This was an amazing weekend trip that we took when in US.
16th Oct 09 (Day 1 - rather night)
6PM - I took a flight from Chicago to Las Vegas and my husband took a flight from San Jose to Las Vegas. We reached around 7pm in evening. The view from the flight was awesome. We could actually see the whole of strip lighted up. We took a cab from airport to Planet Hollywood hotel where we had booked ourselves. The checkin was quick and we landed in the room which had a nice view to the city and the rock hills.
8PM - 2PM - We started to plan on the activities that we will be doing. We decided to have a walk around the hotel and see where we land. Well to our surprise few feet outside the hotel we found an entry to Miracle Mile that has more than 140 stores and restaurants. So we thought lets spend the night walking there. And it was amazing to walk through the area. We had coffee and sandwich at Fourth Earl of Sandwich. It was wonderful.We returned to hotel at about 2 in the night after a looong walk.
17th Oct 09 (Day 2 )
7AM - 11AM - We started the day by buying tickets for evening show and then headed towards roller coaster ride. We thought of walking to the ride rather than take a cab. So we walked towards the ride through the MGM Grand hotel. Once there we had to wait for our turn. I am generally scared of heights and cannot even attempt a Giant Wheel but still went ahead and sat in the roller coaster. Well it was wonderful for my husband and aweful for me (i almost fainted, i could not even scream out my fear!!) but at the end of the day the experience was memorable :) We got the snap from the roller coaster guy.
11AM - 2PM - Once done we went to MGM Grand, had subs (as we didnt take breakfast due to ride). After this we went took the tram to Mandalay Bay to see the Shark Reef Aquarium. This was very very beautiful. There is also a man made beach out here. After this we went back to the hotel.
4PM-7PM - In evening we set out on foot to take a tour of Las Vegas.
Just did window shopping. We took a train to Wynn hotel where the show - Le Reve was starting at 7pm.
7PM - 11PM - The show was wonderful. It was for 3 hrs and we were out at 10pm. From there we took cab to Bellagio.
11PM - 1PM - We were there to see the famous Musical Fountains. At around 12 the show started and it was an amazing sight. A must see for anybody visiting Las Vegas. We got to see the same piece twice and the atmosphere was electrifying. With this we ended the perfect day.
18th Oct 09 (Day 3)
We planned to have a breakfast in hotel and then head for our respective flights by lunch.
Summary
The trip was short though highly adventurous and most of the things we did and saw were unique and new to us. If we get another chance we will try to go to Grand Canyon and Stratosphere that we missed out in this visit.
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