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tsk1979 · 13th September 2007, 01:02

After this it was time for the drive back, and the views were again amazing.
Taken from the moving car by wife

The Guardian angel

After this the time was to hit the strip again and roam around casino's. Did not go to Cirque de soleil or blue man shows because the 60$ discount tickets are sold out, and 100-110+ tickets... Well we did not win a million dollars!
This is the freemont street

This is at MGM grand, Leo's wife

Leo

This is a casino called the Venitian, built like venice

Caesor's palace

Toni@Flamingo's

All this roaming around continued till 6am. Yes 6am, we made sure that they cleaned up the casino's properly.
So we go to our room and crash, to wake up at 10am

Day 3 : Back to Pavilion and of Jams!!

So as we check out shortly before 11 and head to Primm, we see this huge huge jam. I turn into nevada welcome center, and check out the maps and stuff. There is an alternate route through the mountains which is like 100 miles longer and will take 12 hours.
Those guys suggest we take that only if this jam looks like a 5 hour one(not unheard off if there is a crash).
So we tune into the traffic radio and around 2 after some mall hopping we are on the road again at primm
This doggy was at the mall at Primm. I love dogs

The radio tells us of some small crashes and stuff. Few miles from PRimm we get to know that 4 cars have crashed in a massive pileup at primm. Good we got out of that earler!
After couple of hours of slow moving traffic, its all clear(well mostly)
Temparature is variable 110-117F. Its the Mojave desert baby

Deserts can be beautiful too

We are still 100+ miles from home when its 7pm

I push on the rural california highways, but rabbits are few and far in between.

Its almost 11pm when we reach home. Talk about a long drive
1300 miles 3 days. Now thats what I call a long trip.
It was sure a hectic holiday, and inspite of that a fun one.
LV is nice. But I guess if you have loads of the green stuff to spend, it can be very very very rocking. Its a gamblers paradise.
So many casino's.
Even the gas stations have slot machines.
I expected the restrooms to have slot machines too, on the lines of "Take a dump and dump your cash", but no such thing.
But LV is one big slot machine.

Want to enjoy Nevada? Go to the desert if you like the outdoors. The strip is too too too crowded.

And the driving, its like India. You feel like home there. For the first time in my stay in the US I saw a car guy threatening a pedestrian by inching towards him, spinning wheels and revving engine with horn pressed and expletives to go with it!

So thats all folks... Until the next travelogue. Its going to be about the Pacific highway 1 in the Big Sur region, in a Jeeeeeep!

13th September 2007, 01:02	#2 (permalink)
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 11,282	After this it was time for the drive back, and the views were again amazing. Taken from the moving car by wife The Guardian angel After this the time was to hit the strip again and roam around casino's. Did not go to Cirque de soleil or blue man shows because the 60$ discount tickets are sold out, and 100-110+ tickets... Well we did not win a million dollars! This is the freemont street This is at MGM grand, Leo's wife Leo This is a casino called the Venitian, built like venice Caesor's palace Toni@Flamingo's All this roaming around continued till 6am. Yes 6am, we made sure that they cleaned up the casino's properly. So we go to our room and crash, to wake up at 10am Day 3 : Back to Pavilion and of Jams!! So as we check out shortly before 11 and head to Primm, we see this huge huge jam. I turn into nevada welcome center, and check out the maps and stuff. There is an alternate route through the mountains which is like 100 miles longer and will take 12 hours. Those guys suggest we take that only if this jam looks like a 5 hour one(not unheard off if there is a crash). So we tune into the traffic radio and around 2 after some mall hopping we are on the road again at primm This doggy was at the mall at Primm. I love dogs The radio tells us of some small crashes and stuff. Few miles from PRimm we get to know that 4 cars have crashed in a massive pileup at primm. Good we got out of that earler! After couple of hours of slow moving traffic, its all clear(well mostly) Temparature is variable 110-117F. Its the Mojave desert baby Deserts can be beautiful too We are still 100+ miles from home when its 7pm I push on the rural california highways, but rabbits are few and far in between. Its almost 11pm when we reach home. Talk about a long drive 1300 miles 3 days. Now thats what I call a long trip. It was sure a hectic holiday, and inspite of that a fun one. LV is nice. But I guess if you have loads of the green stuff to spend, it can be very very very rocking. Its a gamblers paradise. So many casino's. Even the gas stations have slot machines. I expected the restrooms to have slot machines too, on the lines of "Take a dump and dump your cash", but no such thing. But LV is one big slot machine. Want to enjoy Nevada? Go to the desert if you like the outdoors. The strip is too too too crowded. And the driving, its like India. You feel like home there. For the first time in my stay in the US I saw a car guy threatening a pedestrian by inching towards him, spinning wheels and revving engine with horn pressed and expletives to go with it! So thats all folks... Until the next travelogue. Its going to be about the Pacific highway 1 in the Big Sur region, in a Jeeeeeep! __________________ Reclaimed, wrung dry and recycled....!