Having arrived in Las Vegas, I didn't go the most direct route to my hotel (didn't quite understand the signs quickly enough). This meant I ended up driving down a long length of Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday evening, and saw many sights such as the collection of wedding chapels at the north end of the road and a large Bass pint glass!Friday I took a walk up the Boulevard to look at the different hotels and resorts that line it. Along the way there were many different (and bizarre) sites such as Paris (including an Eiffel Tower and an Arc de Triomphe) and Venice (with canals and a St Marks Square - inside!).
Later up the road I made it (through the heat) to the Stratosphere hotel, which included a large viewing tower. Going to the top gave some very clear views of Las Vegas, and showed how it is ringed by mountains out here in the desert. It also showed how the tourist area is just a small corner of the town! The tower itself also had a number of rides at the top, which dangled you over the edge - not something that I fancied doing!
As the tower had a little look of Seattle's space needle from it, it was only right that I should take a monorail from it back to the other end of the Strip. Here, I later looked round some more resorts, including the MGM which had live lions inside (in an enclosure!) and the Luxor which was a giant glass pyramid.
Overall, some interesting things to see, in some ways almost as alien as the Grand Canyon!
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