Friday, August 8, 2008

"Epic Adventure Day 2 Part 3 ~ Las Vegas!"

Had shower and lunch/dinner and straight away head to Las Vegas Strip! Here's where some of the biggest and most extravagant hotel-casino-resorts in the world are located. We decided to WALK the length of the Strip to view all the hotels. Yeah, all 4 miles of it. The weather in Vegas was exactly the same as during Hoover Dam trip earlier. Hot. Dry. The Coke drink I took from McD turned WARM after barely 10 minutes of walking. OMG... how'd these people live here!

Anyway, lets see what we managed to find along the way :D

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Wynn and the Palazzo (okay, we cheated: should have started at Stratosphere! :P)

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Treasure Island and the nice pirate ship at it's entrance!

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Across the street was the magnificent Venetian!

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Madame Tussauds is here too... and Casino Royale!

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Fancy entrance of Treasure Island and the Mirage!

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Whoa... like back in Greece...

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Yup, where else can this be but Caesar's Palace! They even have a statue of Julius Caesar there... these guys really go all-out!

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And here's the Bellagio. To my horror, I realized we didn't snap a pic from the front of this hotel... gosh. The reason was because we went into Bellagio and had a look at the casino :P Surprise surprise, the interior is no less grand than the outside. There are gardens and lavishly decorated ceilings. The movie Ocean's 11, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt feature the Bellagio prominently, especially the famous Bellagio's fountain.

The fountain wasn't the only sight to greet us:

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It's PARIS!! Definitely the most stunning hotel around; there's a replica of the Eiffel Tower right there! OMG.......................... (speechless)

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Here's more! New York, with a replica of the Statue of Liberty!

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Across the street was MGM Grand with the mighty lion statue sitting there. And also the medieval themed Excalibur! Man, we were supposed to stay there............. :-S

The time was getting very late. It was already 12 midnite and we had yet to reach the end. Legs tired. Thirsty. Dehydrated. Dizzy. Some of the guys were considering giving up and go back to sleep. The next day we had to wake up very early for our next trip. Go back?

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Come on la, how can we quit?!

We push on ahead, for the last must-see hotel......

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LUXOR! Yeah, this is the one... Sphinx and Great Pyramid! Ain't it magical?

Mission accomplished, time to go. The time was already 1AM. Hopped on a bus and head back to the hotel... Later have to wake up at 4AM for...

Grand Canyon National Park!

2 comments:

Amanda said...

whoa whoa whoa!!! what a fascinating lighting!!! u have had the mini world tour, from Paris to Egypt. :D

Leopard said...

Yaya, it's really amazing!