Las Vegas Vacation Diary
Twenty days of Golden Days and Neons Nights in Las Vegas
Introduction | What we did in Las Vegas
In October 2005 Joan and Ken took a trip to Las Vegas and to nearby Monument Valley. This is the diary that they sent back home, along with some pictures, gif animations, and movies they took while they were there. They have also linked the diary to their websites, Las Vegas Dreaming and Walking the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas is not just for gamblers, there is a lot to see and do outside the casinos. The Las Vegas Strip is famous all over the world, and the sightseeing opportunities are as great as in New York, Chicago or any other big city.
Las Vegas was built to attract your attention and is the world’s greatest collections of architecture designed as “eye candy”. It is a visual feast, and the hotels are worthy sightseeing destinations themselves.
You can eat, drink and take in the sights and shows and never gamble
at all.
However, when in Rome – ?
Oh, what the heck, maybe a little gambling, in moderation?
We went to Vegas with cameras, pre-booked hotels and a small budget for shows and gambling and had a wonderful time. Here is our vacation diary.
Click on each day to read the diary, there are internal links from there if you wish to explore more pictures on Las Vegas Dreaming or see the streetscape around the areas featured in the diary on Walking the Las Vegas Strip.
Click on items on the side menu to go directly to Las Vegas Dreaming for pictures of each hotel.
What we did in Las Vegas:
Day Zero– arrival at
Las Vegas Airport and check in at Imperial Palace.
Day One - explore the Las Vegas
Monorail and The Star Trek Experience
Day Two - The Wynn Hotel and
the Fashion Show Mall
Day Three - The Forum Shops
at Caesars Palace
Day Four - The Luxor Las Vegas,
the Mandalay Bay and the Excalibur
Hotels
Day Five - The Paris, Aladdin,
Harley Davidson Café, Hawaiian Market, M&M’s World,
MGM Rainforest Café.
Day Six - Circus Circus, Stardust,
Rick Thomas Magic Show
Day Seven - Bally’s, Bellagio,
Boardwalk, Monte Carlo, and New York New York, Las Vegas Trolley.
Day Eight – Harrah’s
and Mac King Magic Show
Day Nine – Fly to Phoenix
and drive up to Monument Valley
Day Ten – Monument Valley
Day Eleven – Jerome Arizona
and back to Phoenix
Day Twelve – Phoenix Cactus
Forest
Day Thirteen – Fly to
Vegas
Day Fourteen – Venetian
and Guggenheim Museum
Day Fifteen - Tropicanna and
Boardwalk
Day Sixteen – Sahara,
Bonanza Souvenir Shop
Day Seventeen – Freemont
Street Experience, the Neonopolis, The Four Queens, Binion’s,
Fitzgerald’s, The Mermaids, The Golden Nugget, the Las Vegas Club
and the Plaza
Day Eighteen – Riviera
and Circus Circus Adventure Dome
Day Nineteen – The Rio,
Ron Lucas Show, Rio Parade in the Sky
Day Twenty – Flamingo
Hotel
Day 21 – Fly to relatives in Texas