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Viva las vegas!
After a long flight from New York,the first thing that you notice when you get off the plane is the heat, the second is the fruit machines, row after row of them and that is all before baggage claim!
We arrived at our hotel and once we got to our room on the 23rd floor (what is it with us and heights?) we saw what a big bed looks like, 3 rows of pillows and fantastic views of the city and mountains beyond.
After a late start, we decided to go for brunch, at the courtyard buffet the all you could eat option was $7.95 (about 4 quid) and included all food hot and old drinks. We started with a fry up, followed with mexian and chinese a roast, some salad (being healthy!) some fruits then onto desert with a dounut and coffee. I have never eaten so much and will likely never do so again as we went up in the lift, (it made it!) we felt the pain of the amount we had eaten and it was a full 24 hours before we acually felt hungary again! That night we went gambling. With our $30 we went out to beat the casino and win the million, the car you could win on the slot machines wouldn't have fitted in our ruksacks! Anyway, 4-5 hours later and several free beers later, we came back with $48. Nicky celebrated with a pair of $5 shorts.
The following day we went to the tower in our hotel and saw the sights of las vegas and then veged out by the pool. That evening we walked (I walked, Nicky penguined) down the strip, we saw the Sirens of Ti live action pirate show at Treasure islans casino and went to Venice at the venician, which was very surreal.
Next we picked up our hire car and started our drive to San Francisco via Death Valley...
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