Day 1
Well the 12th of December finally came around and as we said our see ya later to all of our families it was the beginning of the queues. First we had to queue to go through customs, then security and then a second security station because we were travelling to the USA. After that we boarded our Qantas 747-400 for our 12.5 hr flight to LA. So we left Australia on the 12th of December at 12:50pm and arrived in LA on the 12th of December at 7am, almost 6 hours before we began. Anyway back to our trip once we were off the plane it was another queue to go through US immigration, collect our bags then another queue for customs. Then another queue for the hotel shuttle bus to NY NY. Once we arrived at NY NY we were in another queue to check in. Ok so the first day was mostly travelling we also went to M&M world (yummm), had a few drinks and went to a Vegas dinner show. So as we travelled back into time to the medieval days of Excalibur we were part of the Tournament of Kings. There were horses and fighting and the dinner which was awesome as there was no cutlery. Then we went to sleep about 1am after a 41hr 12th of December.
Day 2
After a bit of a sleep in (11:30am) we decided to go do for some breakfast.....well lunch. After lunch we decided to go and tour the strip and went to heaps of different hotels and casinos. We went to MGM Grand, Casers, The Bellagio and went back to M&M world where I bought some really cool M&M guitar picks. That night we went on a helicopter tour of the Las Vegas Neon lights it was awesome and one of the best experiences I have done. If you go to Vegas you definitely have to do it.
Day 3
2 days down and it is time to change hotels. So we checked out of New York New York in the morning. Got our bags stored and went shopping at the Outlet mall just outside town. We had the craziest cab driver I have ever met. I was tell us about all these stories about how he met a hooker one night and they went to a hotel (don't worry it is not a dirty story) Then all of a sudden she brings out a piece of crack that was the size of a cookie. That was it for him we was outta there. Oh yeah apparently he is trying to be a comedian also. He was very nice though and drove up over the curb in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard so we could take a pic of the famous Las Vegas sign. The mall was amazing so much stuff at such cheap prices. We didn’t buy much though as we figured that we still had heaps to go and well room is at a bit of a premium at the moment as we have Christmas gifts for people to deliver. Later that afternoon we booked into Circus Circus and the queue just to book in was huge it took us about 30mins before we got to a desk. Later that night we watched a couple of circus acts and had a flutter on the pokies with the really old skool slot machines. The 4 of us decided to share a yard long Margarita! Soooo good....but soooo big.
Day 4
Well this morning Katherine and I were up early as we flew to the Grand Canyon’s Western Rim. WOW what a sight! It was amazing! We flew out on a little 19 seater aircraft which I loved. The first thing we did once we got there was to go on the Skywalk (which is a glass walkway that goes over the edge of the canyon where you can see straight down 1.2km to the Colorado River below you). I must say it is a bit of a surreal feeling that you are walking on air with birds flying below you. We then sat in The Chair which is a crack in the rock were you can sit with your legs dangling over the edge. After that we went to Guano Point where we had lunch with the most amazing view I have ever had for lunch. We were perched on the edge of the canyon. We later flew back to Vegas and caught up with Phil and Meaghann. That night we decided to go down to Fremont Street and see the old Vegas and it was amazing with the world’s largest TV. It is on the roof that covers the length of the Fremont Street for about 3 city blocks. After that we went and say the Amazing Jonathan who as Meaghann so elegantly puts it He is a Comedian and Magician who doesn’t really do any magic.
Day 5
Well this is today and we haven’t really done that much except check out of Circus Circus and catch a flight to Seattle. Oh yeah did I mention queues? We had to queue up for about 45 mins outside on the sidewalk of the Airport to check-in. Once we checked in we had to then queue up again to go through security. It was INSANE!!! The queue was as long as a new ride that opened at Dreamworld on the opening day of holidays! It took us about 1 hour to get through the security check point and they had about 4 or 5 lines going at once. Once we arrived in Seattle we went down to Avis and got our hire car. It’s just a little run of the mill HUMMER H3!!!! It is so cool!!!
Okay now before I sign off I have to tell you about the elevators here. Now I assume you know the size of a regular hotel lift. Well we have been putting these to the test. As there are 4 of us each with big travel backpacks on, a rolling duffle bag, carry-on luggage and a guitar. It has been very funny. So far I can report that the NY NY hotels are quite tight as are the lift in Circus Circus. Seattle’s lifts seem to be a bit bigger than their southern relatives.
Anyway I have gotta sign off now as we have to get some sleep before we get up early tomorrow morning so we can go to the Boeing factory.
Hope you are all doing well and thank you for reading.
Until next time
Dan.
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