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After leaving Flagstaff and driving endlessly across what was a rather green looking desert (recent rainfall had transformed it), we arrived at the Hoover Dam which straddles the border between Nevada and Arizona, and also two different time zones (except in Daylight Savings Time).

We carried on through Boulder City into Las Vegas and after some hectic city driving and several wrong turns we arrived at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino and had our car valet parked. When we checked in we were upgraded free of charge to one of the larger luxury rooms with a view of the strip which was nice.

Las Vegas is an amazingly wonderful and daunting place, and I think one of the best ways I’ve heard it described is that it is like Disneyland for adults, and it couldn’t be closer to the mark. Everything is over sized and larger than life. We went into an M&M’s store which had over 4 large floors of merchandise dedicated to the chocolate candy’s!

We decided when we arrived to purchase a Buffet of Buffets wristband for $49.99 each which would give us 24 hours access to 7 buffet restaurants on the strip which turned out to be very worthwhile as we had dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner which would of cost us $120 each which I would highly recommend anyone visiting Vegas does as things are quite pricey here.

On our second night we checked into the New York New York where we had booked the Marquis Suite which included a lounge area and hot tub for less then the price of a basic hotel room back home, with a view of the roller coaster which snakes in and out of the casino.

We did gamble a little bit of money, but only on the slot machines. I put $1 in and instantly won $10! I continued to lose and then win, but $20 later (this was my limit) I had lost more than I won and called it quits, the house always wins after all.

Tomorrow we are heading to the ‘City of Angels’ Los Angeles and staying in Hollywood for 2 nights.

P.S. While it wad very tempting, we didn’t elope to one of the many chapels scattered around the city!