VEGAS Cont...
MONDAY 11th July: Today the four of us hired a car and headed out to the middle of nowhere to see a great wonder of the world. The Grand Canyon!! It was amazing. I'm a little scared of heights when there is no barrier so I stayed away from the unfenced edge an just admired Gods creation.
On the way back we encountered some full blooded rednecks from Arizona. They pulled into the petrol station drunk and got out of the car saying "hey you wanna see the rattlesnake we just caught?" ah I don't think I had a choice!! The others came out of the shop and joined me to see this deadly snake in a bucket (there was a mesh lid stopping it from coming out). It was mad. Very mad. Made a very loud rattle noise. Then the crazy American thought it would be better for us to take photos with the lid off!!! WHAT?!! So he pulled back the lid. James got a couple of photos see below. It's a green mahive rattlesnake. One of the most deadliest snakes in America. To top it all of our first experience of an American with a gun walks out. Exactly what you see in the movies. Long white beard, cowboy hat, gun in his gun belt, cowboy boots and strolls over to the crazy snake catches. He knows them as they are locals. his wife tells us to stay clear of that snake. I had every intention to!! Lol.
On the way back we stopped at the infamous Vegas sign for some
Pics then to late night happy hour teppanyaki. Chef was awesome and food tasted so great after a long day in the desert.
TUESDAY: today James and I went down the south end. We went to the MGM grand first. I wish we had done this earlier. They have a cool lion habitat there but just my luck they let the cubs take a rest on tues and wed from photos where you can actually touch them for only $25 you get a great photo with them and able to PT these amazing creatures. We leave on Thurs morning so that really sucks!!!
Anyways after doubling Lisa's $10 on roulette for her we watched the lions for a while. Then headed to the M&M Factory. So cool in there you can even personalize your m&ms! Then on to hard Rock Cafe for lunch. Excellent juicy steak and great cocktails. We passed the Harley Davidson cafe on the way back to our room. Pretty cool inside.
We even braved the New York New York rollercoaster! The rest of the day was spent cruising the strip, avoiding card flickers and we even came across a drunk smoking 70year old Minnie mouse!! Lol.
On Tuesday evening we had dinner with Jackie and Jamie and Brendon and Laraine at the Paris restaurant called Mon Ami Gabi. James and I then went up the Eiffel tower for a great view of the strip!
WEDNESDAY: Our last day in Sin City. I headed down to the MGM for their daily 11am tournament whilst James went to the Gun Store to shoot some automatic machine guns. Unfortunately I fell just short of the money again. But I had a great view of the Lions whilst playing. James came back from the gun store looking like a kid walking out of a toy store! Lol. He had fun needless to say.
I had a couple more casinos I wanted to look at so we went for a final walk of the strip. Went into the Bellagio and I got a one dollar chip, kept going on to Caesars Palace then to the Mirage. I liked the outlay of the mirage. Had a look at the out lay of the casino and the inside gardens and even won $15 on blackjack. :) Then we went across to Treasure Island before heading to the Venetian to see how Brendonio and Jackstar were doing in the Deepstack main event. Both doing ok at the time so Laraine joined us for some free drinks courtesy of Brendon's tournament tickets. Had a little trouble using them but ended up with $60 free drinks!! Woohoo!!
Said our goodbyes to Brendon, Laraine and the gang before we headed over to Treasure island again to see the Sirens show. WOW! how disappointed was I?!!!! It was basically lame actors and dancers that clearly can't get jobs in the real world and here was the only place they got hired! It was terrible. Choreography was terrible, script was terrible, was a complete waste of time but at least now I can say I've seen it. Lol. Do not be fooled. This is not a kids pirate show as it used to be!!
Thankfully on the way back to the Flamingo we stopped at the Mirage wondering why everyone was staring at the water feature and we got a great volcanic eruption show to watch. Totally made up for the lack of a pirate show. Was pretty cool!
Nice way to end Vegas. Til next year!!!!
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