A visit to the city of Las Vegas was unexpected one and I didn't plan to go there when I booked a trip to Colorado. I have to admit that I was a bit drunk when I bought the tickets to Colorado to see the Illenium trilogy show. I only realized a day later after buying lights, that the layover through Las Vegas was 20 hours when we were going back to Europe 😂. At first, I thought that I fucked up because I was unable to change the flights. Then I decided to make this work and thought that this would be a great opportunity to also see Las Vegas and stay the night there.
I don't think there is anyone who does not know what place Las Vegas is, so I don't need to introduce it a lot. It's only one of the most famous cities in the world that you have seen in a lot of movies. A city in the middle of the desert, in Nevada. We only had about 17 hours to really stay in the city so we made the time count. We arrived there at about 8 in the evening and went straight into the most famous area. The Las Vegas Strip.
It was extremely hot outside. We were there in the mid-summer last year and the heat is unforgiving. The moment we stepped out of the airport, it felt like stepping into the furnace. Even though it was dark outside and the sun was gone, it was still +33C outside (91.4F).
We Checked into our hotel and we were extremely careful to not do anything there that would cost us extra. Hotels in Las Vegas will charge you on every step so we didn't even open the mini fridge. I heard that some places will charge you even when you open the fridge door. After that, we just walked along the Las Vegas strip. Looked at famous places and I took some photos.
Here you can see probably the most famous hotel in Las Vegas, the Caesars Palace and the fountains in front of it. This hotel has been featured in countless movies. It was cool to see the place with my own eyes.
This is Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen. Maybe you have heard about this show, it's pretty cool and I have seen a lot of it. I even tried to book a dinner there but it was all booked out. To be honest we were not too keen on spending about $300-400 on dinner for two either. So I just settled for taking a photo in front of the restaurant 😀.
A couple of more evening photos.
After sleeping for the night, we went to check out a bit more on the strip. Since it was a daytime, the temperature was around 36C (97F) and rising + full sunshine, it wasn't easy to stay outdoors.
Here is a Statue Of Liberty replica.
Luxor Hotel.
Here you can see a Mandala Bay hotel that is famous in a bad way. In 2017 there was one of the worst mass shootings in US history when a gunman opened fire from the hotel windows into a country music festival, killing a lot of people and injuring hundreds. Even I remember the news because it made headlines here in Estonia too at the time.
I also visited the High Rollers Ferris wheel the previous evening which is one of the highest in the world but I will do a separate post on it.
Before you ask. Yes, I did go to a casino and spend about 30 dollars lol. I didn't take any photos with a camera in the casino. If you ever travel to Las Vegas and even if you don't like casinos like me. Then it is still mandatory to visit one casino at least once when there. It's just a cultural thing to do lol. You can find casinos on literally every corner.