Day 6 of our trip and on our way to the bright lights of Vegas we took a quick detour to the Hoover dam. Rob was in his element here bombarding me with engineering facts and figures, while I'm just impressed with the beauty of something so practical!And then we arrive. Crossing the sanity threshold, we entrust ourselves to Las Vegas for two nights.A last minute booking into Planet Hollywood hotel, not the plushest hotel on the strip but with it's location opposit...

After a 10 hour flight and a 90 minute slog through customs we arrive in the US of A! Our hire car picked- a sleek black jeep, our ride for the next 2 weeks. We set off for our motel in Hollywood and make good time, with only a few wrong turns! The motel (super8) is pretty basic, but clean and in a superb location with views of the Hollywood sign. Our first afternoon we explored Hollywood, gobbled down a American style sandwich ( by which I mean huge!) and trie...