Sin City

Well well well,
I´ve forgotten my book of notes here to remind me of what happened in Vegas so I will have to rely on this ole memory of mine. (pffft)

We checked into the slightly swish Sahara Hotel and I was taken aback by the abundance of Velour Tracksuits... :/ Our hotel was pretty great though - we had a TV - WOoohoo!
Of course we had to move down the road to the Sin City Hostel for Friday and Saturday night because the hotel prices triple in Vegas at the weekends!
The strip itself was amazing. We spent a lot of time trekking up and down it, which although only about 4 miles long, takes feckin ages. Partly because everything is flashy and exciting and you forget where you are going, and even if you make it far enough down the road, you´ve still only half a chance of making it to your destination as half the streets are made of escalators which you have to board in order to cross the road - and they all actually go through the hotels! So there´s no escape.
All the hotels are huge and swish. Some of them are built as replicas of famous cities - e.g. New York NEw York was built like a miniture version of New York, The Venetian is built like a miniture venice and you can get on a gondola and float throughout the hotel while the gondola driver sings to you! And there was another one called Paris with an Eiffel Tower and everything, but I can´t remember what city that represented..
Every hotel has a ´thing´. In the MGM Grand they have real lions in a glass box surrounding the casino floor, in the flamingo, there are pinguins and flamingos outside! Caesars Palace has lots of swish shops and a show about the Lost City of Atlantis... etc etc..
We lorded it about for the first few days, exploring and shopping. Then we eventually built up the courage to have a whirlygig in the casinos.
We also went to see Sneak in the Rio. He rocked ' apart from one or two dodgy tracks from Tripsville, he was really great. Bumpity Bump and expensive drinks, with a jawdropping view off all of Vegas from the outdoor rooftop part of the club. We got drunk and rolled home happy.
James was ultra brave and dove (dived?) right in but unfortunately lost his arse on the Black Jack tables, whilst I lorded it up drinking Long Island Ice Teas and chucking coins into a James Bond Slots Machine. (The objective being to get 0 0 7 or something).
It was actually quite spell binding and I convinced myself that once I got up to 30 dollars I would Cash Out, but that of course never happens! Eventually I walked away langered with a bucket full of quarters! wohooo.. I`ve found my new calling....
We ventured outside the strip in a search for a laptop but it was pretty uneventful.. the bus took ages cos the traffic is mental .. and the laptop was a bit over budget.. (We spotted one in SUPERPAWN) he he

We also went to see the Grand Canyon in a helicopter which was amazing. The pilot was amusing and promised us his tour was NOT AT ALL cheesy.. Then he proceeded to put on "Lenny Kravitz - I want to get away.. I want to Fly away.. etc" and piped it into our headphones..
pffft
In other news Vegas was pretty windy and our skin was mucho dry!
I think that´s all for now, I can´t upload the photos here in this small internet cafe in Nazca, Peru (rub rub rub ) as there is no place to put the cd..
So over and out people..
Till Next Time..
Rosy & Jim. xx