Bright lights, noise, gambling and prostitution - gotta love Las vegas
Driving over the mountains from LA to Las Vegas for the first time, or just Vegas as most people know it, you have no real idea of what you will find after 3 hours passing through 120 degree heat and a landscape that suggest the name ’Death Valley’is not inappropriate.
Sweeping over the final rise Vegas lies before you glinting in the sun and looking strangely smaller than you might have expected.
It’s the middle of the day and you have parked up and offloaded your bags and you have finally hit The Strip! The first thing you will note, well after walking a while, is that The Strip is long, very long and the hotels are big, and I mean big! You can walk from one end of The Strip to the other but it will take hours and you will bake. Fortunately they have a monorail which does the trip for you and from here you can hop on and hop off at points along the way and search out the incredible sites that gambling has financed.
The Bellagio fountains, the theme park on top of the 1,200 ft high Stratosphere, the Eiffel Tower (I was sure that is in Paris) and the New York skyline.
However it is only when you go inside these amazing cathedrals of gambling that you realize that whilst the New York may be the city that never sleeps Vegas is the city that has no idea what sleep is.
And each hotel is vast with acre upon acre of slot machines, roulette wheels and poker tables enticing you to come try your luck.
If you do ever manage to tear yourself away you will find the strip at night is awash with offerings of another type. Ladies of the night are always available should you wish to celebrate a big one or get some commiseration for a tough break. And these are the kinds of ladies that take care of themselves if you know what I mean (laser hair removal asian skin kind of take care of themselves…)
The background of light, people, noise, hussle and bussle will win you over in no time and before you know it you will be as crazy as the rest of us, crazy that is for Las Vegas!
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