Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Vegas is one of the most popular cities, attracting adventurers and party lovers from all over the world into its web!

As bright representatives of such people, we couldn't miss this place of temptation!

It was very interesting to watch out the window while flying into the city! Yellow deserts were replaced by various red gorges!

And then, in the middle of the sandy hills, small squares of identical houses with pools began to appear..

Then suddenly, one big strip with huge hotels of different shapes, we even spotted our booked hotel—the Stratosphere!

Yay!!!! We are in Vegas!!!

We arrived in the heat of the day..

Right inside the airport building, there were areas with slot machines for the most impatient and the long-awaited sign: "Welcome to Las Vegas"))

Looking at the scorching sun outside the window, we decided to sleep a little at the airport to recharge (we had been lacking energy lately!)

So 3 hours passed unnoticed... We left as little clothing on as possible, had a snack, and hit the road!!!))))

We took a bus to the main street, the Strip... Wow!!! The first thought—why did we only allocate 2 days for this wonderful city!!!

Sprawling palm trees, luxurious hotels, each of them looking like some city or country of the world!

We urgently needed to get rid of our heavy backpacks. We only booked the hotel for the second night, because it would have been illogical to sleep the first night in Las Vegas! Without thinking twice, we went into the first hotel, where a kind gentleman allowed us to leave our things in the luggage room for free!

Entry to all hotels was free; you could wander there for hours, looking at the decorations and various entertainment!

We visited the Egypt hotel in the shape of a pyramid with a huge statue of a pharaoh at the head, took a tram to the next hotel..

and for some reason, we really wanted to rest somewhere! Or rather, it's clear why: we hadn't slept much in the last 24 hours, the unbearable heat, and on top of all that, I got a little sick, my temperature rose..

We went into a hotel that looked like a fairy-tale castle, and there it was—our salvation, this is what we were looking for—a small outdoor pool, Yay!!!

Naturally, everything was free, they even gave us a towel, and we had prudently brought our swimsuits with us) We swam and slept on the sun loungers until sunset)

Later, I had to pull myself together, popping pills for all cold ailments, and go meet adventures!

With the onset of evening in Vegas, millions of lights turn on, the main street fills with millions of tourists, and millions of dollars are spun in the casinos!

We wanted to walk around and see everything! But by morning we had to be near our hotel, the Stratosphere, as the bus to the Grand Canyon was leaving from there at 6 o'clock!

We decided to walk down the street and go everywhere, thinking we would walk through quickly and then party somewhere later)

As luck would have it, in the first hotel, the sole of my flip-flop tore off, so I had to look for new ones in the shops almost barefoot)

Then we finally saw all the most interesting things: New York-New York with the Statue of Liberty, Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge, the Paris Eiffel Tower, the bridges of Venice, Rome, Monte Carlo, Sahara...

We enjoyed the unique singing fountains, which, catching subtle musical transitions, performed extraordinary tricks, as if they were alive)

By the way, the prices for rooms in hotels are very low; our room with two large beds and necessary amenities at the Stratosphere hotel cost $30.

Perhaps such cheap accommodation is so that tourists can stay in Vegas as long as possible and lose everything in the casino!

And if you are vacationing with a group, you can fit four people into this room quite comfortably, then the price will seem ridiculous!

In one internet cafe, we met a Russian guy who kindly gave us the internet for 5 minutes to print tickets for an excursion)

-What is your name?...

-Or.. (something incomprehensible)

-What was that?

-Or.

-Or?

-Yes.

-mm.. well okay, let it be Or..

He had been in Vegas for a week, won $1000 and lost $2000. Looking closely at him for a long time, we couldn't figure out if he was gay or not)

Or became our tour guide; thanks to him, we got to the pirate show: incredible scenery, incendiary dances, fireworks, fire, smoke... awesome!

The Strip turned out not to be as small as it seemed from the plane)

It was already midnight, and we had only covered half the way...

We still had to manage to pick up our things from the very first hotel and return to the last one—the Stratosphere, and at least sit in a casino bar somewhere for a little bit) We didn't plan to play, we knew the rules very poorly..

It was interesting to watch the people who were chained to the gaming tables and looked at the chips as if spellbound)

We said goodbye to Or and set off on the long road...

Of course, we could have taken transport, but we needed to walk all night somewhere, and we didn't want to spend an extra $10)

Seeing the "Margarita for $1" sign, we, of course, couldn't resist) A couple of invigorating glasses to the cheerful sounds of guitars, as well as nasal spray—and we were ready to continue such a difficult path!

Time and kilometers dragged on like rubber; we dreamed of getting on a bus and sleeping at least a little!

In addition, my back was falling off from the backpacks that were returned to us.

To our surprise, around 3 a.m., the streets of Vegas became completely empty, only leaflets with photos of girls for every taste and budget were scattered everywhere under our feet.

It felt like the beautiful outer shell had broken; even in the casino, for some reason, only old people with hopeless faces remained!

All the familiar hotels no longer caused delight, but disgust, when once again, to cross the road, we had to go through a casino!

It seemed to me that this hellish street would never end... weakness in my whole body, the Stratosphere was still not soon...

"Ir, please watch so that I don't accidentally walk into the road," I said, closing my eyes while walking...

In Las Vegas, money rules everything and there is nothing to do here without it; two days for simple tourists is quite enough here to taste all the "charms" of life)