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Billy Oaks American Dream
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- 4 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 24 m
- Verenigde Staten New York Knickerbocker Village Brooklyn Bridge 40.706086, -73.99686440°42’22” N 73°59’49” W
Dag 10
At Central Park
4 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Being 4th of July there were lots of people on the street and also lots of policemen and security forces, a bit scary.

We started the day by visiting the Lincoln centre before going to Central Park where incidentally a teen lost a foot yesterday due to a hand made grenade. Anyway there were lots of people enjoying the public holiday, strolling around, having picnics, riding bikes, etc. Beautiful day anyway, we joined the crowds and walk along.

We ended up at the National Museum of Natural history but didn't get in as we are not really fond of museums, instead we headed back to Times square for some last minute shopping. I even have time to get a photo of the Chrysler building from Bryant park.Meer informatie
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- 5 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 37 °C
- Hoogte: 642 m
- Verenigde Staten Nevada Clark County Paradise McCarran International Airport 36.084, -115.15373936°5’2” N 115°9’13” W
Dag 11
Next stop Las Vegas
5 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
We did not get up to much today, just some last minute shopping and then off to the airport to catch our plane to Vegas. Unfortunately due to the 3 hrs difference in time there wasn't much to do once we got to Las Vegas (close to midnight).

It was interesting to see pocking machines awaiting us at McCarran airport.......gambling is a serious industry here.

We finally arrived at "The Mirage" close to 1 am, so tired that we barely noticed the casino on our way to our room.Meer informatie
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Billy Oaks American Dream
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- 6 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 36 °C
- Hoogte: 642 m
- Verenigde Staten Nevada Clark County Paradise McCarran International Airport 36.084, -115.1537436°5’2” N 115°9’13” W
Dag 12
Sin City
6 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Right, our Vegas experience started today. Coming that late last night meant that we did not get up until 10 am, luckily we noticed last night a Starbucks inside the hotel so we quickly rushed there for some breakfast. There are other restaurants but they are to upscale.... This time we realised that the only way to get in/out of the hotel is via the casino and all its countless pockie machines, pocker tables, etc.... not to mention the terrible smell of cigarette and god knows what else.

Anyway after breakfast we tried the swimming pool.....well the only inch available in this super crowded pool. on top of that the sun was so intense that we only lasted 45 minutes or so there.

We then went out to enjoy the sun......ah the sun, more intense that this perhaps at the Sahara. Anyway we had lunch at a little food court across the road and then went to the Venetian, mostly running away from the sun.

What a difference, The Venetian had a big mall with plenty of shopping and dining options, not to mention the Gondolas and plazas.

At night we first checked the Volcano explosion at the Mirage, the only positive thing we saw at this hotel, we then visited the Caesar Palace, again another paradise compared to the Mirage, and finally the Bellagio fountains show.Meer informatie
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- 7 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 35 °C
- Hoogte: 694 m
- Verenigde Staten Nevada Clark County Bracken 36.112541, -115.17067136°6’45” N 115°10’14” W
Dag 13
Las Vegas at night
7 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
The heat in Vegas was just too intense and the pool was that crowded that we rested most of the day at our room. In the afternoon we went out, which is by the way what most of the people do anyway, We we walked along Las Vegas Boulevard along with thousands of people, checking hotels, souvenir bargains and drinking plenty of water.

We stopped to checked Paris Las Vegas and New York, New York. We even walked across Brooklyn bridge, Las Vegas version. We also saw the Excalibur in the distance

We were surprised at the number of people on the street, street performers, semi naked girls, drunk people, homeless people, etc, etc,Meer informatie
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- 8 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Hoogte: 191 m
- Verenigde Staten California Los Angeles County Burbank 34.180839, -118.30896634°10’51” N 118°18’32” W
Dag 14
Las Vegas sign and driving to LA
8 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Last day in Sin City, we checked out at 9am and went to pick up a rental car to drive to LA. We stopped at the "Welcome to Las Vegas" and then went to Norther Premium Outlets, where my wife and daughter spent some time shopping around, I should've gone to Hoover dam but thinking of the driving to LA discouraged me.

As we had a late breakfast and were still full we left Las Vegas around 2:30 pm on our way to LA. A bit of traffic but the drive went, just one stop at Barstow for lunch and then we were at our hotel close to 7 pm. No much to do other than restingMeer informatie
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- 9 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 37 m
- Verenigde Staten California Los Angeles County Santa Monica 34.019454, -118.49119134°1’10” N 118°29’28” W
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Hollywood and Santa Monica
9 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Fist day in LA. We had a good breakfast at the hotel and then we headed out for the Hollywood sign. Eight years ago we took a photo of the sign from a particular place which I couldn't remember, we followed directions to 3000 Canyon drive, as suggested by a website however the place was for hiking, checking again the address in google maps is 3000 Canyon lake drive.

Anyway, after some great photos we then drove to Hollywood to see the Walk of fame and all that stuff. Traffic was crazy because Sunset blvd was closed due to an event to promote that stupid Ghost buster reboot movie, on top of that they closed part of the footpath so it was hard to take good photos at the Walk of Fame and the Chinese Theater, not to mention trying to find a car park. We ended up having some McDonalds, buying souvenirs and then left to Santa Monica.

Traffic was crazy again, nearly an hour from Hollywood to Santa Monica, again issues trying to find a carpark but many more options here. We strolled at the pier and had a rest on the beach.

Driving back wasn't that bad, still it took us like 50 minutes to get back to BurbankMeer informatie
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- 10 jul. 2016
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 38 m
- Verenigde Staten California Los Angeles County Commerce 34.007355, -118.15287934°0’26” N 118°9’10” W
Dag 16
Citadel outlet and Universal
10 juli 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Last day in our trip.

We started the morning with a nice breakfast and then leaving the bags with the concierge. We then re-fuelled the car and drove to Citadel outlet for another shopping around for the girls, nothing interested for me.

After lunch we went to Universal City walk for some photos at the theme park and more last minute souvenir shopping

At around 6 pm we picked up our bags and drove to the airport where we dropped the car and then got on the plane, which was two hours late.Meer informatie
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