Las Vegas
Worth visiting!
A review of this place: Better in the daytime — 1 year ago
I was lucky enough to get to go to Las Vegas for work about 6 years ago. It was one of those places that looks so familiar because you see it on TV and in films so much (just think about the James Bond scenes for example).
When I arrived late at night the taxi driver took me up the Strip instead of the usual route (apparently) and I got to drive passed the famous landmarks from the airport up to my hotel (the historic Flamingo). He even stopped and opened the door so I could get a better view of the Bellagio fountains. Wonderful.
I only got one day on my own to explore and walked from the Flamingo down to the Luxor, went for a coffee in their Starbucks, walked through the neighbouring hotel (can’t remember the name, looks like a castle). Went shopping in Caesar’s Palace Mall (the Warner Bros shop was worth it just for the Roman-ised Elmer Fudd and Sylvester outside). Walked down towards the other end of the strip passed the StarDust sign. It was fascinating to see the older hotels being torn down and the new ones going up in their place.
What really suprised me was how good it looked in daylight – I’d assumed it would look tacky and cheap without the neon but I actually liked it better. It didn’t hurt that it was gloriously sunny and warm in November!
If I go again, I’d want to stay in either the Luxor or the Venetian. Can’t imagine wanting to do more than a few days (unless you are into gambling seriously) and not really a lot for kids that I could see. Well worth a stop-over if you are going that way anyway though.



