Vegas – again!

This is the 3rd time in 12 months we have been to Vegas, making it 5 in total.  I still can’t get enough of the place.  It was once again different as firstly, we were driving there instead of flying and secondly, it was just the two of us.  We were both thinking if it would be better or worse than our previous times when we were here in a big group.  I’ll let you know!

The drive to Vegas was brilliant.  No other city in the world can you see and name all the hotels in one view.  It was a shame that it was dusk, just as the sun was setting and the bright lights were coming on, so the pictures didn’t come out prefect – but we were happy enough!

We had booked into Planet Hollywood for 4 nights, checking out on Sunday.  It was good as the hotel had oversized parking so we could leave the RV for 4 nights without paying a fortune or worrying about it.  After negotiating a quick upgrade to a suite and getting our complimentary bottle of gin, we got to our room, (the bath was bigger than the bed!) showered and headed straight out.  Our thoughts were to walk up and down the Strip for a bit, have a few beers and get back to the hotel for a gamble.  This didn’t quite go according to plan. We walked as far as Jimmy Buffet’s Margaretville and decided to have one last drink.  Cazzie ordered a long island iced tea and I had a frozen margarita.  An older chap was sitting next to us and was on his phone.  He turned to us and asked where we were from, and then said he was in Vegas on a conference.  We found out his name was Tim and he seemed pretty cool and we liked him even more when he offered to buy us a drink.  I switched to the long island iced teas and kept chatting.  Before we knew it we were engrossed in conversation and finding out that Tim lived near Dallas, sold shoes, was divorced and had a few ladies on the go, 2 of which he got me to ring up and chat with – thankfully they didn't answer. We kept swapping stories and ended up 6 L.I.I.Ts to the good before we realised it was 1am and closing time!  After our customary picture with Tim, who took a real liking to Cazzie, we staggered home to pass out.  By the way, Tim HAS had his teeth whitened!

The next day arrived and we dragged ourselves to the Bellagio for a very late breakfast.  In the queue we met a retired couple from Arizona, who asked if we wanted to sit with them.  We were feeling quite popular with the older generation!  A pleasant brekie passed and we wandered up and down the strip towards the newest hotel, the Encore, which is owned by Steve Wynn.

The inside was immaculate with great attention to detail.  Like the Wynn, the Encore is not a themed hotel, it’s just a bloody nice one! The walk took us up to tea time, so back to PH , a shower, and out again for a meal and a gamble.  As we both felt rough from the night before, we were in bed by 1am!

Friday came round and we wanted to go back to the MGM Grand to visit the cafe where we had been on previous visits.  After a huge breakfast, we headed for the blackjack tables and got 4 large vodka redbulls down us, which sorted us right out!  Then a bit of a pub crawl before ending up at the Paris hotel to buy our tickets to the top of the Eiffel Tower, and these gave us $4 off a souvenir daiquiri – winner. We added our own gin to it back at the hotel.

Dinner was upon us and it was time to try the PH all-you-can-eat buffet.  Every hotel has one and you have to go a long way to beat the ones at the Wynn and the Bellagio. The one here didn’t really meet those high standards, but I did really enjoy the desserts!

After a lot of food, it was Eiffel Tower time, which we managed to coincide with a performance of the Bellagio Fountains – views were very good.

After another 21 session at PH, we were done.

Saturday came round – which also happened to be Halloween. We had booked into see Peep Show that evening, which turned out to be a lot of females taking their tops off trying to sing, which was nice.  Then it was costume time.  Halloween is HUGE in the US and lasts for about 3 weeks.  Everyone apart from us in PH was dressed up with costumes ranging from Dracula to Popeye to a bumble bee. It was brilliant and everyone was having a blast.  We got chatting to a few people and felt really gutted that we weren't in costume. Maybe next year.  I did manage to see Fred Flintstone at one of the tables though!

 

I mentioned at the start of this blog that we were both thinking if Vegas would be any better / worse with just the two of us.  Well it was brilliant as always.

As usual, the pics can be found here.

Stuoobs

xxx