Once the idea had been voiced, it didn't take either of us long to be persuaded that we wanted to stay in Vegas another night and see another Cirque du Soleil show. Having checked the night before that it wasn't going to cost us an arm and a leg to have the room for another night, it was decided that if we could get tickets for 'O' at the Bellagio for that evening, we would do it. (Luckily we had timed it right being in town from a Monday to a Thu...

The following day we were quite exhausted after our evening with the American Storm boys and now quite familiar with the strip, we decided that we could justify a day by the pool. The weather was ideal and the idea of baking in the sun appealed to us both. Clearly it doesn't require much description, but it was a pleasant day. They provide you with big fluffy white towels, sun beds and a cocktail waitress who brings you whatever you need. Fab.That evening we ...

The single most difficult thing about Las Vegas is how to best make use of your time whilst there. As anyone who knows me is aware, I hate to miss anything, so to this end the following morning we got up relatively early and headed to a cut price ticket place to see what shows we could see whilst in town. We had both decided before we even got there that we definitely wanted to see a Cirque du Soleil show, which would be expensive, but undoubtedly one of the high...

LAS VEGAS!!! We drove through the desert feeling very strange that by that afternoon we were going to be in a place which was so completely different from where we had been for the previous few days. We had got used to driving for miles on end without seeing another car. We had decided that during that time we were probably the furthest from another human being that we had ever been. Let's face it, at home we each have about 3 square foot to ourselves, so it ...

OK...so we'd managed to book into the Luxor without too much difficulty, the valet had parked the car (slightly different from the hostels and motels we'd stayed in before!) and we had hauled our rucksacks out of the boot. Our room was number 2552...on the 25th floor of a glass pyramid! Desperately trying to take in everything that was around us, we headed for the inclinator - which was just like a lift, but of course because the walls aren't straight...