Sodom and Gomorrah

Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, the pot of GOLD! The strip was something I had wanted to see while in Vegas. The landmark skyline rises high above surrounding suburbia like an ocean liner cruising the Mediterranean and is visible from every vantage point for many miles. Once in the strip you need never leave it for there are shops, restaurants, shows and other forms of entertainment including the Venetian Canal and a lion enclosure at the MGM resort.

Donny and Marie Osmond, Cher, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey are many of the celebrities that have shows in the many hotels! There are often West End shows that you can go to see for a greatly inflated price. The cheapest tickets are $100 which at the moment is equivalent to £65. Desperate times call for desperate measures!!

One of my favourite vistas was that of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel. With most of the themed hotels, although of modern construction, every effort has been made to keep the original style of the period or theme on which they are based. The light from the top of the Luxor pyramid can be seen from space. It took us nearly 20 minutes to walk from the carpark on top of Cesars Palace to the street level of the strip! Its certainly an effective form of exercise.

Should one become hungry whilst on a visit to the the city of sin then there are many gourmet establishments simply waiting to serve you their best fayre! In one half of the strip there are no less than three McDonalds so you are never less than 500 yards away. Wouldn't want to expend too much energy in walking for your supper.

The Bellagio fountains were breathtaking and if visits to the strip are sporadic it is often the case that there will be a differently choreographed display on every visit. Apparently if it is windy the show is cancelled so that the innocent onlookers, dressed up to the nines for the evening, will remain dry. When all is said and done, the strip is something quite extraordinary and well worth a visit if one finds themselves in The Silver State.