We're staying in the USA Hostel in Vegas that comes with a swimming pool, which is great considering that it is over 30 degrees every day! We're in Downtown Las Vegas, a short walk away from the Fremont Street Experience! On our first night, we walked around there, looking at the casinos, street performers and all the bright lights!
During the day on Friday, we went down The Strip to see the casinos. We took a bus to the end and walked back, passing Luxor (with its sphinx and giant pyramid), Excalibur (with its wizard in a window and turrets), New York New York (with its miniature New York skyline, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building and Statue of Liberty - my favourite), MGM Grand (with its Golden Lion), The Bellagio (with its very impressive fountain display), Caesars Palace (which has lots of statues like the Romans had), The Mirage (with its large water feature in front of it), The Venetian (complete with the Bridge of Sighs and St Marks Square), Treasure Island (with its two ships outside) and the Stratosphere (very tall tower with rides at the top of it).
On Saturday, I went for a pre-breakfast swim which was great (and just a little cold)! During the day, we went around some of the casinos! They are massive. We spent about half an hour trying to find our way out of Caesar's Palace! In The Venetian, they have a canal running the length of the casino, complete with gondolas if you wanted to have a ride (and be serenaded to)! In New York New York, they have recreated many of the areas in New York including Little Italy and even have smoke coming from the man holes on the floor!
That night we went to the Coyote Ugly bar in New York New York. It was very like the bar in the film, complete with girls dancing on the bar. Then we went to the Nine Fine Irishmen pub to have dinner and listen to the band playing there. We managed to walk past The Bellagio as the fountain show was about to start which was great! The fountains were dancing to "Viva Las Vegas"! We then watched the pirate show outside Treasure Island, which had a crap (or non-existing storyline) but the pyrotechnics were good!
On Sunday we went into the MGM Grand and saw their Lion enclosure. They had two young female lions there who were playfully running around after balls that the trainers threw to them. Later on, we went up Stratosphere and onto one of the rides - "Insanity". It is 909 ft off the ground and it hangs you over the edge of the tower, angles the seats so you face towards the ground and then spins you around! It was great - the views from there are amazing!
On the way back to the hostel, we walked past the Wedding Chapels and even met a British couple who'd gotten married in one a few days earlier. They were taking photos as they'd forgotten to bring their camera (they'd got engaged on the Tuesday and were married by Thrusday evening!) They took us inside the Chapel so that we could see what they were like. Its not bad but I can think of better places to get married in! On the outside, there was a 'drive-through' option - a bit like MacDonalds, where the Vicar lent out of a booth and the whole service took about 5 minutes. We saw a couple get married this way - they didn't even turn the engine off!!
That night we went to New York New York and went on the Manhatten Express roller coaster ride that goes around the outside of the hotel/casino. It was great - it got upto 67 mph, climbing 433 feet and had a 108 ft drop, 180 degree twist and a negative g-force!
Then we went into Caesar's Palace to gamble! We played the slot machines (very badly & our roommate Jess had to show us how to play them!) Then we went to the Roulette tables. The minimum bet was $10 so we got $20 of chips and tried our luck! Unfortunately, we didn't become millionaires. In fact, I didn't win at all!! Kate won $10 but re-gambled it!
We got back to the hostel at 2am (which was great planning as we are due to go on a trip to the Canyons tomorrow, leaving at 7:45am!!)
During the day on Friday, we went down The Strip to see the casinos. We took a bus to the end and walked back, passing Luxor (with its sphinx and giant pyramid), Excalibur (with its wizard in a window and turrets), New York New York (with its miniature New York skyline, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building and Statue of Liberty - my favourite), MGM Grand (with its Golden Lion), The Bellagio (with its very impressive fountain display), Caesars Palace (which has lots of statues like the Romans had), The Mirage (with its large water feature in front of it), The Venetian (complete with the Bridge of Sighs and St Marks Square), Treasure Island (with its two ships outside) and the Stratosphere (very tall tower with rides at the top of it).
On Saturday, I went for a pre-breakfast swim which was great (and just a little cold)! During the day, we went around some of the casinos! They are massive. We spent about half an hour trying to find our way out of Caesar's Palace! In The Venetian, they have a canal running the length of the casino, complete with gondolas if you wanted to have a ride (and be serenaded to)! In New York New York, they have recreated many of the areas in New York including Little Italy and even have smoke coming from the man holes on the floor!
That night we went to the Coyote Ugly bar in New York New York. It was very like the bar in the film, complete with girls dancing on the bar. Then we went to the Nine Fine Irishmen pub to have dinner and listen to the band playing there. We managed to walk past The Bellagio as the fountain show was about to start which was great! The fountains were dancing to "Viva Las Vegas"! We then watched the pirate show outside Treasure Island, which had a crap (or non-existing storyline) but the pyrotechnics were good!On Sunday we went into the MGM Grand and saw their Lion enclosure. They had two young female lions there who were playfully running around after balls that the trainers threw to them. Later on, we went up Stratosphere and onto one of the rides - "Insanity". It is 909 ft off the ground and it hangs you over the edge of the tower, angles the seats so you face towards the ground and then spins you around! It was great - the views from there are amazing!
On the way back to the hostel, we walked past the Wedding Chapels and even met a British couple who'd gotten married in one a few days earlier. They were taking photos as they'd forgotten to bring their camera (they'd got engaged on the Tuesday and were married by Thrusday evening!) They took us inside the Chapel so that we could see what they were like. Its not bad but I can think of better places to get married in! On the outside, there was a 'drive-through' option - a bit like MacDonalds, where the Vicar lent out of a booth and the whole service took about 5 minutes. We saw a couple get married this way - they didn't even turn the engine off!!
That night we went to New York New York and went on the Manhatten Express roller coaster ride that goes around the outside of the hotel/casino. It was great - it got upto 67 mph, climbing 433 feet and had a 108 ft drop, 180 degree twist and a negative g-force!Then we went into Caesar's Palace to gamble! We played the slot machines (very badly & our roommate Jess had to show us how to play them!) Then we went to the Roulette tables. The minimum bet was $10 so we got $20 of chips and tried our luck! Unfortunately, we didn't become millionaires. In fact, I didn't win at all!! Kate won $10 but re-gambled it!
We got back to the hostel at 2am (which was great planning as we are due to go on a trip to the Canyons tomorrow, leaving at 7:45am!!)
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