Friday 24 August 2012 – Staying on the Vegas Strip
Happy Birthday Rebecca.
Day 134 and 24 days to go
We didn’t need to be up in a
hurry this morning thankfully so we stayed in bed until 9am watching the TV
before thinking about getting out and organising our gear ready for our
departure.
By 10.30am we were heading
for the lobby and checking out before getting in a cab and heading to the New
York New York hotel. We were dropped off at 11am, but were unable to check in , so we stored our bags and wandered through
the hotel. It was massive the hotel is decked out with a New York streetscape,
including many of the shops and restaurants you would expect to find in NY.
Once out on the strip we walked North heading to Caeser’s and back to Planet
Hollywood where we decided we would have brunch.
This time we were able to get
a table straight away. We ordered our drinks and food and sat taking in the
surroundings. The meal we had was delicious and the cocktail I had was yum. We
bought the glasses the drinks came in as a souvenir before we made our way out
again.
We crossed the street walking
through a section we had yet to explore. We had a wander through a souvenir
store before walking into the Harley Davidson Café to check out the bikes they
had on show. Some of them were on a conveyor being taken around the roof line.
We then stopped for some
drinks before walking back to the hotel and finally checking in to our room on
the 9th floor. The room had a view of the strip and the roller
coaster that surrounds the building. We set up our things before having a rest
and sorting out our helicopter excursion for tomorrow morning.
Later in the afternoon I was
ready for a swim so we wandered down to the pool. I found a place to leave our
things and then we went for a swim. It was lovely in the water. We bobbed
around for a while before Paul decided to go looking for a bar and I got out
and read my book for a while.
When Paul returned we had a
spa before having another swim and then returning to the room. We got ourselves
cleaned up and then returned to the lobby to catch a cab to downtown where Las Vegas began and where
Elvis used to play.
We wandered down a street
that was covered with a roof that had lots of LED lights projecting pictures.
There was lots going on here, but there was a lower socio economic feel to it.
We entered a casino where we found a bar to sit and order dinner. Elvis and the
Tooth Fairy were also there. You see some strange sights in Vegas.
We had our dinner and then
continued to wander the undercover street. There were many street characters
dressed up waiting for photo ops and bands playing. There were even zip lines
that people could use to travel just below the roof. There were so many lights
here it was just nuts.
With our wander done we
caught a cab back to the hotel. We decided to walk the casino floor before
heading to the Coyote Ugly bar, but there was a line and when Paul went in the
out by mistake, he was shoved by the bouncers that made him very unhappy so we
returned to the room so he could make a complaint.
We then decided it was time
to finish up for the night in readiness for our helicopter adventure tomorrow.
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