Viva Las Vegas!!

What a crazy place!

Our flight was a little delayed so we arrived in Vegas later than we would have liked. After checking into Circus Circus we went to drop off our luggage in our room, getting lost along the way (It's easily the biggest hotel we've ever stayed at - it has 3,770 rooms!). The hotel has its own restaurants, shops, circus and even a theme park, oh and of course the casinos! The hotel was offering a promotion during the period we were staying so it was cheaper than staying in a hostel. Feeling tired from the travelling we decided to take a risky power nap. Game over. We woke up the next day!

In need of some new clothes we spent the next day visiting some of the outlet stores and a successful day that was indeed! We did get some great bargains. I ended up sending a few things back to England. With the low prices it would have been rude not to.

Having fallen asleep the night before we were up for a large one that evening! We went to check out the casino in our hotel. Neither of us are big time gamblers so we eased ourselves in gently on the 1 cent slot machines (big risk takers!).

Now the real fun began – all drinks are complimentary when you are gambling in the casinos! After consuming numerous cocktails and winning a whole whopping 3 bucks we decided to check out some of the other casinos on the strip.

We eventually stopped off at Treasure Island (the casinos are much further away than they appear) and continued with our tipsy antics. It was a great night, we both had a lot of fun and as a result ended up returning home at 8:30am!

We had planned to fit in quite a few things the following day so set the alarm for an optimistic 11:30 am.... we woke up at 4:30pm! Feeling a little worse for wear we were in need of some food, I had previously seen a sign for an all you can eat steak dinner

and we both agreed that would hit the spot. They went down a treat! Nic managed 2 and I had a full 3... good times! After we took a walk down the strip, stopping to check out the other big hotels and casinos. New York New York was very impressive, as was Paris, but the Bellaggio stole the show. We spent some time walking around the casinos checking out the high rollers. There were some seriously rich people in there laying down some big money.

On our final night in Vegas we planned to go and see one of the famous shows. We were toying between Blue Man Group and Cirque De Soleil's Mystere and decided to roll with Mystere (agreeing that we would see Blue Man Group on our return to England). It was a great show with a mixture of acrobatic stunts and live percussion.

We had always wanted to see a Cirque De Soleil show and this lived up to all expectations. The performers had some serious strength and made all the acts look so easy. Understandably we were not allowed to take any photos during the show but Nic did sneak one in just as the show finished.

Our whirlwind tour of the west coast was to continue. Las Vegas was awesome/crazy/surreal... a party playground for adults. We definitely made the most of our time there – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ;-) We were now in need of some chilled vibes... onto to San Diego.

Las Vegas, United States