Las Vegas - the city that never sleeps.
How true.
What strikes me most in Las Vegas is the prevalence of casinos there.
From hotels to the airport terminals and even in Starbucks, you'd always find a place to gamble.
There are no clocks in the casinos, a tactic - I learned - that is used to prevent gamblers from differentiating between night and day. So these hard-core gamblers keep gambling until they're penniless and in need for alms to hitch a cab back home.
Food is pretty cheap in Las Vegas compared to the other states. According to my tour guide, the low prices is an attempt to lure people into the restaurant, and consequently tempt them into gambling in the restaurant-cum-casino. You are almost always bombarded by the slot-machines and blackjack tables whenever you step into an innocent-looking restaurant. My point is, it is impossible to quit gambling if you live in Las Vegas, unless you just so happen to have superb self-restrain. But then again, why would you have to quit gambling if you have such self restrain in the first place?
Anyway, I catched a Las Vegas show during the time I was there because Las Vegas's shows were supposedly the best in the world.
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
So my family embarked on the journey of choosing a show that was on that night.
They settled for one that was called Jubilee.
As innocent as the name sounds, don't be fooled.
It was a topless show.
I'm not kidding, the men and women were topless (the women were not even wearing their bras), and their bottoms were covered with bare strips of cloth that complemented their overall costume.
Boy oh boy, I felt like I was assaulted every minute. And I had no idea why.
I'm not going to lie, their special effects were awesome and it was fairly entertaining. But I just couldn't get past myself and the fact that there were topless women dancing right in front of me. Oh, I did enjoy staring at guys' abs though. Boy, they were hot.
Overall, it was a rather pleasant experience but I wouldn't say it was worth the USD105 my dad paid per person for it. Oh and it was M18, I kinda got smuggled in after the show started, so that explains how I got to watch
The next day, we went to Grand Canyon in Las Vegas. I actually had no idea that Grand Canyon was in Las Vegas. I just couldn't picture such a magnificent natural landscape in such an urban setting. Then it hit me, Grand Canyon's west rim was a 2hour drive away, while it's south rim was a 4 hour drive away.
IT WAS MAGNIFICENT.
GORGEOUS.
AWE-INSPIRING.
I kid.
I was too cold to admire the scenery. It was about 1 degrees there, a supposedly manageable temperature considering that I had a coat. But brilliant me didn't have the brain to wear long johns. I was able to manage the cold, but when the wind blew, I could literally feel it biting into my bones. Chilling. The worse thing was, I was supposed to have my lunch there, but all their dining areas were out in the open (so that you can admire the scenery while eating, though I didn't appreciate the effort very much). So there I was, shivering uncontrollably, while the persistant wind assaulted me mercilessly. I quickly gobbled my food down and retreated to the warm haven of the bus. Fortunately, there was a good one hour of relatively good weather and it was during that time that I was able to really admire nature's magnificent creation.
Inspiration has eluded me. So I shall stop here.
Till next time peeps!
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