Blogs from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North America - page 9

...but before I get to Vegas itself, here is the story of our journey to Vegas. Unfortunately, I only get 15 minutes on this computer so I'm going to have to keep this quick! As is the Pollard custom, we arrived at the airport outrageously early, and then spent 4 hours wandering around and experiencing the many delights of Gatwick airport. Once we finally boarded the plane, we were politely advised by the pilot that an engineer had spotted an unknown fluid dripping from the left wing. After 4 and a half hours sitting in the unmoving plane, whilst the engineers carried out investigations and attempted repairs, we were again politely advised that the flight would have to be cancelled, and rescheduled for the following day. Sad times, we thought. But as the very friendly people ... read more

FUN few days in Vegas! Started with breakfast @ Lisa's fav restaurant, Mon Ami Gabi (check out our fruit salad bouquet!) and then took a trip up the Eiffel Tower @ the Paris Hotel (learnt that Kel isnt really a fan of heights..he,he,he.). Enjoyed yummy frozen daiquiri's in the 'scorchio' heat (please refer to the dictionary of Nicki and Darcie G :-)), walked the entire strip and shopped...shopped....shopped at Miracle Mile et al. Saw the musical fountains at the Bellagio (A-M-A-Z-E), stopped @ Serendipity (Vick's favourite movie) for the all-famous frozen hot chocolate and hit the Kardashian Khaos store. Day 2 morning we need time to revover from the night before....so....we had a chillaxing few hours around the pool (well chillaxing until a DJ and half of Vegas turned up for a pool party......only in Vegas.......!!!) ... read more

2pm here on west coast U.S., 10pm our (UK) time and we've been up since 5am...we're excited, but tired ......Zzzzzz... read more

Thursday 02/08/12 – I woke up naked and sweating at 7 am this morning. The heat was almost unbearable, its definitely not camping country… We packed up our gear whilst trying to chat with the locals, they seem to have an unusual dialect here, I think it’s the redneck, trailer trash, hills have eyes, I was engaged to my sister but not anymore - dialect. I later found out that the US government has, and continues to, bury nuclear waste not far from this town, I’ll leave you to finish my thoughts on this… We travelled on the highway enduring temperatures in the 40’s again; luckily we reached our destination of Las Vegas in a little over an hour. We checked into the hotel early and we couldn’t believe we were staying in an air-conditioned room ... read more

20th July Up nice and early still feeling bad about losing our dollars last night. Packed up and looking forward to the prospect of an McDonalds breakfast. Something that we hadn't made it for in previous days. I actually got a round of applause from the lads when I managed to choke down a sausage mcmuffin after giving my throat 5 times the recommended dosage of numbing spray. It still hurt but the big dog needs to chow down after 2 days of pretty much nothing. Joe had a late flight so we said our goodbyes with manly hugs and we got in a taxi to the greyhound station. I thought I had said goodbye to the bloody greyhound but it continues to pop up in my life over and over again. The reason this time ... read more

Thursday 19th of July I felt a little bit better by now after a few rest nights. The atmosphere between is all had died down a little. Steve our token Australian had gone and the Wolfpack are gone from 5 to 4. I spent a few hours that morning talking to friends from home, talking to family on Skype. And I managed to get in touch with one of our friends we met while we had out here. Annalise bless her heart was in Las Vegas, I had said to her before parted of she was most welcome to stay with us in our hotel. Unfortunately due to lack of wifi we had been able to communicate properly with each other. She had ended up finding a hostel in Las Vegas on staying there. But while ... read more