with me. My traveling companions came back broke.
@kunhuo42 – Eat! =D
i’m not a huge gambler either… i can maybe spend an hour or two on the casino floor but then i’m done. but my partner and i will be in vegas this april (not the first time for either of us, but the first time being there together), and are open to suggestions of things to do!
I do not gamble either, and do enjoy Las Vegas to see shows and just relax and people watching, hehe. It is a change of routine. And it is a lot more fun to go with a friend. Glad G can come along. happy New Year.