Firstly: not so close to Vegas - a six hour bus ride away. Not so bad though, did get to take in the Nevada landscape from the passenger seat, as well as making stops at Hoover Dam and along the old Route 66 (it was delisted by the US in the late 80’s). And yes, the ex-Water Board in me was impressed by the scope, design and history of the Hoover Dam. When we arrived at the Canyon its not like driving around a corner and there’s the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben or the Sydney Harbour Bridge. No, we just [View Full Entry]

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Adam's thoughts: Ah, the Vegas. First thought: 'this sh*t ain't right'. I mean, we are in the middle of the desert! Who in their right mind thinks 'hey, a neon fuelled city would be sweet right about here'? Very surreal in that sense, the place is essentially baron except for all of the huge over the top man made casino/resorts - but hey, that’s Vegas right?! Once in a lifetime for sure. All round Vegas is crazy. But it is a sight to behold nonetheless, all of the themed casino's are amazing - no expense spared! We stayed at the [View Full Entry]

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Sarah's Thoughts: The flight over from OZ to San Fran was great, Qantas certainly is the way to go on these long-haul flights as the food was actually edible (and to Adam’s delight the huge range of booze was free!) and we had no-one sitting next to us so we could stretch out and catch some z’s. Qantas is indeed fabulous and makes United look like an airborne tin can with even worse service than maccas. Frisco was great, we were very active for the week that we were there, following the order of “cram as much stuff as you can [View Full Entry]

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