Day 13 - Las Vegas

We had decided not to rush around today and start to wind our trip down as we come to the end of our adventure. Our first day in Vegas hadn't got us buzzing with excitement for today so we just went exploring. Today's blog update might not be very detailed as it felt like we didn't really get up to all that much.

We got on the Duece bus up to the the Venetian where we took a stroll through the The Grand Canal shops. These are indoor shops with a pseudo outdoor environment. There is a daytime sky overhead and the canal runs through the mall with people taking gondola rides. We stopped for some very tasty gelato, a late breakfast of sorts. We moved on to the Forum Shops at Caesers very briefly before stopping for lunch at a place called Mon Ami Gabi underneath the mini Eiffel Tower.

We were basically wondering down the strip looking at the hotels and stopping to look in the shops. We were nearly back at the hotel and it wasn't even 15.00 yet. We decided to go to the pool complex but I was suffering from a case of phantom swim shorts. They'd gone missing so I had to buy some more at the pool for $35 that coupled with a $10 locker fee and boosted the price of this swim considerably from free entry as a guest of the hotel. It was about 30 degrees today and the pool was actually pretty good. I think we'd have been happier hitting the pool a bit earlier.

Afer the pool and after dinner at the MGM Grand Buffet, we then took the longest bus ride in history up to to Fremont Street, old Vegas. We just had a bit of a wonder round to take it in and tick it off the Vegas list of things to do before heading back down the strip to our hotel.

After a couple of days in Vegas I don't think we'll be rushing back anytime soon. It's busy, loud and full of people from back home. Vegas Schmegas.

 

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