Las Vegas

Our final stop was the crazy Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps. Everyone made a big hype about Vegas, and it certainly did not disappoint. We were there during the 4th of July long weekend, so The Strip was crazy packed.

The first night, we watched Cirque du Soleil, KA. The tickets to this show were $125 each. The show was pretty amazing, it was a total surround stage setup, and the actaully stages people performed on were totally gyrational. It was tilting and moving 360°, and at one point the performance was done with the platform tilted at 80°. The technical effects are absolutely second to none, some totally rad scenes were performed. All in all, a fantastic show, definitely worthy of checking out.

We walked down the main Strip and check out almost all the hotels/casinos. This is believe it or not a whole day affair. It takes a loooong time to walk around everywhere and it gets really tiring by the end of day. Here are things I noticed about the different casino and hotels:

• the most luxurious: Bellagio
• the biggest monster: Caesar's Palace
• the cooliest themed: tied Luxor & Treasure Island
• the best one no-one's ever heard of: the Venetian
• the one with most hot chicks: Mandalay Bay
• the bully: MGM Grand

What's a trip to vegas without buffets? We ate at a different buffet each day we were there, with the last being the best, the Bellagio Buffet. We went in at late lunch and stayed 'till dinner. Another absolute necessity in Vegas? the strip clubs. We went to the DejaVu one night, and this was by far (and I mean far) the best club I've been to. Anywhere. Most my friends would also agree. I had front row seats to jello wrestling match, which was a real treat. I don't think I can go anywhere else now after this.

On the 12-hour drive back home, we went through Yosemite National Park. This was a beautiful park with tons of mountain/snow/valley scenery. Too bad I slept through almost all of it.