Paris for lunch, New York for dinner...
MIKE: I'm full. Do we have to eat any more??
ZAN: We payed $23 for this buffet. You've got to eat at least another 10 prawns before we can leave!!
MIKE & ZAN:
Lesson #6: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...
Being careful to learn from our mistakes, we arrived at the bus station four hours before our bus was due to leave to ensure that we got seats together. We are happy to report an uneventful bus ride despite missing our connection in LA. Arriving in Vegas about as refreshed as can be expected after an 18 hour bus ride, we had a surreal 20 block walk to our hostel.
Vegas is certainly different...
Before we'd even crossed the road from the bus stop, we were asked, "Are you two married yet?" We were handed a brochure for "A Wedding Chapel by the Courthouse" and informed that if we went in the next ten minutes and mentioned his name, Elvis would perform the ceremony at no extra charge.
Making our way down Las Vegas Blvd, we came across a row of newspaper vending machines. We've made a habit of buying a newspaper in each major city we visit. Just as we went to put a quarter in the machine, we discovered that it was a 'special' Vegas paper. Cindy and Candy posed provocatively on the front cover.
Our hostel was across the road from a drive-through wedding chapel, next door to a strip club and surrounded by bail bond lenders. All in all, it was a very cheerful place with wholesome values, despite its name, "Sin City Hostel." When we checked in, we were told that the hostel had a strict single-sex dorm policy and we would have to sleep in different dorms. A bizarre contradiction considering all that we'd experienced of Vegas so far.
We spent the next day walking the 4 mile stretch of casinos along 'the strip.' 'New York New York' was a miniature replica of the streets of Manhattan complete with steam coming from the ground. The casino, "Paris" was also a replica of the city, complete with the Eiffel Tower. We got tragically lost inside "The Venetian" and just as we found the exit, we were pushed out of the way by a conga line of singing Gondoliers. Taking a tip from the hostel, we checked out the Mirage buffet where we can fairly safely say that we ate our $23 worth of crab and shrimp.
After a slow start on the slot machines, Zan won 25c. We gradually warmed up and won enough on the blackjack tables to pay for dinner.
While waiting for our bus, we checked out the old part of Vegas, the Fremont St Experience. We saw the Golden Nugget and Golden Gate casinos. Very different from the ones on the strip.
ZAN: We payed $23 for this buffet. You've got to eat at least another 10 prawns before we can leave!!
MIKE & ZAN:
Lesson #6: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...
Being careful to learn from our mistakes, we arrived at the bus station four hours before our bus was due to leave to ensure that we got seats together. We are happy to report an uneventful bus ride despite missing our connection in LA. Arriving in Vegas about as refreshed as can be expected after an 18 hour bus ride, we had a surreal 20 block walk to our hostel.
Vegas is certainly different...
Before we'd even crossed the road from the bus stop, we were asked, "Are you two married yet?" We were handed a brochure for "A Wedding Chapel by the Courthouse" and informed that if we went in the next ten minutes and mentioned his name, Elvis would perform the ceremony at no extra charge.
Making our way down Las Vegas Blvd, we came across a row of newspaper vending machines. We've made a habit of buying a newspaper in each major city we visit. Just as we went to put a quarter in the machine, we discovered that it was a 'special' Vegas paper. Cindy and Candy posed provocatively on the front cover.
Our hostel was across the road from a drive-through wedding chapel, next door to a strip club and surrounded by bail bond lenders. All in all, it was a very cheerful place with wholesome values, despite its name, "Sin City Hostel." When we checked in, we were told that the hostel had a strict single-sex dorm policy and we would have to sleep in different dorms. A bizarre contradiction considering all that we'd experienced of Vegas so far.
We spent the next day walking the 4 mile stretch of casinos along 'the strip.' 'New York New York' was a miniature replica of the streets of Manhattan complete with steam coming from the ground. The casino, "Paris" was also a replica of the city, complete with the Eiffel Tower. We got tragically lost inside "The Venetian" and just as we found the exit, we were pushed out of the way by a conga line of singing Gondoliers. Taking a tip from the hostel, we checked out the Mirage buffet where we can fairly safely say that we ate our $23 worth of crab and shrimp.
After a slow start on the slot machines, Zan won 25c. We gradually warmed up and won enough on the blackjack tables to pay for dinner.
While waiting for our bus, we checked out the old part of Vegas, the Fremont St Experience. We saw the Golden Nugget and Golden Gate casinos. Very different from the ones on the strip.
posted by Mike & Zan :-) | 12:33 pm
1 Comments:
Sounds like you guys are having a blast.
You should go to MGM Grand if just to run up and down the giant corridors...well it was fun when I was 11! New York New York is so cool eh! The roller coaster is wicked!
Anyway, stay safe, eat plenty at the buffets and most of all have fun :)
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