Days 1 - 4: Honeymooning in Las Vegas

Hi everyone!

We've been honeymooning in the USA and I thought this would be a handy way to let you all know what's been going on. While we can't regularly tweet, every few days, I'll try and do an update. So in a nutshell, this was our experience of crazy Las Vegas... So people tell us that Las Vegas is like adult Disneyland. I didn't realise that they meant this literally. Vegas really is like Disneyland but instead of excited little kids running around with coke in their hands, there are excited adults running around with beer. It's all a little surreal, not to mention disturbing at times. We stayed in the Excalibur, which itself looks like a Disney castle. But inside there was no Mickey Mouse... only lots of pokies, cigarette smoke & people offering us supposed freebies.


What was the weirdest thing we did in Vegas? We were offered discounted tickets to see the show, Cirque Du Soleil's Kha, if we agreed to spend one of our mornings looking a new hotel called the Grandview. On a whim, we went along with this and it turned out that it was a company trying to sell Las Vegas visitors expensive Condos. It was called Timeshare (which is apparent prevalent every where else in the world). We said thanks but no thanks, got our tickets and off we went.


What were some of the highlights about going to Vegas? Seeing the show "Kha" and going to the Grand Canyon. We even went on the skywalk, which was pretty cool, despite the fact that the only thing separating us and the canyon's floor were several plates of glass. We also enjoyed watching the water fountain outside the Bellagio and the trip to downtown Las Vegas, where it all originated. Downtown seemed a little bit more chilled and while it has its share of gambling dens, it doesn't try so hard to be something it isn't. It was also a great place to escape the crowds of the strip.


What was the crappiest thing about Vegas? Their sad excuse of an international airport. I thought Brisbane had a pathetic international airport... well! The "international" airport at Vegas didn't even have a coffee shop or any normal shops of that matter. We had breakfast at Burger King (which made both of us few a little ill). Needless to say, all this made us really keen to get to Canada.


In summary, we were pretty relieved to leave Vegas. On hindsight, I think Vegas is much better place to travel if there's a group of you, rather than a couple. While there was a lot of bling, shows & attractions, it seems all that glamour comes at a cost. There was a lot of despair and desperation around, and it kinda wore us out as the days went on. We're glad to have landed in Vancouver where the mood is far more relaxed and the people are real. We'll do some exploring during the next three updates and give you an update when we can.

xoxo Demi & Craig.