Sin City is just as it likes to describe itself - the entertainment centre of the States. The hotels are just truly unreal, atriums with canals and opera singing gondoliers sculling guests about, pyramid shaped hotels with the Sphinx sat outside, the Statue of Liberty stood outside a hotel in the shape of the New York skyline (not fogetting he roller coaster looping around the hotel and statue), a 1/4 scale copy of the Eiffel Tower.
We got an out of season deal at the pyramid hotel - the Luxor. The lifts here go up diagnally along the slope of the pyramid - doesn't half feel weird.
(this is the inside of our hotel , the white lights are the doors to the rooms, we were on floor 13, about half way up!)
Loads of shows to see, we got to "Cirque de Solier ; O" at the Belaggio - stunning, and "Menopause - the Musical" at the Luxor (believe me every man should see that one - it explains a lot!) very, very funny
Well, when I said that San Francisco was great for people watching I hadn't been to Vegas, this place is in a different league. Every stereotypical character you've seen in movies is alive and well on the streets here.
We watched the super bowl game in a restaurnat bar on the strip - fascinating, didn't understand the game at all, the adverts throughout the game, not just at half time, irritated but the best bit for us was when we spoke to the waiter and asked him to explain, he said he was from Argentina and he'd got into trouble with his colleagues for calling the game "rugby for girls", he's a Puma fan. Clearly earning himself a large tip. We also got tips on where to go in Argentina for a future visit...
Have to admit that I came here expecting to hate the place - I didn't hate it but grudgingly admired it for having the balls to do what it does with such pride and, if not finesse then, panache.
Oh, and Brandon's can't fail gambling system: it can.
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