Our first full day in Vegas was spent exploring the strip, it's changed beyond all recognition since we were there on our honeymoon twenty-five years ago! It's everything, bigger, better, longer, taller, more spectacular but probably just as tacky!
Nowadays there are monorail trains, air-conditioned escalators which transport you from one casino/hotel to another above the ground. We did walk outside a bit but it was bloody hot, we just melted in the desert heat!
Another thing that has changed since we were there in 1985 are the vans that drive up and down the strip all day and night with big hoardings (or should that be whoredings?) On the side advertising babes.com , etc.
The credit crunch has certainly taken its toll on Vegas, there are now several half built projects along the strip which have been bankrupted during the recession just rusting away. They'll probably never be completed and will have to be demolished one day - victims of a gamble that didn't pay off in a city with no time for losers.
We spent most of the day exploring the many diverse sights along the strip before returning to the hotel for a swim in the rooftop pool at 6pm. Then we went shopping!
One of the weirdest feelings I have ever had was driving along the Strip just before midnight with the hood down, the temperature was still showing 97 degrees! The traffic was still heavy and the place was really buzzing. Once it’s dark there the neon lights give Vegas a completely different look and feel.
We also managed to have an alcohol free evening in preparation for tomorrow's early start which is some achievement for us on holiday!
The playlist
So Lonely by The Police - We heard it walking down the strip.
Somebody Told Me by The Killers - Had to have a Vegas band on the playlist. We had lunch at Diablos Cantina and they were playing this while we eat our nachos and drank Corona.
Sun Is Shining by Bob Marley & The Wailers - And it still was at 6pm when we were laying by the pool!
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