Viva Las Vegas!

From the heat of camping in Death Valley we headed south to Las Vegas (Wahooooooo Viva Las Vegas, again as we don´t have sound I sang that in a crazy Elvis style, tank ya very much!).

Sorry, where was I, Las Vegas, one of the places that I have been looking forward to since we left home. We had nowhere booked to stay (unusual that!) so we headed down the strip to find the best place to say. We were shocked when we found that we could stay at a hotel called Paris for the same amount as some of the shabby holes on the strip.As you can guess it is themed on the city, with a huge Eiffel tower, full size Montgolfier brothers balloon and inside, mock french streets (complete with sky!)

Vegas totally lived up to everything that I had hoped and we had an amazing few days. This included drinking for free while playing on the 1 cent slot machines (we are on a budget you know!), watching BIG Elvis (some really fat bloke that sounds just like Elvis but has to sit down for 4 out of 5 songs because he gets tired!), standing in awe watching the fountains at the Bellagio, watching The Producers and generally staring in disbelief at the size and extravagance of this place.

Just a side note, while watching the Big Elvis I noticed another bloke in full Elvis getup, we assumed that he was part of the show and would take over from the fat guy before he died of a heart attack. That´s what we thought!! He finished his beer and just walked out down the strip as though dressing in an Elvis jump suit with massive gold belt was normal! Vegas is a little crazy like that.

I definitely gained a few pounds in weight while there but didn´t loose any money, unlike some of the mugs we saw! After 3 nights in Vegas we were glad to move on and what better way to do it than to head off on Route 66 towards the Grand Canyon!

It´s a hard life!