Day 18 - After all those natural wonders it was time for some man-made ones. Running off memory now because I never wrote anything else after this point. First day in Vegas started off so well, drove through the main strip and saw all those places you see in films. Got to the hotel, it was pretty nice. Just chilled, then went out for a meal at the Hard Rock Cafe. Had something which contained spicy chicken if my memory serves me correctly, and it was pretty damn good. Afterwards we stocked up on booze then waited for the worlds biggest limo to come and pick up all 36-odd people doing the tour.
After that - sadly things went downhill (didn't feel it at the time though!). We toured the town, hit the Vegas sign and went to Cesars Palace and the nightclub there. Got slightly inebriated and returned home. Woke up the next morning - no camera. Shit.
Day 19 - Spent the morning trying to track down my camera, no joy. I now know the true feeling of being 'gutted'. With one week left I had lost a load of amazing pictures of amazing places and good people - what an idiot. Still, had to carry on and enjoy what was left of my time there. Wandered a few more casinos during the day including the MGM (lions), New York New York (surreal), and also hit the Miracle Mile which is the weirdest shopping centre on the planet. The ceiling is painted to look like the sky, and its really very good.
In the evening we went again for a slightly quiet night. The plan was to go up the Stratosphere, but thanks to lightning storms that got scuppered. On the way back up the strip we caught the show at Treasure Island (the amount of money that must go into that for a free show), sussed out the lies at the Venetian (the gondolas are electric, the half-arsed punting is quite funny though) and finished off watching the Bellagio fountains. They are pretty spectacular. Tried to go up the Eiffel tower at Paris, but the lightning stopped us again. Settled for a go on a slot machine there. All I'll say is I put $1 in and got $2.25 back. High roller, but I left Vegas up which I guess most people don't get to say!
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