Las Vegas

Las Vegas, the city of bright lights and everything you can imagine. . . it really did live up to it's name, that I have to say. Arriving into McCarran Airport, only to be welcomed by hot and suffocating weather, but also pokie machines ready to game your dollars away! 

Staying off The Strip we were in the middle of the city life in Vegas, one of our first visits was to The Venetian to book our tickets for the blue man group. It really is quite surreal as you walk through the hotels and see some aesthetic features intertwined with rather beautiful buildings. Not to mention the casino's, which remind me an enchanted game land that is never ending, so vibrant and bright.

The Venetian

Garden at Bellagio 

So we were here to celebrate this guy's birthday, 17-18ish in London, now 20-21 in Vegas! We were fortunate to have our cousin Red join us in our detour around Vegas and SF. These guys are a tad younger then I, however we stem from the same generation alongside our many other cousins. 

Happy 21st Tyrone Fale!

Having travelled with Tyrone before, he is always the navigator, the researcher and the dictionary! Both guys have a sense of humour that is pretty contagious,  friendly, hard case souls who like to have a good time. Typically, they eat a lot, so imagine their reactions when they learnt about the numerous buffets they had in Vegas! 

It is amazing when your "little" brother and "cousin" suddenly grow up and you realise your getting errm "old" lol. However we got on pretty well together, I have to say we were a very cool bunch! 

I loath this bad pic! But it's got us looking all swish for dinner at the Wynn


The Wynn

The Wynn Buffett 

So I caved into heading to the Haunted Vegas tour, which was basically a low down on all the haunted hotels and other places in Vegas and the super stars whom were still hanging around. Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Liberache - just to name a few. There were eyes rolled and skeptical thoughts from a few, but it is probably something you would want to spend money on elsewhere. Mind you being able to hear about the history of Vegas with some of these world famous celebraties was interesting as per the places visited, had we not been on this tour. 

The Blue Man group would have to be the highlight, such a thrilling and  captivating entertainment that is completely out of this world! Sitting in the front row with ponchos, we were unknown as to what to expect, yet the anticipation was almost nervous many times throughout the show, especially with the paint! Besides being splattered by banana, it is indeed something out of the ordinary and worth seeing. 

The Blue Man Group & fans

Loved this show

The boys headed off to New York for a few days, while I was back to San Francisco to stay in Mountain View and spend my last days with Crescent Park Pre-School in Palo Alto! 

We will be back Las Vegas!