Sunday, April 30, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Eight ( Part 2)

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One of the restaurants within Forum Shops.Love that center fountain!


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Heading for the casino.


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A statue outside the casino.


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Caesars Palace casino entrance.


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Chinois.


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Giant horsey of the toy store FAO Schwarz.

Next stop,the beautiful tulips in the Conservatory!

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Eight ( Part 1)

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The Forum Shops.


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Roman theme.


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Beautiful fountain within Forum Shops.


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A 10-minutes Fountain show.


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Some of the fishes that are in the huge aquarium behind the fountain.


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Friday, April 28, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Seven ( Part 2)

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Harrah's Hotel


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The Venetian.


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The gondola rides.Think it's a rip off.$15 per person for a 10 minutes ride?Too expensive!!


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The ceiling inside the Venetian.Very impressive!


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Night view of the Venetian.


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Wynn.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Seven ( Part 1)

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Treasure Island.This is where we stayed on our last 2 days in Vegas.


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Our petite suite.


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The sitting area.


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This bathroom has a jacuzzi bathtub.It's my first time using a jacuzzi and it was great!


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The other bathroom has the shower room.


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View from our room.


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The siren show of T.I.The place was already very crowded even though we were there an hour before the show starts.Nothing special but I do like the ending's fireworks.


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The Mirage.


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Mirage's tiger habitat.Poor cat.After walking couple of rounds,he started pawing at the gate,wanting to get back inside.


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The Mirage's volcano show.Very crowded.I could hardly get a picture cos everyone is so tall and standing infront of me!!

Next stop,The Venetian!

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part Seven ( Death Valley )

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The entrance of Golden Canyon.There are 13 views but we only made it to view No.7 and had to turn back as it was getting dark.


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We did climbed up alittle but have to stop cos I have problems coming down.It's very steep and kinda slippery.


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True to its name,it's really Golden in color!


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Sun was setting so time to leave.


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Artist Drive.We came here too late so I wasn't able to capture nice pictures here.But the mountains along the drive were beautiful.The colors were like the palette of an artist!


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Beautiful sunset!!

Next,we'll be back to Vegas!

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part Six ( Death Valley )

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Sand dunes near the Stovepipe Wells.


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See those tiny dots on the top of the highest sand mountain?Those are people who walked all the way to go up there.


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Leaving my footprints in the sands.

Next stop,Golden Canyon!

Monday, April 24, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part Five ( Death Valley )

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After we were done with the wildflowers photography,we were ready to get back into the SUV and move on.


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Stopped abit here while we read our map.


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I like the shape of this mountain.


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Here we are,Zabriskie Point.Had to climb up a huge slope to get to the top.


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Patty testing the chair!


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Saw these huge 'trees' at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center.

Next stop,Sand Dunes!!

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part Four ( Death Valley )

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Check out the little spider on the flower!


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Next stop,Zabriskie Point!!

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part Three ( Death Valley )

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Some of the cacti we saw along the roads.


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Just like passengers from the other car,we pulled over when we saw tons of full bloom wild flowers here.


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More close up pictures of the wild flowers later!

Friday, April 21, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part Two ( Death Valley )

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In the middle of nowhere,we found a Crystal Reservoir!Beautiful water and there's some birds/ducks in the water too.


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See if you can spot Patty in the picture!


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That's our rental car.Check out the driver's expression!


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On our way to the next destination,we saw a tiny sand storm!Twist and turns like a tornado!

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Six -Part One ( Death Valley )

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We started early in the morning.Grabbed lunch,water and we headed straight out to the desert again.Weather is warm and sunny.Great day for photography!!


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Found this little road and took some pretty nice pictures here.


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Next stop,Crystal Reservoir!

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Five -Part Three ( Death Valley )

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We arrived Badwater at around 5pm.

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See the sign?282 feet below sea level!If there's a flood,you wouldn't want to be here!


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There are living creatures in that little pond so we are not allowed to step into it.


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Me!!


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All that white stuff?Salt!Patty actually bent down and tasted that stuff! Even told me it tasted like table salt!


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I've drawn a black arrow in the picture.That's the sea level!

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Five -Part Two ( Death Valley )

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Monday, April 17, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Five -Part One ( Death Valley )

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Started with cloudy day but later,the sky clears up and everything is simply breathtaking.We kept making stops to take pictures and that took us quite some time before we reached Badwater.


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Sunday, April 16, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Four ( Part 3)

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Caesars Palace.You'll see more pictures of it on Day 8.


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Bellagio during daytime.


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The glass sculpture on the ceiling of Bellagio reception area.


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Very pretty,I must say.Other than me,quite a few people taking the picture of it too.


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I like the lights on the second floor.


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The Conservatory.It was too dark when we reached there,so we went back again on Day 8.


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The famous Bellagio fountain show!Used a tripod to shoot this series.


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Used this as my wallpaper on my laptop.

Next batch of pictures will be from Death Valley so watch out!!

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Four ( Part 2)

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Streets inside Paris hotel.


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A beautiful lounge.


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Paris slot prize- $1 million dollars!


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Have you ever seen this much of money? I have!


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A fountain inside the casino.


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I like the head statue up there.


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Another fountain between Paris & Bally hotel.


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The ceiling above the fountain.Ain't it pretty?

Friday, April 14, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Four ( Part 1)

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Eiffel Tower at Paris Hotel.


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Arc de Triomphe


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The big blue Paris globe!


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The globe glowing in the night.


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Paris hotel/eiffel tower looks so pretty at night.


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The entrance to the hotel's reception.


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Beautiful chandeliers on the ceiling of the reception area.


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This is where we had our breakfast buffet.We queued for an hour so by the time we were seated,they were changing into lunch buffet.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Three

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Downtown-Fremont Street.We took a bus here and the place is full of tourists.


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The laser show on the ceiling.Quite interesting.Every lights on the street suddenly just turn off before the show begins.


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Golden Nugget Casino and Hotel.Very smoking inside here.


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Fremont Casino.


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4 Queens.


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California Hotel.


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Main Street Station Casino & Hotel.We had our dinner here.


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Some of the neon signs on the streets.


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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Two (Part 3)

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Luxor Hotel.This is the wall near the carpack.Love those hieroglyphics.


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Luxor Casino.


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Different egyptians sculptures and wall paintings.


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There's a lot of pansies along vegas strip/hotels.Love the colors.


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Daytime view from our room's window.


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Nighttime views.


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Monday, April 10, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Two (Part 2)

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Next stop,New York,New York!!


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Look closely and see if you can find the roller coaster cart.


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Statue of Liberty up close.


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The NYNY Casino.


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NYNY stores and 'streets.


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MGM Grand Hotel.


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Real lions inside MGM.


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Sportbook betting area inside MGM.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day Two (Part 1)

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These horses on the wall are found on the top of the casino.They'll probably be removed once the casino is totally converted to Planet Hollywood theme.


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More pictures from the Desert Passage.


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Similar to Fat Tuesday,you can buy margarita by yard.


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I like the setting of this restaurant.


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A view of The Strip from a bridge.


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Monte Carlo Hotel.


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Excalibur Hotel.


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A knight statue inside Excalibur.Nice colorful glass windows there.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Vegas Trip- Day One

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Our room in Aladdin.Very comfortable beds.



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Sitting area.There's a port on the table where we could connect to the internet using laptop for a fee of $11.99 per day.



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Nice big bathroom.Deep bathtub and 2 sinks.



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The toilet and the shower room.



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Desert Passage.Many shopping stores and restaurants here.



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Like the look of this ceiling.



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Even the exteriors of these stores are of arabian theme.



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Max's Cafe.If you ever visit Vegas,you must try their wings!



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Monte Carlo Microbrewery.Enjoyed our beers and the 80's MTVs.Really like this pub.