I set off to go to Las Vegas and took the greyhound bus from Long Beach - I soon realised as you get away from the sea front on Long Beach it becomes a lot more ghetto... Im down with the brothers but it was still a little intimidating being the only white boy. Anyway at the bus stop i befriended a black women and then took the 8hr long ride to Las Vegas.
Everyone is friendly in Las Vegas and willing to talk to you, I went to all the big casinos and each one has a different theme. Circus Circus, Bellagio, The Paris Experience, Caesers Palace e.t.c. Other than that though there isnt much to do in Las Vegas other than gambling or seeing some shows, i would only recommend spending a few nights there unless you are really into losing your money.
I went on a day trip which was a 15 hour coach journey in total :-o which went to hoover damm not really that impressed with that. And then the grand canyon which is awesome, I was expecting it to be more a sheer drop but its not - its lots of canyons that go down. The size and the height is very inspiring and although i didnt know how to process what i saw it was definitly worth while. And it makes you think that our lives are very short and often pointless in comparison to the grandcanyon which hasnt changed for thousands of years so its important to make the most of it.
p.s. dont ever watch the film 'are we nearly there yet' its pointless and boring and completely not accurate. We were forced to watch it on the coach with the volume right up.
Today I took a flight from Las Vegas to Venice Beach on the smallest airplane ever, it seated like 40 people and for those in the know how 'you know who you are' I am not the best flyer. It was terrible I could feel every movement and turbalence and bit my tongue for the whole journey.
Total its raining in Venice and im stuck inside the youth hostel, Ive made friends with everyone and im no longer all alone like pinochio :-p :-) however there is no where to go out even for a quick corrona or redbull so im stuck inside - hence the blog :-)
Ill upload the next lot of photos tomorrow i cant access the usb on this computer.
Rob
Everyone is friendly in Las Vegas and willing to talk to you, I went to all the big casinos and each one has a different theme. Circus Circus, Bellagio, The Paris Experience, Caesers Palace e.t.c. Other than that though there isnt much to do in Las Vegas other than gambling or seeing some shows, i would only recommend spending a few nights there unless you are really into losing your money.
I went on a day trip which was a 15 hour coach journey in total :-o which went to hoover damm not really that impressed with that. And then the grand canyon which is awesome, I was expecting it to be more a sheer drop but its not - its lots of canyons that go down. The size and the height is very inspiring and although i didnt know how to process what i saw it was definitly worth while. And it makes you think that our lives are very short and often pointless in comparison to the grandcanyon which hasnt changed for thousands of years so its important to make the most of it.
p.s. dont ever watch the film 'are we nearly there yet' its pointless and boring and completely not accurate. We were forced to watch it on the coach with the volume right up.
Today I took a flight from Las Vegas to Venice Beach on the smallest airplane ever, it seated like 40 people and for those in the know how 'you know who you are' I am not the best flyer. It was terrible I could feel every movement and turbalence and bit my tongue for the whole journey.
Total its raining in Venice and im stuck inside the youth hostel, Ive made friends with everyone and im no longer all alone like pinochio :-p :-) however there is no where to go out even for a quick corrona or redbull so im stuck inside - hence the blog :-)
Ill upload the next lot of photos tomorrow i cant access the usb on this computer.
Rob
