San Fran > Vegas
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 theBaca lagi
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 hereBaca lagi
Pinball Hall of Fame
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 24Baca lagi
Mandalay Bay and Luxor
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 withBaca lagi
Excalibur & New York New York
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 inBaca lagi
MGM Grand & Dusk
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 stripBaca lagi
Stranger Things Exhibition
12 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 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 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 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 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 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 withBaca lagi
Mini Paris
13 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 putBaca lagi
Caesar's Palace Pt.2
13 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofBaca lagi
PengembaraDid you have an allergic reaction on entering the “shopping mall” ???? Looks like paradise to me ❤️
Omnia, the Beatles, McD's & Flamingos
13 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 triedBaca lagi
The Venetian
13 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 theBaca lagi
The Wynn
13 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 andBaca lagi
Evening 2 in Vegas
13 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 closeBaca lagi
Grand Canyon - Eagle Point
14 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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!
PengembaraAmazing. Thanks for sharing with us. Nan Cathy said she loves all your pics and can’t wait to see you soooooon ❤️
Hoover Dam & Goats
14 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 enjoyBaca lagi
Freemont Street Experience
14 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 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, musicBaca lagi
Vegas > Austin
15 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 thanksBaca lagi
Evening in Austin
15 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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!
PengembaraYou must be shattered after the amount of hotels you walked around in Vegas. They are huge!!
Exploring Austin Pt.1
16 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 stripBaca lagi
Exploring Austin Pt.2
16 Ogos 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 soBaca lagi
PengembaraTime to review your airline choices 😧
PengembaraGLAD YOU FINALLY ARRIVED THERE 🛫