The Las Vegas Trip
I will remember the drive to Las Vegas for just one thing - getting up in between my sleep to see a guy glancing at me through the window of the car and turning back to my friend and saying something like "Sir, the speed limit in this city is 70 miles. You were driving at 85. I will issue you a ticket". He sounded as though he was giving a movie ticket. Anyways, not getting perturbed by such trivial things (?) I resumed my sleep.
We reached LV at around 3:00 am. Having had my sleep in the car, I woke up in time to utilize the complimentary breakfast at the hotel. Unfortunately the rest of the gang was ready only by 12:00 pm. There have been times in my stint in the US when I have repented not getting my driving license. This was just one of those instances when I had to stay idle for few hours just because of this handicap. One more issue was that each member of the team was of the opinion that someone else had planned the trip. There was no plan and hence no direction. So a pseudo-SUV and a 7 seater followed each other into the Las Vegas strip without knowing where they wanted to go.
We started with the MGM casino. Frankly speaking I did not see anything special. It had the usual stuff that I have seen on TV. Some people crowded around an enclosed area for the attraction of the casino which turned out to be couple of lions. We headed off to search for another attraction called the Mirage volcano. Our sense of direction took us through Harah's Casino and another place before we reached the Mirage casino. One thing of note is that the monorail journey gave a good view of the city. At the Mirage we got to know that the show would start only at 7:00 pm. So we ended up experiencing gambling in the casino while waiting for the show. Now you know why the casinos have shows, and why they have them only at particular timings. In the excitement of the slot machines and roulette we missed the 7 pm show and were in no mood of waiting another hour for the next show. After checking out the tiger reserve, we came out of the Mirage (get it?). The next few hours saw us roaming in the streets of Vegas visiting Caesar's palace, Bally's, Bellagio (the fountain looks great), and giving Paris a galnce from the outside. I guess we spent more time searching for Chipotle than any attraction in Vegas. Chipotle has been one place where I feel comfortable with the food. It tastes just like the food back home.
After a peaceful night's sleep, and once again waiting till 12:00 for the others, we headed off to the Hoover dam. The enormous traffic increased my expectation only to be disappointed on the sight of the place. While we were at the dam a damsel cried for help. she shouted help several times and said "someone has gone down". Quite a few guys looked down the dam with concern. But then, the guy who was being referred to had justed fainted on ground. Guys were smiling at each other while the cop car raced in with water.
After that, started the ride of a life time....
We reached LV at around 3:00 am. Having had my sleep in the car, I woke up in time to utilize the complimentary breakfast at the hotel. Unfortunately the rest of the gang was ready only by 12:00 pm. There have been times in my stint in the US when I have repented not getting my driving license. This was just one of those instances when I had to stay idle for few hours just because of this handicap. One more issue was that each member of the team was of the opinion that someone else had planned the trip. There was no plan and hence no direction. So a pseudo-SUV and a 7 seater followed each other into the Las Vegas strip without knowing where they wanted to go.
We started with the MGM casino. Frankly speaking I did not see anything special. It had the usual stuff that I have seen on TV. Some people crowded around an enclosed area for the attraction of the casino which turned out to be couple of lions. We headed off to search for another attraction called the Mirage volcano. Our sense of direction took us through Harah's Casino and another place before we reached the Mirage casino. One thing of note is that the monorail journey gave a good view of the city. At the Mirage we got to know that the show would start only at 7:00 pm. So we ended up experiencing gambling in the casino while waiting for the show. Now you know why the casinos have shows, and why they have them only at particular timings. In the excitement of the slot machines and roulette we missed the 7 pm show and were in no mood of waiting another hour for the next show. After checking out the tiger reserve, we came out of the Mirage (get it?). The next few hours saw us roaming in the streets of Vegas visiting Caesar's palace, Bally's, Bellagio (the fountain looks great), and giving Paris a galnce from the outside. I guess we spent more time searching for Chipotle than any attraction in Vegas. Chipotle has been one place where I feel comfortable with the food. It tastes just like the food back home.
After a peaceful night's sleep, and once again waiting till 12:00 for the others, we headed off to the Hoover dam. The enormous traffic increased my expectation only to be disappointed on the sight of the place. While we were at the dam a damsel cried for help. she shouted help several times and said "someone has gone down". Quite a few guys looked down the dam with concern. But then, the guy who was being referred to had justed fainted on ground. Guys were smiling at each other while the cop car raced in with water.
After that, started the ride of a life time....
posted by Jammy at 7:35 AM
1 Comments:
you went to Vegas and all you got to talk about is Chipotle? :P
PS:Chipotle burrito is the equivalent of Devaamirdham ;)
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