Las Vegas Day 3

Yesterday for breakfast we returned to the hotel's main restaurant where I had chicken and waffles, mum had avacado on toast and dad had eggs benedict. Outside in the sun, although it was only 9am or so in the morning, it was hot -already above 30 degrees so there was only one thing to do....go shopping in an airconditioned mall

Fried Chicken and Belgian Waffles for Breakfast

Our hotel on the way to Fashion Show Mall

Hotels on the strip and the walkway between hotels which sprayed mist to keep people cool while walking

Walkway in 40 degree heat

Once we had exhausted our shopping potential it was back to the pool.  On our way back the taxi driver told us it was 122 degrees (that's 50 degrees in kiwi language). Crazy!!  Pina Coladas and mojitos would get us through

Wave pool and lazy river at the Mandalay Bay beach club 

Our Four Seasons pool.  We had to go in every 20 minutes to cool down then would dry off before it was so hot we had to go in again to cool off. 

Dinner at Carmines 

Later that night we went on a helicopter night flight over Vegas.  There was lightning in the distance and it was quite windy.  The helicopters actually taxied down its own runway and flew off 5 or 6 at a time for the cruise around the strip.  IT was a great way to see the lights and ended up not being a bumpy ride at all.

Our helicopter and Dad looking calm and excited for the ride

Stratosphere and laser beam from Luxor which you can see from space 

Our hotel

Video of the strip from our helicopter ride

After this, Dad went to casino and had a very successful evening while Mum and I ordered room service dessert and watched Hillary Clinton become the very first woman to be a party nominee for President of the United States.  We also saw a very short but powerful speech by a muslim father who lost his soldier son in the war.  I am looking forward to the 3 debates between Hillary and the Don in the next few months.  But next, it's time to head home

Goodbye Vegas

Las vegas - Day 2

The first real day for us in Las Vegas started off with us having breakfast in the Veranda restaurant near the Four Seasons' pool. For breakfast I had s'mores french toast, my mum had avocadoes on toast and dad had bacon and eggs. Following our excersion to breakfast we went to the Mandalay Bay's beach club.  Our hotel is the top 5 floors of the Mandalay Bay Hotel so we have free access to the beach club which has wave pools, lazy rivers etc but no shade.  When it's already 35 degrees at 10am, even a slice of shade was going to be important.  They sold shade via the use of a Cabana for $175 per hour, but we decided the free shade of the Four Seasons pool was far better.  They brought us lunch by the pool when we had corn chips and guacamole with a virgin pina colada and a virgin mojito. After lunch we went shopping, we went to the Premier Outlets South mall just off of the strip, there we walked up and down the long site of the mall stopping for clothes, shoes etc. Here's what we saw.

S'mores french toast breakfast.

Mum's breakfast.

Mandalay Bay and Four seasons pool complex from our floor. 

Mandalay Bay Beach Club at the base of our hotel.

The Mandalay Beach.

Four Seasons' pool.

Our pool.

Pina Colada by the pool.

Converse shoe shopping - no he did not buy these!!!

Luxor hotel on the way back from the mall.

After we finished shoppong we walked out into the heat of 45 degrees before taking a taxi to the New York, New York hotel. There we had a mexican dinner which we ate whilst facing the rollercoaster going around and just outside the hotel, we all had tacoes and a salad, all this before heading back to the hotel where we used the in-room dining option to get dessert. This is what we saw.

New York, New York hotel.

Outside the hotel.

Whilst we had dessert we watched the Democratic National Convention speakers before going to bed for a relaxed day in Las Vegas tomorrow.

Joseph

Las vegas - Day 1

Once we had fully woken up yesterday we had to head off to the airport to fly off to Las Vegas. We checked all our bags in and headed off to the gate, by the time we reached the gate we had perfectly timed it so that we could just walk on to the plane. We were sitting up the front and got served orange juice, as it was the morning, alongside with breakfast (omlette or oatmeal), close to the end of the flight we flew over the Grand Canyon and the main river giving water to Nevada. We eventually landed in Las Vegas and collected our bags, we then left to our hotel to drop everything off. This is what we saw.

First class breakfast and the effects of global warming on Vegas.

Welcome sign to Las Vegas.

Slot machines in the Airport.

Our hotel.

Once we'd dropped our bags off we headed out for lunch at a mexican themed restaurant in the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino before we went to shop in the Bellagio and Caesars Palace. After we went shopping we went back to the hotel just in time to get changed before heading out again to see La Reve, a Cirque du Soliel production. The show was great as it used a water based theater which had a massive pool in the middle, they used dance and storytelling to portray an interesting story which I found very entertaining. This is what happened, through pictures.

Shopping in the bellagio.

Shopping at the Forum in Caesars Palace.

Inside Caesars Palace.

Outside and at the entrance to Caesars Palace.

Wynn hotel hosting La Reve.

Wynn Theatre.

During the performance.

During the performance.

During the performance.

During the performance.

At the end of the performance.

Final bows.

As I hope you can assume, the stage doesn't stay in one position throughout the performance it just loked good for the photo. After the show we went back to the hotel(Four Seasons) where we had dinner(the reataurant was a part of the Mandalay Bay hotel base) at Wolfgang Puck's Italian restaurant. After dinner dad went off to play poker and me and mum went upstairs to listen to the Democratic National Convention in bed before nodding off for  more relaxed day tomorrow.

Joseph