Blogs from Nevada, United States, North America - page 208

Imagine the bus trip from hell and you would be pretty close to our L.A to Las Vegas trip. From the start this trip went down hill, we got to the greyhound bus station in L.A nice and early (8am), so as to get to Vegas just after lunch. But the chick at the counter gave us the wrong tickets so then we had to wait till the 10 o'clock bus. This bus trip consisted of a bus with windows that don't open, air con that has to be turned off when the bus is not going down a hill, 3 big black chicks non stop yelling " I'm tellin you girlfrien you need to kick yo no good husband to the cerb"(you can imagine the hand actions). Then to top it all off there was ... read more

“ Be happy for this moment. This moment is your Life “ - Omar Kahayam Links Rafting information Great web site needs lots of computer power to enjoy don’t give up on it Sunsets by Heidi Schmidt, age 10 Sunsets touch the earth each night And yes, what a beautiful sight With colors of the rainbow Red, orange, pinks and blue. All reach to the end of the sky The people all think and admire This magnificent part of nature When I stand here puzzled and without a clue Do people paint the sky by nightfall Or shine lights by the night. The answer - I have no clue That is why I ask. Colorado Rafting Trip May 17,2005 We arrived in Las Vegas at 10:20 PM. It was 1:20 AM our time, so you ... read more

Tous commence à Londres. Après une visite de famille nous prenons le bus "National express" pour rejoindre Heathrow. Nous recherchons le guichet d'enregistrement et je pensais aller en Ecosse, mais ma femme en a décidé autrement. Je lui donne mon passeport et elle m'a dit "je pense que tu sais maintenant que nous ne partons pas en Ecosse..." Moi tout penaud "ah, bon? mais nous allons ou?" J'avais bien entendu un nom de ville de temps en temps, plus nous nous rapprochions du guichet. C'est à ce moment que j'ai découverte que nous allions à Las Vegas. Je n'y ai pas cru jusqu'a ce nous soyons dans l'avion et mon regard s'est posé sur les ecrans qui donnait notre plan de vol et notre destination = san francisco... (définitivement, je ne pense pas que cela soit ... read more

Hi all Sorry we haven't been in touch for a while - we had a few minor internet mishaps. Never mind, we're here now to give you the latest on our progress. Thursday was our trip to the Grand Canyon which was an early start but well worth it. We went to the West rim which isn't so touristy and was pretty quiet. The GC is amazing - you can't quite grasp what looking over the edge of a sheer cliff face into a 3.3km abyss until you've done it. Photos don't quite do it justice. We also saw the hoover dam and some Joshua trees - lots of them. In the evening we went on to The Strip with some people we met in the hostel (mostly Brits) and did a bit of gambling! We ... read more

We flew from San Jose to Las Vegas, which was having a number of years of rain in just two days. It was pouring with rain, and the taxi driver asked us if we could swim, as he drove thru some well established puddles in the road! We checked into our hotel, Harrahs, and noticed the casino element of the hotel immediately - it was difficult to miss! I don’t know what I expected of Las Vegas, I didn’t really have any preconceived ideas. Having been there, it is loud, brash, unreal, but really well done. The hotels each have a theme, or a special feature. We walked up and down the ‘strip’ Las Vegas Boulevard with all the hotels on it. It was great. The striking features are the Paris hotel, complete with half size ... read more