First day in Las Vegas

Sunday (12th Sept) we caught a flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Neither of us were really that sad to say goodbye to LA although we would have liked to have gotten to go back to Santa Monica again. The flight was only an hour so we were in Vegas by 2pm.

Las Vegas is insane. There isn't really another word for it. After checking in at our hotel, the MGM Grand, we decided to get some food and then take a little walk around the casino. It is massive. It isn't majorly themed like some of the other casino's but still has awe-inspiring aspects. We decided that since New York New York is right next door, we would duck over there and have a peek as well. As the name suggests, it is completely themed to look like New York City, everything from the street signs to the actually hotel buildings and a mini Brooklyn Bridge. We were also given VIP passes to the nightclub there called Rok (no we are not special, any girl can get them).

New York New York Hotel
(yes the whole thing, and that isn't all of it!)

We then headed back to the MGM for a rest so that we could be refreshed for a night out (plus it is 39 degrees here so the heat is a little exhausting). When we woke, the sun had gone down and the view out of our 16th floor window was so cool. The lights from all the hotels looked spectacular and we were ready to party. We headed downstairs to go to NYNY and were given VIP entrance to the club at MGM called Tabu so we thought we my as well go there first as we couldn't get into Rok until at least 11pm. Honestly Tabu wasn't really my cup of tea (read shit music again) and the only good thing is that until 12, girls get free drinks so we stayed for one drink and then headed over to NYNY to grab something to eat and then to Rok. Rok only had slightly better music (I thought given it's name it would play rock music but no), but again we got free drinks so we stayed for that and then left. We also got to watch a rather amusing act of this girl trying to get into Rok with a fake ID that was so obviously not her.

The Strip
(a very small part or it)

Not really feeling in the clubbing mood, but not wanting to sleep just yet, we set off for a walk along The Strip, marveling that we were actually in Vegas. We love it here!