What can one say about Vegas that hasn’t already been said before? Nothing really. And yet here I am still persisting with my own little first impressions…let’s see,

In Vegas the drinks are all hours, all day, all types and all together too cheap,
the hotels are plentiful (one could even say excessively so) and turn interior design into it’s own art form, the cabbies are swift and from all walks of life, the food is some of the best I’ve ever had, the opulence and decadence is striking in that I am mesmerised by it and yet slightly disturbed by how so much wealth can be concentrated in such a small area in the middle of a desert. It’s like some sort of psycho-social experiment studying human behaviour in the midst of entirely man made environment designed to do one thing – get people to spend more money.

We stayed here:

And it was VERY comfortable

Best, most comfy bed ever and the pillows were just PLUSH. The pools were numerous and populated hugely all day from about 10am to 9pm each day.

But now onto Vegas:

Vegas is a place that reveres females who have this form I’ve noticed. So no reverence for me whatsoever and I was refreshingly okay with that – some of those forms seem to go to extremes to keep said forms in such a shape, I’ve made peace with my love of food and aversion to cosmetic enhancements 🙂 There’s always stuff I aspire to work on but not to the expense of enjoying my pain free (I’ve never consider my gym torture sessions as pain – too many endorphins get released for that to happen *vbg*) and food lovin’ life.

This place is super fancy…and the inside? Amazing as you can see from the pics below.

A garden array designed entirely with real live flowers!

Caesars Palace Mall was just a massive visual trip – this is a shopping mall with very high end stores but is also decked out in marble columns and arches and a whole Atlantis theme – complete with massive aquarium. The ceiling alone did my head in.

This Ramsay incarnation was a little daunting.

I love fine dining don’t get me wrong but The Cheesecake Factory? That’s like my ultimate go to USA comfort food!

Also in the Bellagio – they boasted the world’s biggest Chocolate Fountain – as endorsed by the Guiness Book of Records.

This thing started above the ceiling out of eye shot and trickled all the way down through this splendid Patisserie.

We got to see Penn and Teller’s Show.

Front row seats which were great. Some of the best entertainment I have had the pleasure of for a long time. I love magic when it’s done well and this is some of the best I’ve seen. Tim talks more of it on his blog too.

Here endeth my Las Vegas blog entry – although Tim does go into more detail especially on the food front HERE. Onto YOSEMITE! This park totally deserves ALL the capitals 🙂