Fabulous Las Vegas! There are a lot of things to experience in this famous city of Nevada in the United States. One of the things you can do is hotel-hopping. With the different themes and architecture of the hotels in Las Vegas, you will surely feel that you also visit other countries.

Taking for example a visit to Luxor Las Vegas. This pyramid-shaped hotel is named after the city of Luxor in Egypt. It is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is considered to be the third largest hotel in the world and the second largest in Las Vegas after MGM Grand Las Vegas.

The photo you see below is the lobby interior of Luxor. You can see an obelisk inside located at the middle part of the hotel's lobby.

I had a great time during my two months holiday in Las Vegas almost four years ago. Time passed-by so fast nowadays. I feel like I was only there last year.

You want to see free live bands and performances for free? You might also want to go dancing on the street with the beat of disco music...Go to Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is truly an amazing and memorable experience for me.

Don't forget to bring with you your camera. It is like taking pictures in Paris or Rome..what else can I say?? more in my next posts because the images below will explain it all.

Freemont Street is one street that is mainly enclosed under a large dome-like structure that is called Viva Vision.

Looking for great but cheap shopping in Las Vegas, Nevada? I believed one of the best places to go is Las Vegas Outlet Center. It is one of the major outlet malls in Las Vegas worthy to visit for shopping. I had been there twice. During my first visit, I bought a coach computer bag which was on sale. I forgot to look for an iphone case for my sister during my second visit but I bought some sunglasses for me. You need to know that Las Vegas is very very hot during summer season.

Las Vegas Outlet Center, known for short as LVOC is a great place especially if you are looking for bargains and cheap prices. It is a large outlet mall with a very wide range of shops inside. Don't miss this place if you want to do some bargain shopping.

These are not really good snapshots but I would only like to share how Las Vegas Strip look like for you to have some ideas about it. Beside, I am not really a professional photographer..lol! I know Las Vegas is a dream of many to travel and I believed I am very lucky to visit it.

You can see in Las Vegas Strip many of the world's largest hotel, casino and resort properties in the world. It is said that out of the world's 25 largest hotels by room, nineteen are on the Strip. Truly amazing!

I can also say that once you visit Las Vegas, you wil have a feeling that you had also visited other cities in the world. Taking for example Caesars Palace Hotel which is patterned in Rome, Italy, you will also feel that you are in Rome once you are there. The Venetian Hotel which is patterned from Venice, Italy. They also have a manmade lake where you can ride a Gondola and feeling like in Venice. The cityscape of Las Vegas Strip is truly amusing and exciting.

I hope to visit this city again in the future. Here are some images taken during my two months vacation in Las Vegas last 2008.

The modernization of hotels, casinos, restaurants, and residential high-rises on the Strip has established the city as one of the most popular destinations for tourists

That yellow lighted round building is the Colosseum in Caesars Palace Hotel. Famous entertainers like Celine Dion, Elton John, Beth Midley are performing here.

The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4.2-mile (6.8 km) stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada. The Strip lies in the unincorporated areas of Paradise and Winchester. Most of "the Strip" has been designated an All-American Road.

If there is a hotel that is themed like Paris in France or Venice, Italy or Planet Hollywood, etcetera, there is also a hotel that is themed from the mythical sword of King Arthur, the Excalibur Hotel. It is located in Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada in the United States. It is owned and operated by MGM Mirage. It was opened on June 19, 1990 and was originally built by Circus Circus Company. It was known to be the biggest hotel in the world during its opening.

This hotel looks like a castle. Try to see the picture I took during my visit in 2008. I love the different themes of the hotels in Las Vegas. It seems that I traveled the whole world during my stay there because most of the hotels are themed from the different countries around the world.

This is one of the last pictures I took inside Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Luxor, I am not talking about Luxor in Egypt here but about Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, is also the last hotel I visited before I flew back to Europe. I felt like visiting Luxor in Egypt every time I go inside this hotel. Take a look at it below!

The Luxor is located on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, opposite the McCarran International Airport. The resort is flanked by the Mandalay Bay to the south and by the Excalibur to the north; all three are connected by free express and local trams. All three properties were built by Circus Circus Enterprises, which later became Mandalay Resort Group.

When it opened on October 15, 1993, the pyramid was the tallest building on the strip and took 2 years to build and a total of 968 workers; it cost $375 million to build. A theater and two additional hotel towers totaling 2,000 rooms were added in 1998 for $675 million. In June 2004, the Mandalay Resort Group was purchased by MGM Mirage, adding this hotel to its vast array of properties on the "Strip". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Las_Vegas

It's been two years now since I visited United States and stayed most of the time in Las Vegas, Nevada. I also had the chance to visit Hoover Dam or Boulder Dam as it is called by others. Here are some images and information I took from this amazing architecture during our visit last June 2008.


Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest hydroelectric power generating station and the world's largest concrete structure. It was surpassed in both these respects by the Grand Coulee Dam in 1945. It is currently the world's 38th-largest hydroelectric generating station.

This dam, located 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, is named after Herbert Hoover, who played an instrumental role in its construction, first as the Secretary of Commerce, and then later, as the President of the United States. Construction began in 1931 and the dam was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 30, 1935 but it was not fully completed until 1936, which was still more than two years ahead of schedule. The dam and the power plant are operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Hoover Dam was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

Hoover Dam and its associated changes in water use had devastating impact on the Colorado River Delta at the mouth of the Colorado River. The construction of the dam has been credited as causing the decline of this estuarine ecosystem. For six years in the late 1930s, after the construction of the dam and while Lake Mead filled, virtually no flow of water reached the mouth of the river. The delta's estuary, which once had a freshwater-saltwater mixing zone stretching 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of the river's mouth, was turned into an inverse estuary where the level of salinity was actually higher closer to the river's mouth.

Environmental impact

The Colorado River had experienced natural flooding before the construction of the Hoover Dam. The dam eliminated the natural flooding, which imperiled many species adapted to the flooding, including both plants and animals.
The construction of the dam decimated the populations of native fish in the river downstream from the dam. Four species of fish native to the Colorado River, the Bonytail chub, Colorado pikeminnow, Humpback chub, and Razorback sucker, are currently listed as endangered by the U.S. federal government.
more infos here

I took this picture during my first day of sightseeing in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can also see the embedded date on the picture. I even forgot now where is this exactly in Las Vegas but I see the name Centennial Plaza. We just happened to pass-by here and my camera caught it.lol!

I can't forget that night when I first stepped in Las Vegas. My sister and her hubby picked-me up in McCarran International Airport. The drove me first in Las Vegas Strip and I was amazed by the different colourful neon lights and signs in this city. After that, I complained that I am hungry and we went inside The Venetian Hotel where I had my first dinner in Las Vegas.

Here is one of the pictures I took as we were driving around Las Vegas strip. That was May 4, 2008.

The "city of lights" which is Paris can also be experience in Las Vegas, Nevada. I was amazed seeing the beautiful luxury hotel called Paris Hotel in Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA. It is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Its theme is the city of Paris in France. You can see the Arc de Triopmhe or Arch of Triumph near this hotel which is about two-third size of the original one in Paris. This hotel is adjacent to its sister property which is Bally's Las Vegas.

I truly miss Las Vegas and my sister and relatives there! Of course, I also miss the escapades and fun that I had in Las Vegas with friends. I am thankful that I had some images where I can always see and remember this "Gaming and Entertainment capital of the world". I have some photos below taken in Venetian Resort Hotel. It is a luxury hotel located between Harrah's and The Palazzo on the east side of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, NV, United States. The Venetian is (along with the adjacent Sands Expo Convention Center and The Palazzo Hotel and Casino Resort) part of the largest five-diamond hotel and resort complex in the world with 4,049 suites, 4059 hotel rooms, and a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) casino according to wikipedia.

Here are the images I had during my vacation in Las Vegas last 2008.

I truly miss watching the dancing water show in front of Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas strip, Nevada. I watched this show for a lot of times during my stay there and I believed I will never get bored of watching it. Now it is over. I am back in Europe and all I can see are the pictures I took during my 2 months vacation in this city. Las Vegas is truly an entertainment place! Here are some of the pictures I took during my trip to Las Vegas.
Bellagio was conceived by Steve Wynn and built by his company, Mirage Resorts, Inc. following the purchase and demolition of the legendary Dunes hotel and casino in 1993. Bellagio was designed by DeRuyter Butler and Atlandia Design. Bellagio had an original construction cost of US$1.6 billion.

The Bellagio opened October 15, 1998, just before 11 p.m. in a ceremony that was reported to cost US$88 million. The VIPs invited to the grand opening were expected to donate to The Foundation Fighting Blindness US$1,000 a person or US$3,500 a couple, which entitled them to an overnight stay at Bellagio's suite rooms.
The Fountains of Bellagio is a vast, choreographed water feature with performances set to light and music. (See musical fountain.) The performances take place in front of the Bellagio hotel and are visible from numerous vantage points on the Strip, both from the street and neighboring structures. The show takes place every 30 minutes in the afternoons and early evenings, and every 15 minutes from 8 p.m. to midnight. Before a water show starts, the nozzles break the water surface and the lights illuminating the hotel tower turn to a purple hue (usually), or red-white-and-blue for certain music. Shows may be cancelled without warning because of wind, although shows usually run with less power in face of wind. A single show may be skipped to avoid interference with a planned event. The fountain display is choreographed to various pieces of music, including songs by Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, and Gene Kelly.

The fountains are set in a 9-acre (3.6 ha) manmade lake. Contrary to urban myth, the lake is not filled with treated greywater from the hotel. The lake is actually serviced by a freshwater well that was drilled decades prior to irrigate a golf course that previously existed on the site. The fountains actually use less water than irrigating the golf course did.[5] They incorporate a network of pipes with more than 1,200 nozzles that make it possible to stage fountain displays coordinated with more than 4,500 lights. It is estimated that the fountains cost $75 million to build. The fountains were created by WET, a design firm specializing in inventive fountains and architectural water features. wikipedia

Let's visit again another luxury hotel in Las Vegas. I found first Treasure Island Hotel in my files and decided to share it here. Some things you need to know about this hotel can be found below. I hope I can find some pictures in my files with the inside view of this hotel. Maybe in my next post. I believed it is a great experience if I can stay in this hotel for some nights in my next vacation in Las Vegas! Just kidding folks!

Treasure Island (also known as "ti") is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA with 2,664 rooms and 220 suites, and is connected by tram to adjacent The Mirage as well as pedestrian bridge to the Fashion Show Mall shopping center. Since March 2009, the ti is owned and operated by real estate investor Phil Ruffin.

The hotel has received the AAA Four Diamond rating each year since 1998.

HISTORY
Treasure Island was opened by Mirage Resorts in 1993 under the direction of Steve Wynn at a cost of $450 million. It was designed by architect Joel Bergman. The initial plans called for a tower addition to The Mirage, but later evolved into a full-fledged separate hotel casino resort. Treasure Island originally intended to attract families with whimsical pirate features and icons such as the skull-and-crossbones strip marquee, a large video arcade, and staged pirate battles nightly in "Buccaneer Bay" in front of the casino entrance on the Strip.

In 2003, the hotel largely abandoned its pirate theme for a more contemporary resort in efforts to focus more on adults. The original arcade and kid-friendly pool areas were replaced with an adult-friendly hot tub, contemporary nightclub and party bar. The famous skull-and-crossbones sign at the Strip entrance was replaced by one reading simply "ti" that is also a large LCD video screen.

On July 4, 2008, Christian Audigier The Nightclub replaced the Tangerine Nightclub.

On December 15, 2008, MGM Mirage announced the resort would be sold for US$775 million to Phil Ruffin, former owner of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino. Ruffin took full ownership of the hotel and casino resort on Friday, March 20, 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_Hotel_and_Casino

I just watch a news online telling that a Qatari diplomat named Mohammed Al-Madadi will fly back home tonight after scaring passengers of a US airline by slipping into the bathroom for a smoke and joked about trying to set his shoe on fire. I wish to find that news and maybe share it here. I will see.

Here is the picture taken during my my stop-over in Atlanta, Georgia last July 2008. I boarded Delta airways in going back to Europe. It seems raining outside! Happy weekend folks!

These are amazing monuments! I am thinking that I was also in Luxor, Egypt as I visited this hotel. They simply have a lot of things to offer to their guest and visitors. Here I am striking a pose in this awesome hotel, The Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada! I was there!

Have you been to Luxor in Egypt? If not you better visit Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here you can experience as if you visit Luxor in Egypt. If you see this hotel from the outside, it resembles a pyramid in Luxor, Egypt. There are also lot of entertainments that you can find here! How I wish to visit this place again! That's me and my beautiful sister strolling inside the hotel!

Las Vegas is truly Fabulous! I can't imagine to watch the spectacular and breath-taking show of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in New Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas! It was truly an awesome. I enjoyed the show very much. I felt that I was back to my childhood days while watching their show. There were lots of kids with their parents who watched the show. We had to line-up a long way because there will really a lot of people. I'm wearing a wardrobe for my next show..just kidding guys! I have to bid goodnight now! time to go to bed!

Of all the hotels I visited in Las Vegas, I always love to walk in Caesars Palace Hotel. I don't know why but I just love it here. Sometimes we go shopping, eat out or simply go around and see what's going on. Is it because it resembles Rome? the city that I always wanted to see and explore. This is taken somewhere inside the Caesars palace Hotel. I miss this place and my sister too..never forget to mention my lovely cousins there!

Hi everybody! I am here again to give you some update! I hope that you are all doing good! I am not really feeling good right now due to some migraine again! I am thankful that I feel very better now. I am sharing one of my favorite hang-out in Las Vegas, the Forum Shop in Caesars Palace Hotel. I always love this place especially the cool shopping here. I was broke as I left Vegas! hehehe! but it was one of my great vacation so far! have fun viewing the photos here..more update next time!