An early start as the annual 'Bay to Breakers' fun run was on and cabs and shuttles were going to be few and very far between (or so we were told). It turned out that we had no problems whatsoever and after checking out of 'Le Meridien' we were leaving this city that had been home for the past week. Our time there was just wonderful.
We didn't have any worries checking in at the airport and before too long we were on a small plane bound for the city of casinos and wedding chapels. What we found interesting at the San Francisco airport was that it seemed people who had booked tickets etc. weren't necessarily guaranteed a seat?? Maybe those of you who have flown in and out of the United States could explain this more to us. A guy was on a microphone continually asking for people to come up and give their flight away (postpone until a later one) so that others could have the seat. In return they were offered 300 flight credits?? It was all rather confusing....and I can imagine quite stressful for any passengers involved.
Our flight to Nevada was okay, but rather bumpy for the last half hour or so. The ascent and descent on a plane seem to be so much steeper than in Australia - we've noticed also that escalators are so much steeper too. Hmmmm....
Las Vegas airport was no drama...pokies (sorry, slot machines) throughout did make us chuckle though. It seemed a quiet airport or maybe it was just the time of day, or time of year, I'm not sure. It was very easy to get around and a shuttle took us promptly from one terminal to the other to collect our bags.
We had a really cool cab driver - his name was James and was in for a big chat - hip hop singer/performer and seemed like a great bloke. He gave us a few tips for our time in Vegas and on the way to our hotel pointed out the very big MGM hotel where the American Billboard Awards were to be held that evening.
James dropped us off at The Luxor and gee the WOW factor was huge right from the start. I'm sure all the other casinos on 'The Strip' were as good, and better, and it looked like there was a connecting tram between different hotels. This would be fun to try. Check-in was easy and the lady helping us gave us an upgrade from the Pyramid to the Tower, which we'd heard was a great thing if it was offered to us. This hotel was buzzing (no that's probably not the right word, but you get my drift). By the time we'd made it to The Luxor it had been about eight hours since a meal, so we wandered through the huge!! casino area and found a buffet restaurant.
That night it was time to 'phone home E.T' and gave Mum a call to let her know we were all safe and sound. Our week in Vegas had begun.
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