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We had a 4-day holiday
(Thanksgiving on Thurs, Friday is off + weekends) and we went to Las Vegas for a
much needed break. This time we were fortunate to have Gek Lim, who is Dax's
supervisor, to drive us there and back. =)
Leaving on Wed night, we stopped
over at a place midway to Las Vegas and spent the night there. Then we set off
on Thanksgiving morning and arrived
in Las Vegas in the late afternoon... and checked into our hotel, Castaways.
It's an ok place to stay in but the casino is too smoky...
There wasn't much to see in the
day as in Las Vegas, it becomes alive only at night. It is brightly lit
everywhere and every hotel has a casino at its entrance and there are many
tourists around. The only things to do in Las Vegas is to eat, gamble, sleep,
gamble, shop and then gamble... haha.
We tried some slot machines and
played Blackjack on the tables. Some bankers are quite friendly and taught us
how to play. Las Vegas is known for its casinos and its shows. And so, we caught
a show at midnight. Btw, it's a topless show, so no pictures here, too bad...
Also, you can't avoid from putting money in the machines or on the table... they
are everywhere... even when you go back to your hotel you pass by the casino,
you go out of the hotel, you will pass by the casino too. On some occasions we
won some money but most of the time, we 'spent' more. =P
Las Vegas also have wedding
chapels all over the place. Seems that people like to get married here. There's
also many tourists around, Japanese, Indians, Taiwanese etc... and old retirees
spending their time at the slots and tables. Here's Las Vegas - the gambler's
paradise... |
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Stopping over at a temporary
hotel... |
Our rented car |
Shot from the car window |
Ulu place... |
Gek in the driver's seat and
Dax as navigator while Sherine and I took the back seats. |
Long long road to Las Vegas! |
The Pyramid |
Some kinda castle |
Colourful buildings |
The Stratosphere tower |
Our Castaways hotel |
It's got a bowling center |
Sherine and Gek |
Our first buffet lunch+dinner
at the hotel |
Me and Dax having good food to
eat before we hit The Strip(long stretch of road) where most of the famous
hotels are... |
Mandalay Bay hotel |
Tropicana hotel |
The Pyramid at night! A beam
of light shining into the clouds above |
No, it is not the Merlion |
Las Vegas is alive at night |
Sherine and Dax |
Casinos everywhere! |
Nice sportcars for rent |
It's a city that never sleeps |
Large screens with
advertisements for shows etc |
Almost everything is lighted
up |
Man-made lake |
Effiel Tower |
A show at the Fountains of
Bellagio |
Jets of water shooting into
the air accompanied by music |
The water goes up really high,
about 5 storeys or more |
Caesar's Palace is next to
Bellagio |
Statues at the front of the
Palace |
Hit the jackpot and win this
car! |
Forum shops inside |
There's an artificial sky and
it's evening now |
The sky adds a nice touch to
the atmosphere |
The talking statues |
A laser show with the bunch of
mouth moving statues talking dunno what... |
Disney shop |
The sky now is day and it
brightens the place so much that you forget it is night outside |
The next day we visited the
Fermont Street walkway with shops and casinos near our hotel, but off the
Strip |
Not a bad place to go... |
We hit The Strip again and
it's a pirate ship at Treasure Island |
Skull head |
The Treasure Island have free
shows going on at fixed times |
We missed the show, cos'
there's too many people... |
A Venice setting |
Get to ride on a boat in the
artificial lake |
It goes under the bridge
too... |
Some tower... |
There's another one... |
The Mirage hotel |
It's got a flaming volcano
with water jets and real flames |
The volcano's died out... |
Another place with artificial
sky |
Shops, cafes, bars, etc... |
Statue of Liberty at a New
York themed hotel |
MGM Grand hotel |
Performance in the casino |
Slot machines |
Lazy lionesses |
At a M&M place, look at all
the colours they got for the M&M chocolates! |
Mix your chocolates... |
Bowling at our Castaways hotel
on our last night in Vegas |
Group photo 1 |
Group photo 2 |
Group photo 3 |
