vegas, baby!

las vegas itself isn't all that interesting to me. but we made the most of it by indulging in shopping, snapping and eating. and loving the air-conditioned hotels.

our first touristy stop is the madame tussands wax museum, located in the Venetian. it was not too bad and some of them were SO real, it's quite scary.

it's captain jack sparrow! (:

i'm really quite short. and i stopped liking br*ad pitt after he dumped jen*nifer ani*ston. what's with guys who dump lovely girls? they're idiots.

a chapel like place with george clooney as the groom. that's the best thing if i was 20 years older and the person is real.

princess diana and me. she has a red hat, so do i.

press secretary? not the first lady 'cos i'll definitely not marry a republican. much less bush.

i forgot his name. but he's one of the founding fathers of USA.

outdoor shot of the Venetian, one of the nice hotels modeled after viennese architecture.

us outside the wax museum.

the strip traffic.

sights of las vegas hotels.



shopping complex lobby of caesar's palace. roman architecture, of course.





the shopping in vegas is fabulous. all the brands are there.

and they are all the size of vivocity. and that's just the shopping center part.





outside the shopping place. the sun is setting. (:

waiting for the bellagio musical fountain. it's very very beautiful and graceful. if you watched ocean's 13 it was also featured there.

the bellagio hotel lobby ceiling. looks like it's from the same artist as the ones who did the tacoma glass museum bridge.

the star-spangled banner.

parisian-design hotel, complete with the icon of paris.

the bellagio on the right, planet hollywood on the left.

new york-themed hotel, with the statue of liberty, manhattan architecture and skyline, and a roller-coaster.

the next day we explored the old las vegas, located in downtown las vegas.

seems very dreary. and ancient. not much hustle and bustle.




there are remnants of the old days, like dodgy casinos and all. i walk around and i can imagine how this place used to be the strip that they have now.

on the way back to the strip. nothing but desert land.

egyptian-themed hotel called the luxor. complete with the sphinx and pyramids. it's a hot hot day.

hence it's time for cold stone ice cream (my favorite!!) but it was so hot, it melted so fast. =(

hiding in the statue's shade.

a bar in MGM grand the hotel. my favorite tv show!!

and because MGM grand's logo is a roaring lion, they have a lion habitat in the casino. where 2 lions come every night from another place and entertain the crowds. they are really quite cute. (:

and they feast on red meat. and play with giant red balls. so cute.

till next time, everyone take care. while i go try to study.
p.s. the tv show studio 60 on the sunset strip is SO nice i feel like buying the dvds from amazon. somebody stop me from watching entourage. and get me episodes from grey's anatomy, house, heroes and brothers and sisters. argh.