Things to Do & See in Las Vegas!

I mentioned to Tom today that I am going to Las Vegas in May to have a great time and live a little for a vacation. He had some wonderful suggestions and I am sure that we will talk more about this between now and then. He has been to Vegas many, many times. So has Luis but his focus tends to be single-minded in a few areas of interest: gambling (and not so much in recent years) and scantily clad women.

I don't mind in the least that Luis is focussed on scantily clad women! That is normal for men and it creates a win-win situation - he goes out to see the scantily clad women and then returns to me to get the action - everybody's happy! Everyone's a winner: the scantily clad women got tips/lap dance money (those things are not cheap!), Luis got a thrill and gets laid, and I get laid! What's not good about that?

Some of Tom's suggestions (what to see):

Mandolay Bay Aquarium - for $15.00 (!) you get free range of the aquarium for the whole day, if you want it. You also get a thing to carry around with a recording set up that gives educational information about the various creatures and tanks that you see. The lighting conditions for photo taking may not be ideal but I am familiar with the pitfalls of photography in aquariums. He raved about that - so many varieties of sharks and other sea life - and I love aquariums in general.

Bellagio - I don't really have specifics for what it is to see there, but I have heard that it is a beautiful casino to see and worthwhile to visit. Certainly the $1.00 chips are sharp. Tom backed up that idea that this is a good place to see.

Stratosphere - I was there in 1993 when it was still Bob Stupak's Vegas World and they were doing the Elvis pitch to get people to buy into financing the new Stratosphere... which at the time was a half-constructed burnt concrete construct with a big crane on the top. It was maybe 600 feet high and nothing to look at but they were pitching hard for the money. They also offered a hell of a price to stay there - negative $100!

Now it a 1,149 foot creation with rides like the Big Shot and Insanity - The Ride as well as shops and other things. Tom did not recommend the roller coaster ride, having done it, but he thought a lot of the other rides, even though he has not been on them. But that is not the only thing to see. He highly, highly recommended the view of three states as well as the mountains and landscape of Las Vegas during the day; at night it is very worth going back to see the Strip fully lit up in its electricity burning glory! I think that this is a great idea!

Ceasars - we went there in 1993 to see the shops and the shows with the moving statues - it was fun. That was fourteen years ago. Now I would imagine that the shows if there have improved and I don't doubt that the shopping is amazing. We may be staying there as that is where the NARCA convention is located. Cool!

Hoover Dam - Tom said Alayna did that tour, and it is worthwhile to do the all-day tour, not half-day tour. Apparently you miss a lot with the half-day show. I wanted to see the Hoover Dam the last time and never made it, so this time I am absolutely going!

Recommendations on what not to see:

Steve Wynn's latest hotel/casino, Wynn's Las Vegas - Tom mentioned this to me, as something not to see. It is just a lot of glitz and glamour and not really worth spending time to see. If it does not have a specific item to see I would not put it on the docket anyway.

Treasure Island - now called TI, the original show of the pirates against the British has been dumped in favour of what Tom called basic pornagraphy - the show is now a bunch of scantily clad women taking captive the other ship and its captain. Hmmm. Tom loves scantily clad women, but if he is telling me that this show is not good, I am very inclined to believe him.

This is all I have at the moment, but I am sure that there will be more!

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