5th May – Vegas baby! II

M&M World - taken the previous day.

Bright and early in Vegas, we were up and ready to find brekkie. It was not too hot yet so we were able to take some pics without being blinded by the sun. After we saw a massive queue outside Denny’s (people were waiting for seats) - found a cute little place on the Strip which served tortillas, eggs, fried potatoes and bacon/sausage for $3.99. Yu-m. Then we were ready for some serious touristing! 

So we walked and took pictures. And took pictures and walked. Saw lots of cool hotels like the Venice one, complete with gondolas in canals and a St Mark’s tower. Saw Caesar’s Palace and the Bellagio and other famous hotels that I can’t remember the names of… But as we walked it got hotter and hotter. And hotter. Several mini Hooters bottles of water later, the Stratosphere Tower was still in the distance and Will was about ready to faint, so we took a break in a deserted food court. Then as the shops were becoming dodgier, so we decided to turn back. Via some shops of course!! But I was good and didn’t buy anything J. We walked back past the hotel with the huge fountain and Will took some nice shots of it spraying water in the air. We wanted to go back later that evening for the light and sound part of it. We also saw some very important looking people with security guards who must’ve been doing a cooking show or something because we saw some chefs walking down the street a little later on. No idea who they were though! 

Back to Hooters for another shower and more TV before dinner. A quick visit down to the pool where there was no one swimming. Except me = yay! Will took advantage of the $1 beers…

We decided to go for the $9.99 prime rib dinner at the hotel that night. After a slight detour (I TOLD Will there was more than one restaurant in the hotel!), we were in the Mad Onion ordering beer, root beer and appetizers. The deep fried onion-rings (heart attack 101) came on a funny screw-like stand and were a bit of a challenge to get off, but were tasty! Trying to be healthy, we ordered a side salad and nibbled on some of the complimentary bread. I had the prime rib and it was HUGE. Will had the ribs/chicken dish and it too was HUGE. Needless to say, we couldn’t finish our food and got our little take-home packs to take back upstairs! No dessert for us!! We staggered back upstairs, for more TV and to complain about how full we were. The attempt to go out to see the fountain and other cool things had failed! On the flip side, we totally got our money's worth at the hotel - so nice to be out of Betsey for a change and have some space... made it seem like the hotel room was huge...which it may have been. Our perspective was kinda skewed!