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San Fran > Vegas
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
After I'm almost certain no sleep the sun rose and I watched an unhealthy number of TikTok's to pass the time. But alas I would fly today! Although the flight was 2 hours delayed, an hour because the plane arrived late and the other because when we boarded the plane was imbalanced so they had to start putting people's luggage in the hold and also asked 10 people to disembark.

The only bonus was I had an emergency exit seat with extra legroom. The cost of this flight was $29 with only $3.61 of that going to the airline so I guess what kind of service do you expect.

Anyway, after 1 hour 40 min flight I landed in a very very hot Las Vegas! I took the bus to my hostel which was over the road from a classic Vegas wedding chapel.Read more
TravelerTime to review your airline choices 😧
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TravelerGLAD YOU FINALLY ARRIVED THERE 🛫
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Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 40 °C
Before we get into it, this footprint has broken my all time record on here for hottest footprint at 40 degrees (at 5pm) beating Latin America and the likes of Dubai! Says it all about the heat here and I'm sure this record will be broken over the next few days!

After checking in and having a much needed shower I decided to power through the tiredness and get back on the bus to the very far end of the strip. This being home to the famous Las Vegas sign! There was a big queue to stand in front of the sign and it was so hot in the sun so I decided I'd just sneak a selfie from the side.Read more
TravelerWOW that’s hot. Hydrate, hydrate !!
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Pinball Hall of Fame
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
A quick free stop close to the Las Vegas sign is the Pinball Hall of Fame. This free to enter warehouse is lined wall to wall with a variety of old-school arcade machines. My favourite being the 24 themed pinball machine!Read more
TravelerLOVE THOSE OLD PINBALL MACHINES
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Mandalay Bay and Luxor
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 40 °C
Next up it was time to disappear from the heat into the depths of the strip hotels. First up Mandalay Bay which featured a Michael Jackson theatre followed by the Egyptian themed Luxor with appropriate decor.Read more
TravelerVery nice 👍
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Excalibur & New York New York
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
Next up I headed into Excalibur and then the New York New York, no explanation required of the themes but again very impressive on the inside and out! I was now realising that all of the hotels in this region of the strip are owned by MGM as they all connect together with signing of how to get from one to the other!Read more
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MGM Grand & Dusk
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
I'm starting to realise that many of the hotels are quite similar in that they all are just huge casinos with shops and restaurants. Anyway next up was the famous MGM Grand and a wander down the strip at dusk.Read more
TravelerAmazing 💙
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Stranger Things Exhibition
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 37 °C
Along the strip I stumbled upon this free Stranger Things exhibition and shop with a variety of props charachters and of course plenty of merch.
TravelerSeason 4 soon 😬
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Bellagio
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 36 °C
Okay so definitely my favourite hotel so far, the interior is so nice and it has a pretty spectacular flower garden. Not to mention the outside which will be the next post!
TravelerWhat a stunning hotel 🏨
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TravelerFancy having to clean that!
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Bellagio Fountains
August 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 36 °C
My final stop of the evening was to enjoy two rounds of the amazing Bellagio Fountains! The performances are every 15 minutes and I saw versions of the Fountains dancing to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and All Night Long. The Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Little Paris looks amazing lit up at night! I'd done well to last this long without sleep but the time had come to get some rest.Read more
TravelerAmazing fountains. I could watch them all day x
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TravelerFab display x
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Mini Paris
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
To start day 2 in Vegas I picked up where I'd left off the night before on the strip. I had a quick look around Planet Hollywood and then the mini Paris area and hotel.
TravelerFabulous buildings and a beautiful blue sky x
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TravelerWhat an amazing place. x
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Caesar's Palace Pt.1
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
My next stop was one of the main events of the strip in the famous Caesar's Palace! The grounds and lobby area are very impressive, with a multitude of sculptures and even an F1 car! I was able to put a bet on Tranmere v Accrington Stanley in the Sportsbook area and settled down in the comfortable seats to watch Tranmere's emphatic 3-0 win on my phone! Both teams didn't score so my bet didn't come in but at least Tranmere won!Read more
TravelerAlways a “Super White” even in Caesars Palace. What a place !!!! 😲
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Caesar's Palace Pt.2
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
After watching the match I continued into the shopping mall of Caesar's Palace which was equally as impressive as the hotel itself! Most impressive was the spiral escalators, what a feat of engineering!Read more
TravelerDid you have an allergic reaction on entering the “shopping mall” ???? Looks like paradise to me ❤️
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TravelerI love the escalators. Better than the travelators in Tesco 🤣
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Omnia, the Beatles, McD's & Flamingos
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
Next up was a few random stops. First of all I passed Omnia night club which hosts all of the world's most famous DJ's. Martin Garrix is there this weekend which I'm sad to be missing.

Then I tried to get into the Beatles cladded Mirage, only to discover that it closed last month after 30 years in business.

Then there was the huge McDonalds arches and feris wheel, finished off with the flamingos in the garden of the Flamingo hotel.Read more
TravelerSomething for everyone ❤️
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The Venetian
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
My next stop was to the Venetian, a Venice inspired hotel which of course featured its own canal way! As I left here, from the bridge across the road you could see Trump's hotel to the left and the Sphere to the right.Read more
TravelerLove it !!! And wow that sky ❤️
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TravelerThe Venetian. What a fantastic hotel 👍
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TravelerThey don't do anything by half's the Yanks. x
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The Wynn
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
My final hotel to visit on the strip was the Wynn and wow was it impressive! The artwork on the walls and ceilings to the gardens and even just the corridors. Not to mention the McLaren shop and Sportsbook area.Read more
TravelerOne day mate !!! Haha
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Traveler I'm sure your dad can treat you to a new car 🚘 😁
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Evening 2 in Vegas
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
This evening I had some dinner and again managed to see the Bellagio Fountains twice! It was an early ish night for an early start and big day tomorrow.
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En Route to Grand Canyon
August 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
At 7am this morning I jumped onto a coach at Treasure Island hotel to head to the Grand Canyon! The scenery en route was brilliant as we crossed over from Nevada into Arizona. We made a stop off close to the Canyon to have a look at the Joshua Tree's.Read more
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Grand Canyon - Eagle Point
August 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The first stop at the Grand Canyon was to Eagle Point, named so because one of the huge rock formations looks like an eagle with its wings spread. It made for pretty spectacular viewing!
TravelerHot, hot, hot !!
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Grand Canyon - Guano Point
August 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The second stop at the Grand Canyon was the mightily impressive Guano Point. Here there were no barriers so you could get a much better view into the Canyon 😁, and these views were 360 degrees also!
TravelerAmazing. Thanks for sharing with us. Nan Cathy said she loves all your pics and can’t wait to see you soooooon ❤️
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TravelerWOW !
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TravelerYou have so many wonderful memories to last a lifetime. x
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Hoover Dam & Goats
August 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 41 °C
On our way back into Vegas we stopped off at the iconic Hoover Dam! It was pretty damn hot, sunny and windy too. But still it made for great viewing! Then we stopped a few minutes later to enjoy looking at the free ranging goats in a small park.

Also pleased to announce that this footprint breaks the heat record at 41 degrees!Read more
TravelerBrilliant photos. And sooooo hot 🥵
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TravelerThat’s some dam !!! And you look very, very hot 🥵
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TravelerWhere's your sunglasses? 😎
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Freemont Street Experience
August 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 36 °C
For my final evening in Vegas I headed 'downtown', away from the strip and to the Freemont Street Experience. Boy it was an experience. The enclosed artistic roof, flashing lights all around, music and street performers it made for quite the spectacle!Read more
TravelerNan is very jealous. She said she would love to visit Las Vegas x
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Traveler What a mover . Haha. Looks fabulous 🎉🎶
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Vegas > Austin
August 15, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
This morning I was up and out of Vegas early to fly to Austin, Texas! Thankfully this flight was not delayed, although despite leaving Vegas at 8:30am we didn't arrive into Austin till 1:30pm thanks to the 2 hour time difference!

Once landed in Austin I had to take a shuttle from one terminal to the main terminal. This shuttle crazily took about 20 minutes, most of which was on the freeway! From their I was able to catch a bus into the centre.Read more
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Evening in Austin
August 15, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
This evening I just had a wander through the nearby coastal park to have a read and relax. Then it was an early night after a tiresome few days in Vegas!
TravelerYou must be shattered after the amount of hotels you walked around in Vegas. They are huge!!
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TravelerQuite a tranquil place in comparison to Vegas. x
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Exploring Austin Pt.1
August 16, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
This morning I set off to explore what Austin had to offer! I took a wander down the river again but this time.on the other side and in the other direction. After that I wandered down the main strip on 6th street, definitely doesn't come close to Nashville on an early Friday afternoon. 6th street then turned into a more historic district with some older buildings.Read more
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Exploring Austin Pt.2
August 16, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
After continuing up 6th street I then cut up Congress Avenue which of course led up to the Texas State Capitol building. I was going to head further north to the University of Texas but it was so unbelievably hot I unusually decided I couldn't be bothered so sat in the grounds of the Capitol for a while before heading back to rest.Read more
TravelerGood decision. Enjoy what you can. 👍
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