Its long weekend here in the US (Memorial Weekend) and… we are off to NYC tomorrow (24-May) on a 5 day trip. We plan to also visit the great Niagara Falls. Two days for the Niagara Falls trip and 3 days in NYC, NY!.
Will post pics once I am back.
2 comments | May 24th, 2007 at 12:10am
This is Part 3 of a three part series of our trip to Las Vegas.
Links to Part 1 and 2 can be found here :
The next 2 days, we spent at the Las Vegas Strip – Going from one Casino to other :)…. It was fun.
Life of Las Vegas is centered around one road popularly called “The Strip“. Almost all the Casinos are on The Strip! Majority of these properties on The Strip are owned by MGM Mirage or Harrahs entertainment!
Check out the Snaps of the Hotels and Casinos …..
This is where we stayed! – Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Newyork Newyork – Hotel & Casino… There is a huge roller coaster around this Hotel.
Newyork Newyork at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Newyork Newyork at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Statue of Liberty at Newyork Newyork – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Casino Royale – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
MGM Grand Lion at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Las Vegas Convention Center – Click to Zoom
Stratosphere and Public transit system at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
One of the Casinos in Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
The famous Stratosphere – the tallest structure in Vegas!
Stratosphere at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
And this is a ride on top of the tallest building… and we did sit on this one. Was an Amazing experience!! :)
Big Shot – Ride on top of Stratosphere – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
One more Thriller Ride on Top of Stratosphere – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
The Las Vegas Strip as seen from top of Stratosphere – Click to Zoom
Circus Circus as seen from top of Stratosphere – Click to Zoom
Harrahs – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Buck and Winne at Harrahs Casino – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Venice in Las Vegas! – Venetian – Mind blowing stuff!
Ceiling Inside Venetian – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Inside Venetian – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Gondola Rides inside Venetian – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Treasure Island – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Wynn – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Mandalay Bay at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Monte Carlo at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Effiel Tower in Las Vegas…
Effiel Tower at Paris – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Luxor at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Bellagio at Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
Bellagio Fountains – Las Vegas – Click to Zoom
We did not gamble much – since we did not know much about how to play – but it was fun!….
5 comments | May 8th, 2007 at 11:34pm
This is Part 2 of a three part series of our trip to Las Vegas. Links to Part 1 and 3 can be found here :
As planned on Day 2 of our trip, we headed to the Grand Canyon. For the uninitiated, Grand Canyon is a natural wonder located in Arizona.
Grand Canyon is around 5 hrs drive from Las Vegas, NV. So, we started early in the morning at around 5.30 AM. We decided to go to the south rim of the grand canyon since the north rim was closed and we could not find much information on the west rim (nor we had time to be adventurous)
Lake Mead from a Distance – Click to Zoom
The drive was pretty cool. Its flat land. Desert. The roads are straight and you can see miles of straight road ahead of you! … it was a great experience to drive ! :). We reached Grand Canyon at around 10.30 AM.
Here are some snaps ….
Cliff at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
At the Grand Canyon South rim, there are buses which take you to different View points along the Rim of the canyon. And they are free (i.e, the cost is included in your entrance fee to the National Park)
Pathway to one of the view points at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
You can see the Colorado River (which carved the Grand Canyon!!) in the snaps below…
Colorado River at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
Colorado River at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
Colorado River at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon and Colorado River – Click to Zoom
More snaps…
Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
Desert View – you can see the desert at the distance…
Desert View at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
River Again – Zoomed in …
Colorado River at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
Cliff at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
A Guy sitting on the Rim at Grand Canyon….
A Guy sitting on the Rim at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
A couple enjoying the (cold) sunset at Grand Canyon…
A Couple enjoying the Sunset at Grand Canyon – Click to Zoom
Well, by 5 PM, it was pretty dark, and all of a sudden, it became very cold!
We started to head back to Vegas at around 6 PM. We reached back our Hotel at Las Vegas by around 10 PM.
More on Vegas trip in the next post….
2 comments | May 6th, 2007 at 11:45am
This post was long due! Memories from our Las Vegas Trip! When I look back at it, its almost 6 months now since we had been to Las Vegas!!! Wow. Time runs so fast!
Anyways, Since I had lots of photos to post, I have split this one big post into three posts.
Well, it was a 5 day trip and it was fun. Here is the photo essay!
Las Vegas is the land of casinos. Don’t be surprised to find slot machines when you come right out of the Terminal Gates at the airport! You can find slot machines every – from Gas Stations (aka Petrol Pumps!!) to Superstores! More about Las Vegas in part 3 of this post.
Welcome to Las Vegas…
Welcome to Las Vega – Click to Zoom
We landed in Vegas in the afternoon, and immediately we were on our way to Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam is around 30 mins drive from Las Vegas. Hoover Dam is considered to be one of the greatest engineering works in history and is a must see!.
Here are some snaps…
Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
We could go under ground !! (i.e, base of the dam where the generators are located) – Check out the massive generators!
Power Generators at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
This is one of the massive water intake pipes. It can house an entire school bus within it! Everything about this dam is BIG!
Water Intake Pipes at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
The power stations as seen from the top of the dam…
Power Station at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
Power Station at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
This is the Visitor center which was built recently…
Visitor Center at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
View from the dam…
View from the Dam – Click to Zoom
These are the water intake towers ….
Water Intake Towers at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
Water Intake Towers at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
And the dam…
Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
There are two spillways at the Hoover Dam. This one is on the Arizona side of the Dam. The spillways at the Hoover dam are Massive, and they have been used only once when there was major flood.
Spillway at Hoover Dam – Click to Zoom
Since this was in late November, it was pretty dark by 5 PM… and we could not spend much time. We started back to Las Vegas and headed back to our Hotel (Monte Carlo).
Check out the Wikipedia entry on Hoover Dam.
More on Vegas trip in the next post….
2 comments | May 3rd, 2007 at 10:28pm
