Another extremely long drive, this time to Vegas. We'd managed to book a motel at the far end of the Strip near Luxor as, being Friday night, all the hotels were mega expensive. Just enough time for a quick shower and change and we were off for a night out, well sort of. We couldn't actually cross the freeway to get to the Strip, so we had to drive over and park on the other side of the road! We got some very large frozen cocktails and had a wander down the boul...

I arrived into Vegas on Monday lunchtime and it was just the same as I remember. Except last time it was over 100 degrees and you couldn't go outside, and today it was cold and grey and much more depressing in the clouds! I stayed at the Excaliber, which is the big castle near the end of the strip. In the afternoon I had a walk down the strip and went in some shops etc. and then for dinner. I had a little flutter and took advantage of my free drinks tokens in th...