Vegas Baby!

We arrived in Vegas to discover you can gamble at the airport... how cool is that, there were slot machines everywhere!

The strip is not far from the airport so after a quick taxi ride we were at our splendid hotel, the Riviera. This hotel is a little uptown from the main part of the strip, so we had a little bit of a walk to get down there. Interestingly though there is heaps of construction going on at the moment so there are huge vacant lots where building is just starting on new billion dollar resorts... so much for a recession!

We spent the night at a Cir du Soleil show called "Mystere" to celebrate our one year anniversary. the show was amazing, and we both enjoyed it thoroughly.

We walked down the strip to see the volcano and dancing fountains (all the usual sights you look for in a new town!) we found the fountains but not the volcano.... I thought that was rather weird! The next day our cab driver told us that the volcano caught on fire and was being rebuilt, hence the reason we couldn't find it. I felt a little ripped off that we had missed out on this icon, but I got over it quickly!

We spent the last couple of hours of our huge day/night playing the 1c slot machines. We didn't win any money, but I guess you have to bet big to win big!

Viva Las Vegas!