Viva Las Vegas

Left our motel in Visalia and headed off to Vegas, thru’ Bakerfield, Mojave, Barstow and through the Mojave Desert until we finally reached Las Vegas. Here are a few pictures taken whilst driving:
Right on the county line, there was a casino! Found our hotel – the Global Grand at Las Vegas, and we are up on the 12th floor. This place is lovely.

Took a drive down the “strip” to see what was what and then headed to a supermarket to stock up on some groceries and then headed back to our hotel an early night.

Got up early for our “complimentary” breakfast. Can’t believe the Americans eat pastries, doughnuts and huge muffins for breakfast!! This was a total catch for us as we had to go through the whole speel of being sold time share. The guy just could not understand that whatever price he gave us we had to multiply by 10. He was trying to tell us that a $23 999 purchase for 6 weeks was a wonderful deal and the more we tried to tell him that this equated to R239 000 he just laughed us off. Eventually he got the idea and finished the talk. Just for attending, we received $100 worth of gambling vouchers and went to the Luxor to play. We managed to convert this to $54 in cash, so it was worthwhile after all!!!
Wondered around the Luxor which has an Egyptian theme and all the hotel rooms are built in the shape of a pyramid and look down onto the casino.
We also went into another casino called the Excalabur which has a castle theme. The other one we visited was the Mandalay Bay which has a beach in it as well as a huge shopping centre with exclusive shops. All very impressive.
Then took a drive further down the strip to look at more of the sights in preparation for our excursion tomorrow.
Came back to our hotel and booked our aeroplane trip to the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. Walked to the casino next door to us called the South Point Casino to see if lady luck was on our side, but alas, she was not, although we had fun playing on the machines at 1c a line. We then headed off back to our hotel.
Don’t forget to click on the pictures to make them bigger.

Viva Las Vegas signing off….