On Thu, 08 May 2008 19:49:50 -0700, SMS
wrote:
>But it's not a place
>I'd go on vacation unless I was into gambling. I guess it's interesting
>to see the whole thing once, especially before the whole house of cards
>collapses as hotels go bankrupt like the Tropicana just did. The utter
>tackiness of it all can be fun.
Hi
However, Las Vegas is a very convenient place to start a vacation from
- particularly if you are from Europe. Certainly from Great Britain,
there are some incredibly cheap flights to Las Vegas; plus
accommodation and food is extremely reasonable compared to what is now
justifiably called "rip-off" Britain.
For example, as I mentioned in a previous post, my wife and I are
flying from the UK into Las Vegas in just over a week's time. We
shall stay there for just two nights to recover from the long flight
and get ourselves organised before stocking up with supplies (mainly
beer, steaks and charcoal) at the nearest Wal-Mart and heading off
into the wilds of Utah in a rental car with our tent. Paradoxically,
in order to reach some of the most stunningly awe-inspiring scenery on
the planet, the best place for us to fly into is the "utter tackiness"
of Las Vegas - however, the comparison does tend to make you
appreciate the sheer natural beauty of the high desert even more.
As we have a full day in Las Vegas prior to picking up the car, we may
as well see "the sights". Admittedly we have seen them several times
before, but the LV skyline is forever changing and - don't tell anyone
- but we find Las Vegas fun (although we certainly wouldn't want to
spend more than a day or two there). My wife and I visit the US
Southwest every year or so with our tent (camping in the high desert
is like a drug - once you have sampled it, you want more!!!) and every
time we start planning our next trip, we get the maps out and Las
Vegas inevitably turns out to be the most convenient place to fly into
(or out of - we usually book open jaw flights).
Certainly my wife and I are not gamblers (she lost a massive $10 on
our last visit to Las Vegas - mind you she won a huge $15 on our
previous visit, so we are ahead) and we far prefer the "Great
Outdoors" to a city. However, Las Vegas is so bizarre and "over the
top" and, here in the UK, we know so much about it from films and TV
that it is firmly on the list of "1000 places to see before you die".
Regards
KGB
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