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Published: January 3rd 2007
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Today was a day of walking down the strip visiting all the casinos and seeing the things we haven’t seen yet. Also bought tickets to see a magic show and to see the Maddum Tussauds wax museum.
The casinos we visited with a little comment for each were
- The Wynn: very fancy and upper class.
- The Venetian: nice place with gondolas out the front (like Venice). Shopping area inside has a high roof with a sky and clouds painted on it. Very realistic and different
- Tropicana: pretty old. Went to Dirk Arthur Extreme Magic Show. He it was good. He was very cheesy though. He had lions in his show, so a bit different. Put girls in boxes and then a lion would appear in it. Cut the girls in half and all the usual stuff. I hate it not knowing how they do it.
- Excalibur: locks like Disneyland from the outside. Nothing much inside
- New York New York: basically set up like New York inside. Went to the Coyote Ugly bar and had a walk around the streets of New York. Has a rollercoaster running through it and around it.
- Monte Carlo:
Hmmm what came first the biscuit or the casino? If you know let us know. Not much happening here. Had a nice ice cream here.
- MGM Grand: another fancy one. Studio 54 nightclub. Benn lost his $20 on the blackjack table in a few seconds!
- Paris: Eiffel tower building. Inside it is set up like Paris. Very nice.
- Aladdin: in the middle of construction. Went for a walk through a mile of shopping! Had a nice dinner at a nice place for a good price. Also had the roof decked out as the sky and clouds.
- Ballys & Flamingo: just boring casinos
On the way home we went to the Madame Tussauds Wax Muesum. We were not satisfied with the one we did in Hollywood and this one was heaps better. Got a few pictures attached.
Got a few more Casinos to finish tomorrow avo. The Bellagio- where Oceans 11 was filmed and Caesars Palace which looks massive. Tomorrow morning we are going on a flight to the Grand Canyon. Will not update blog now for a few days. Tomorrow is our last full day in Vegas. Leave on Thursday for San Francisco
A few overall observations of Vegas
- took a long time getting used all the smoke in the casinos and our clothes smelling. People can smoke anywhere here. Not used it.
- people can also drink anywhere here- in the streets walking around.
- alot of construction. Either extensions to old casinos, pulling down old ones or building new ones
- more spread out that i expected. Sometimes you walk for 5 mins not seeing anything. Should be put closer together
- cant walk continously down the strip. Have to go up esculstors to a bridge to cross roads.
- the people. There are so many people here. And it gets quite funny when people start asking us the questions. Do we look like we know what we are doing?!
- the food. Plenty of buffets, big meals
- Its very full on. Its nice to come up to your room in silence and just relax. Vegas can be quite demanding in the middle of it all.
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