We left Tofte the second time around.
Our destination: Sin City - Las Vegas !
This will be a pretty easy episode from a writing point of view because I will ‘flood’ it with pictures and movies.
Prepare your internet to be challenged.
This one is ‘by Day’ events.
See you on the other side !
We had 5 days and 4 nights at our disposal.
From the airplane this is what we saw.
Yeah, it never sleeps.
You don’t even have to leave the airport if you want to gamble.
Slots machines on the spot.
Took the shuttle and arrived at our hotel.
This was ours - The Stratosphere
The tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario.
It is the tallest building west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas.
The hotel is a separate building with 24 stories, 2,427 rooms and an 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) casino.
And on top it had 4 roller coasters thus it hat the tallest thrill ride in the world !
Imagine this, we were in our rooms and i was looking outside the window and it seamed to me that i heard screams - i checked and then i saw people doing bungee jumping; one just flew by my window.
Wtf ?
My heart wasn’t strong enough after what we did in Valley Fare so i couldn’t do any of these rides.
Right.
Las Vegas is pretty easy to explore because almost everything is near and/or both sides of the “Strip”.
Our hotel was almost at one end of it so it was straightforward what to do next.
This city will overwhelm you with opulence.
It also has a strange and mad vibe - of course it’s obvious why - the gambling.
Then you have the heat.
My God it will melt you.
And this was what, October?
So far something really mad, we have the Wynn/Encore Twin Hotel/Casinos.
Breathtaking in … everything.
It’s own … kinda’ botanical garden ?!
They even have their own Ferrari dealership in the lobby !
That’s a sports gambling ..area.
You even have slots at the bar - just to be sure to make it even more comfortable for the customers to …gamble of course.
Just mindblow.
Ok, back on the Strip.
Another Trump Tower - Donald has them everywhere !
Here we have The Mirage - every hour they have a volcanic eruption type of show.
Then the pure mindboggling The Venetian - the complete experience from what you know from Venice, gondolas and everything.
Then The Paris - self explanatory.
Another masterpiece of showmanship - The Bellagio - with the famous water show.
Caser’s Palace.
Yeah, that’s the lobby!
Then all the shops in the world.
With an artificial sky !?
And i never saw a spiral moving staircase !
And at the end of the Strip lays The Luxor - a pyramid style hotel.
Just yeah…
Back to our ‘tower’.
Let’s enjoy the privilege that we were in the tallest building in Las Vegas.
And this is what i told you about, everything is by the Strip.
Still, impressive nonetheless.
And yes, it also rains in Vegas.
Ah and i think that can be a world record for the longest train …ever.
Stay tuned for the next episode where, this time, night will prevail and we will do even more exploration.
