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Time for another instalment.
Not sure how the format will work for this one, but it's going to be mainly from top of my head. Lost my voice for one day, (Tuesday?), so did b***** all that day, and took a couple days to get the cold away completely.
Observations:
-They have white traffic light man; we have green traffic light man.
-Managed to lock myself out of my room a mere 4 times. Right about where I would expect sadly.
-For 100$, you can get a marriage license and head to a drive thru chapel to tie the knot, what a steal. Of course, if you are sick of them by the end of the trip, you can pop into 7 11 (equivalent to a NZ Star Mart) and get a divorce for slightly more than 100$.
-Was some cloud the last couple days, after seeing no clouds at all, was different....but was still just as hot!
-Have noticed that most scooter riders don't wear helmets here, assume that the law is allowed. But I definitely would be wearing one, the roads are crazy, everyone runs red lights so they don't have to wait a few minutes for their turn again.
-There are heaps of sports bars hear, but I could not find one that shows and NRL or the All Blacks which was to be expected I guess.
-Public transport is solid, although pricey.
-The Strip, is actually 26 miles long.....you only go to a 4 mile stretch 98% of the time.
-Americans like the NZ accent a lot, although most of them initially think I am Aussie sigh. They all have the impression that NZ is beautiful drilled in to them as a result of Lord of The Rings. They do know that Flight of the Concords = Kiwi; which is good to hear.
Stuff:
Went to the CIrquede du Soleil show The Beatles LOVE (http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/love/default.aspx), had no expectations going in, as had herd they were awesome, however didn't think it was for me. It was awesome, worth every penny. The acrobats was insane, it was hard to keep up with everything that was going on with people coming out of the floor, roof, boxes and who knows what. Will definitely being seeing another Cirque Du Soleil show, if anyone who hasn't seen one gets the opportunity....go see it!
Go Karting, went Go Karting with a few people, from the website, looked like it would be insane, big better faster than NZ. Was disappointed though, other than the possibility of the cars being a bit faster, NZ setups are just as good, and a lot cheaper.
Had a meeting with Jamie Glazier (owner of www.dare2dream.com.au) on Thursday in preparation for August. Excited for where I am going with my game, looks like playing 30 hours a week will be maximum to start with which is just fine J. Live poker over here, was almost back in the green the other day, but ended back where I started, o well. Have watched a lil of the WSOP but watching is boring so max of 30minutes doing that.
Went to a couple night clubs, XS at Encore and another couple I am not sure what they were called. The cover charges here are brutal for the better places, so you got to stay in the one place for most of the night. Overall, didn't drink nearly as much as I expected too coming over here, but that's ok, California watch out!
Went on a bus tour to the Grand Canyon, it was 14+ hours for the day, which was mostly travelling....didn't know the GC was over 300 miles away! Grand Canyon was pretty awesome to see, can see how it is a natural wonder of the world for sure, wouldn't want to be going back too often though. Only saw a couple squirrels which was disappointed, the Mountain Lions didn't turn up though which is handy.OSH would not be happy with the GC though, you can get inches away from a sheer drop, with no railing. Wouldn't want to be drunk there with the wobbles that's for sure. The tour also had 'photo stops' at The Welcome to Vegas Sign, Route 66 and Hoover Dam.
Went to the Gold Coast pool, lol nothing special. Went to the Rio pool, was nice, but not overly awesome. There are some awesome pool setups around the city though I hear.
Definitely have a good couple stories to take away. Overall, Vegas is awesome! There is so much to do. Could see myself definitely living here, although would not want to go on the Strip so much as some things like getting a business card or hotline number flashed in your face every 20 seconds gets old quickly and people stopping in large groups in the middle of foot path is just stupid. There most likely is stuff that I have missed, but got to check out 20mins, so got to get packing!
Later, next stop California (San Francisco, San Diego + LA).
Also, everyone should keep pestering me to update this like you are. Otherwise I will just delay it more an more.
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