Karan and Don, our partners in travel, called last night to say that the Chicago hotel is booked - another step in the right direction. Staying in the very central Comfort hotel and suites that, if trip advisor is to be believed, sounds clean and adequete... if not quite 'The Hilton'. We're city explorers though and on previous experience hotel rooms are solely for sleeping and showering so for us location is the primary factor. The quite plush looking Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas has also been reserved and the surreal vision I have of Las Vegas makes me excited but a bit sceptical about this section of our trip. The idea of a manmade city in the heart of the desert, created entirely to reflect capitalism and materialistic pleasure just sits strangely with me. Yes, of
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