Category: Las Vegas

Las Vegas

18th to 26th November 2008

″Las Vegas – Where to start?? “The begining” I hear you all cry…fair enough, I’ll start there. We landed in Vegas after travelling for about 57 hours…ish. We flew from Heathrow to LAX and then to Vegas. So we actually flew over Vegas and then back! Landing in Vegas was an experience in itself. We landed in the evening and the strip was already lit up. It looked spectacular and any thoughts of jet lag were washed away in the neon madness!

Walking through McCarran airport you quickly realise what you have let youseif in for. We were barely off the plane when we were confronted by rows of slot machines in the airport with many a happy gambler sat at them! A qucik cab ride to the MGM grand further opened our eyes. We drove down the strip past all these crazy buildings that were absolutely monumentally massive!! We were on the 24th floor of the MGM and that was probably only two thirds of the way up the building!″ read more >>