There was a Visitors Centre right across the road from the hotel where we were able to buy City Passes which included 3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure and 1 day at Sea World and Universal Studios. We also bought separate tickets for the San Diego Zoo. Then we drove up to Sea World where we saw the famous Killer Whale show, Beluga Whales, Pilot Whales, a Polar Bear and Penguins, Dolphins etc. There was also a funny animal show with cats and dogs, d...

Had another big day's drive today from Las Vegas to San Diego. On the way, we stumbled across Calico Ghost Town which is a fairly authentic historic western town on the site of an old silver mine. We enjoyed it a lot although stopping there did set us back a few hours.We eventually arrived in San Diego late in the afternoon and checked in to our accommodation at the Holiday Inn on the Bay. We had an enjoyable meal at the English Pub style restaurant downst...

Running out of time to do everything, we decided to go separate ways today. The girls caught a shuttle from MGM to the small town of Primm about 40 miles from Vegas and almost at the Nevada / California border. They went there for the discount factory outlet and bought heaps of clothes. Mitch and I drove to Hoover Dam which is about 25 miles from Vegas. We were in time to get tickets for the first tour at 9:30 which took us on a walking tour through the galle...

We got up early to catch a shuttle from the Tropicana to Henderson Airport. From here we flew on a small twin engined aircraft operated by Maverick Airlines to Grand Canyon Airport. There we transferred to a helicopter for an amazing flight over the canyon. After that, we travelled by bus to Bright Angel lookout on the South East Rim. We were supplied with a boxed lunch and sat down to enjoy the view, accompanied by a number of ground squirrels who wanted to shar...

It wasn't very crowded around Vegas in the morning. We supposed everyone was still asleep after a big night but there were still people playing the pokies of which there are millions.We soon discovered that there was a Monorail station at MGM next door and we thought that might be a good way to get around town. However, it turned out to be a bit of a dud as the stations are a long way from where you want to go so you end up walking miles anyway. We went to...