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Published: August 17th 2011
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Michael, Me & Bob
The end of our tour comes to an end in Vegas Well hello from Las Vegas!!! I haven't updated the blog for nearly 5 days I think so apologies!! From the last blog .....don't be daft I wasn't getting up at 5am to take a sunset picture of the Grand Canyon!!!
DAY 14 - Sunday 14th Aug
So the coach tour came to an end....aaaww so we said our goodbyes to our Tour Director Bob & Driver Michael. It almost felt coming to the end of school & we are now in the big world where we can do what we want & stay in bed after 7am if we want!!!!
We are staying at the Tropicana Hotel which is at the South end of the Strip & is a beach themed hotel. But the main news is little sis, Claire has arrived......but not without dramas!!
Claire was flying from Manchester direct with Virgin but didn't get off to a good start. She boarded at 12 nooon to be sat grounded on the plane for 4 hours due to " a techincal problem with the air masks"!!! After 4 hours of not being able to fix the problem, the air masks then deployed automatically (or someone in the cockpit
accidently pushed a butten)!!! HOW SCARY!!!! At this point they decided to disembark everyone for a whopping 15 MINUTES!!!! How pissed off was Claire!!!! Although I would rather the air masks dropped while on the ground & not at 40,000 ft while flying over the Atlantic as she did not want to become acquainted with the life jackets even though they have an attractive light & whistle!!
So after a long, tiring & very disappointing in flight meals Claire eventually landed in Vegas at 3am UK / 7pm Vegas so had been travelling 15 hours. (Now Claire didn't rate the food with a poor selection of bangers & mash, egg or tuna sandwich none of which Claire likes - although snapped the hands off the trolley dolly when the ice cream made it's way around!!) But to get straight into Vegas style she changed & hit the town within 1 hour of landing!!!
DAY 15 - Monday 15th August
At last I CAN LIE IN!!!!! Yippeee!!! I did wake up at 630am but thought **** that & went back to sleep because I can!!!
Despite the jet lag, Claire was up early & hit the sun
Fancy a girl in 20 minutes?
Anything from $35 Devona to 2 for $99 if you're into that......sin city is Vegas lounger!!!! Now we all know how Claire likes to sun bath but suffers from prickly heat! But I'd like report that everything is going OK so far & even being in 105 degrees the "Decleor £43 product" is doing wonders & so far there is no spotty chest to report.......BUT....she needs glasses. After 2 hours in the sun it became apparant she had confused her sun factors up. Instead of putting factor 30 on her face she put on factor 10..... OMG....... beetroot face.......lobster face....or tomato face...are just some of the words to describe how RED she had gone!!! It was so funny!!!!! You could feel the heat coming off her face but such an easy error which won't be happening again!!!! (In fact today she has combined Factor 30 & Factor 10 together!!!)
So after 2 hours sun bathing we'd had enough & couldn't bare any more so decided to hit the shops!!!! We hit the outlets in Vegas & managed to get a few bargains although it was more Louise as she is off loading all her shopping on Claire to take home!!!
In the evening we hit the Strip - oh god it's such a
walk up & down and is so crowded!!! Now I came to Vegas about 10 years ago & it was seedy but it's even worse now. I can't believe parents bring their kids here where you have practically naked pole dancers in windows on the street corners...but hey it's not called sin city for nothing. One thing we are disappointed with is there aren't any men available...or not that we can see! What you get in Vegas is the offer a girl or girls to your room within 20 minutes. Prices start from $35 (not sure if you pay the state tax on this!) but you can get 2 girls for $99 (like Pamela & Page in the photo) or if you fancy a treat Belinda at $150.......but where are the men on offer????
So after a long walking day we got home around 11.30pm with very tired feet!
DAY 16 - TUES 16th August
So we've come up with a strategy for our days in Vegas
10am - 1pm is sunbathing time / chill out / reading trashy mags
1pm - 2pm is getting ready
2pm - 6pm is either shopping / walking the strip
6pm onwards is evening dinner / something on the strip / entertainment.
So as I write this we've had an afternoon going through MGM to see the lions, watching the fountains at The Bellagio, having Cheesecake the The Cheesecake Factory in Ceasars Palace & then out for pizza.
It's now coming up to 9pm & are getting ready to go out for some drinks but are starting with some cheap fizz in the room!!!
We'll update on our time in Vegas in the next few days!!!
Love
Lou & Claire xxx
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