Nothing is quite as over the top as Las Vegas. It's a city of excess where you can rent Lamborginis, fire machine guns or gamble your fortune away all in the one day (we did none of these things). What we did do was spend some time (day and night) walking the famous strip checking out the sights and attractions of the most ostentatious hotels. If you haven't been it's definitely worth a visit. There's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world.
Take New York New York with it's own roller coaster (Samuel was sorry we didn't go for a ride but it was about $15 a trip). The shops were quite interesting here. There was a Hersheys World (AND M&M World just across the road). Just what we needed after going to a dinner buffet at Aria next door. Next to the casino (indoors) they had a whole indoor neighbourhood full of pubs, restaurants a barber shop etc just like you would imagine you would find in Brooklyn or Queens.
Then there was our favourite, the Bellagio. The hotel features an incredible and free indoor garden which looks amazing by day and even more amazing lit up at night. This wasn't even their biggest attraction though. Every 30 minutes or so the fountains out the front would be turned up for an artistic display featuring music and lights (at night). Again all free.
Then there's the iconic Caesars Palace. Statues and fountains everywhere. The Forum, their shopping mall was surely more lavish than any forum in ancient Rome with spiral escalators, more fountains and statues and some of the most ostentatious shops you can imagine including some very impressive photography and art studios.
As much as we enjoyed our evening at the Forum, we had to race out at five to eight because the volcano next door was scheduled to erupt. Vegas is that sort of place.
Much of the lavishness is build through the proceeds of gambling and it was a sad sight walking through the casinos seeing hordes of zombies sitting entranced in front of the poker machines and throwing chips around the gambling tables willy nilly but if you can look past this dark side it really is a stunning place.
Take New York New York with it's own roller coaster (Samuel was sorry we didn't go for a ride but it was about $15 a trip). The shops were quite interesting here. There was a Hersheys World (AND M&M World just across the road). Just what we needed after going to a dinner buffet at Aria next door. Next to the casino (indoors) they had a whole indoor neighbourhood full of pubs, restaurants a barber shop etc just like you would imagine you would find in Brooklyn or Queens.
Then there was our favourite, the Bellagio. The hotel features an incredible and free indoor garden which looks amazing by day and even more amazing lit up at night. This wasn't even their biggest attraction though. Every 30 minutes or so the fountains out the front would be turned up for an artistic display featuring music and lights (at night). Again all free.
Then there's the iconic Caesars Palace. Statues and fountains everywhere. The Forum, their shopping mall was surely more lavish than any forum in ancient Rome with spiral escalators, more fountains and statues and some of the most ostentatious shops you can imagine including some very impressive photography and art studios.
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| The British Museum? No just the local shopping mall. |
As much as we enjoyed our evening at the Forum, we had to race out at five to eight because the volcano next door was scheduled to erupt. Vegas is that sort of place.
Much of the lavishness is build through the proceeds of gambling and it was a sad sight walking through the casinos seeing hordes of zombies sitting entranced in front of the poker machines and throwing chips around the gambling tables willy nilly but if you can look past this dark side it really is a stunning place.
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