San Fran > Vegas
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLue lisää
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 hereLue lisää
Pinball Hall of Fame
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 24Lue lisää
Mandalay Bay and Luxor
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 withLue lisää
Excalibur & New York New York
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 inLue lisää
MGM Grand & Dusk
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 stripLue lisää
Stranger Things Exhibition
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 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.
Bellagio
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 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!
Bellagio Fountains
12. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 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 withLue lisää
Mini Paris
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Caesar's Palace Pt.1
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 putLue lisää
Caesar's Palace Pt.2
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofLue lisää
Omnia, the Beatles, McD's & Flamingos
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 triedLue lisää
The Venetian
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLue lisää
The Wynn
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 andLue lisää
Evening 2 in Vegas
13. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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.
En Route to Grand Canyon
14. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 closeLue lisää
Grand Canyon - Eagle Point
14. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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!
Grand Canyon - Guano Point
14. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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!
Hoover Dam & Goats
14. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 enjoyLue lisää
Freemont Street Experience
14. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 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, musicLue lisää
Vegas > Austin
15. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 thanksLue lisää
Evening in Austin
15. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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!
Exploring Austin Pt.1
16. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 stripLue lisää
Exploring Austin Pt.2
16. elokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 soLue lisää
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