The Bellagio

Big place, big people

---

June 22nd 2006
We flew into Vegas just over a week ago. The blogs are a bit delayed at the minute as we had a real problem finding a PC to finish the last one from San Fransisco, so though you got it this week it was from over a week ago. Anyways, to catch up.... We flew into Vegas and straight into 104 degrees of heat. Its the hottest we've had on the entire trip, and so were glad of an air con cab to the ... read more

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan

---

Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more