Vegas baby!
February 14th, 2009
January was awesome, and it all started with a few days in Vegas. Wow. What a city it is… I couldn’t believe it - it was like something out of a movie. We ended up doing the drive from Los Angeles - we were told it was a nice drive through the desert, so we thought we would give it a go.
We landed in LA from Sydney at about 9am in the morning. I knew we would be exhausted so I had booked a room at the airport Hilton so we could get 3 or 4 hours sleep before doing the drive (for $50 USD I thought this would be a good option). When we woke, we were refreshed and ready to do the drive. We got a nice car - a Cadillac DTS. Impressive vehicle for a hire car…
The drive was nice, but not great, I think our expectations had been too great. I don’t regret doing it, but don’t think I would do it again when the plane ride is only 40mins. Driving into Vegas was good though - coming from the vast desert into a sky filled with bright lights was quite a sight! Driving down the strip we found our Hotel of choice - the Wynn.
What a great hotel. We went to check in and they offered us an upgrade to a penthouse suite. It was on the top level and overlooked an amazing 18 hole golf course - it even had a ‘his’ and ‘her’ bathroom… Thats right - 2 bathrooms in a hotel room. WOW.
I think what is most amazing about Vegas is the size of everything. These hotels are massive - it takes you 30 mins to walk around the perimeter. Everything you could want is located within the bounds of the hotel - Casino, 10 restaurants, shops, cafe’s, convenience stores - EVERYTHING! The other hotels were also amazing, but I must say, the Wynn took the cake.
Surprisingly, we didn’t gamble that much, maybe one or two hours each day… We did go an check out the Bellagio’s water feature out the front - that is pretty amazing.
Bellagio, Las Vegas
We also saw some great shows - we visited the Monte Carlo to see Lance Burton’s magic act, and we saw Le Reve at the Wynn (amazing). The shows are world class - honestly fantastic - spend the money and see as many as you can, we definitely will next time. Also, as a side note - visit the Playboy club, it is very cool.
We only had three days in Vegas - we could have done with another couple - but I suppose we can use that as an excuse to visit again very very soon!