5 April 2010

Vegas has got to be the single most interesting and diverse place I have ever visited. I love it each time I am there but, to be completely honest, I’m always glad to get home ! It is full on, all the time, with the ding ding ding of the slot machines, the funky air conditioning (they pump stuff into it to keep you awake and keep you gambling), the amount of time it takes to get anywhere, all of it, it gets a bit much after a week. However, if you haven’t been I urge you to go, just make it a short visit LOL.

On the last day of my recent visit my flight wasn’t until 8pm, so I decided to walk the strip. I invited my friends Ian and Louise to come with me, as this was their first time there … they were game, so off we went. The Strip is pretty long, so we grabbed a cab from The MGM up to The Wynn (The Stratosphere is actually the top of The Strip, but we didn’t want to walk that far!), with the goal of only walking one way. Every hotel / casino has some theme or other and they are all very different. There are shops and malls along the way and contained within each hotel (seriously, did I mention how vast these places are?) including Tiffany’s in the Bellagio … I avoided it, I promise !

So, with documentary, here’s my take … all with my trusty Canon G10.

Inside The Wynn …

The view back up The Strip towards The Stratosphere … taken from one of the many foot bridges (these are so cool) …

The roof of the mall where I had my first ever Wendys burger … I prefer Wimpy burgers, still …

Treasure Island … enough said …

The Mirage, where the hilarious National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation was filmed …

Some random shots and gratuitous reminder of what a clear blue sky looks like …

2 of my favourite things on the one sign …

Ceasar’s Palace … the centre section is the original from the 60’s Rat Pack era …

One of my favourite hotels and of course where the Oceans movies were set …

Bally and Paris, complete with replicas of the Parisien sights …

This rather randomly reminded me of the Selfridges building in Birmingham !

Last one … this goes out to my Harley-mad friend, Peter …

Man, looking at these again is making me hanker to be back … looking forward to WPPI 2011 already !

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