Xmas & New years Las Vegas 2011/2012!!!! Day three and four

Road trip time! Paul and David picked up the car in the morning and met us at Hooters to then make our way to Death Valley. Another cracker of a day was upon us and after around 2 and half hours we made it to death valley. It was a very interesting place and very beautiful!

We made it!

Paul and I looking out over the national park

Again - looking out at the desert terrain

Paul flying

Salt flats at Badwater Basin

Salt flats - you can see the patterns that are made in the salt

The next day that we had the car we went onto Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. It didnt take too long to get to Hoover Dam. The dam is extremely impressive and hard to imagine how these things are built.

Hoover Dam :)

These little guys were running around the rocks looking for food - they were soo cute! We were nearly going to smuggle one away with us

In this photo we are standing on a bridge looking down at the dam and you can see on the rocks how high the water goes

While visitng Hoover dam you pass over from the state of Nevada to the state of Arizona where there is an hour time difference.

The Dam

The bridge we were standing on in the photo above - it was massive!

We carried on to the Grand Canyon which took quite a while roughly around a five hour drive in total from Las Vegas. We drove through the town of Williams which was really neat to visit and the road is part of the old Route 66. We stopped for some lunch and a look around the shops for souvenirs, the town was very old school and reminded us of the small towns you see on some American movies. The Grand Canyon was very impressive!

Williams town



Our little jeep at the Grand Canyon



The Grand Canyon

Again

And again :)

Xmas & New years Las Vegas 2011/2012!!!! Day two

Today we decided to head out to the Las Vegas sign and then continue on to the outlet shops. Turned out that the outlet shops were a looonnnngggg walk so when we actually got there I couldn't be bothered shopping!

Statute of Liberty outside the New York New York hotel

The Excalibur hotel during the day very cool!

Paul and I with the New York hotel in the background - you can also see some of the rollercoaster that goes around the hotel

The Luxor hotel - which as you can see has an Egyptian theme. On the top of the hotel it shines a spotlight out which can be seen from anywhere in Las Vegas and is the brightest beam in the world. Not sure why they did that... but there you go!

Another view of the hotel

The sign! We had to line up to get our picture taken, quite popular! (We weren't popular the sign was...)

Walking to the outlet stores - in the middle of nowhere!!

Looking back at the strip - a very long walk ahead

After we hiked out to the outlet stores we, thankfully, caught a bus back into town. Tonight was an exciting night as we were going to see Jerry Seinfeld so we got dressed up and headed to Caesars Palace for the show. After the show we indulged in some gambling and then headed back to our hotels to SLEEP!

Group photo at Jerry Seinfeld

Proof that we were there!

Paul next to a massive limo

Paris Hotel - Inside the hotel it is all done up like you are in Paris it was lovely! This is also where we had our first night on the wheel

Xmas & New years Las Vegas 2011/2012!!!! Day one.

We woke up to a beautiful Christmas day and headed out to explore Las Vegas. We went through the Bellagio Hotel and came across a tasty shop that sold gellatio, cakes and other sweet sweet things! Also inside the hotel was a christmas display made of flowers which was very impressive.



Chocolate fountain at the yummy sweet shop

The Christmas flower display

Polar bear made from carnations

And again

This was the reception at the Bellagio and the beautiful display behind the check in desk

Name speaks for itself...

Looking at Caesars Palace

A mock of the coloseum in the background

'Trevi fountain'

Inside the forum at Caesars Palace - Lauren and I managed to indulge in some retail therapy. Very soothing!

Inside the forum and all the shops inside

Paul inside the forum

Outside the Mirage hotel

I had heard about the opening of this store so thought I would check it out - this is inside the Mirage hotel

The Forum

Looking out on the Strip with the Eiffel tower in the background

After a long day of sightseeing and dragging the boys around shopping we headed back to our lovely hotel for a beer and nibbles. We then headed off for our helicopter ride over the Strip. This was really cool as we had never been in a helicopter before and seeing the view from up there was awesome. After our ride we headed to the infamous Hooters for a nice Christmas dinner and a bit of gambling!

Becoming a man, Paul drinking his first 40oz



Our helicopter



Little video of what we saw while in the helicopter

Another video

Hooters

MGM Hotel with New York New York in the background

The Excalibur hotel

Inamo Restaurant

Tonight we went out with Sarah and Steven to a restaurant called Inamo. The restaurant is really funky and we had a great dinner. You order your meal from the table using a mouse that is installed in the table and the picture of the food comes up on your plate from the projector above you. You could also play games like battle ship if you felt like your company was boring you!

Sarah and Ash enjoying a glass or two of wine

Paul at dinner ready to order

The restaurant and bar. You can see the pictures that are projected on the tables and it leaves a space for your plate

Ash ordering her meal - you can see the options above her hand