Anna It was time to head to Las Vegas! As the cheap skates we were, we booked our bus trip to Las Vegas at 3 in the morning. That meant that we had to leave our airbnb and wait somewhere else. So after dining at chick-fil-a we went to a bar and ordered some drinks. We simply sat there with all our luggage waiting for time to pass. People were kinda wary of us because Flagstaff is not really a big city so everyone in the bar seemed to know each other, except for us. Two foreigners sitting there with all their stuff until 3 in the morning. I must admit, it must’ve been a bit weird.
So I was pretty happy to get on our bus to Las Vegas. Unfortunately we were not able to sit next to each other as almost all the seats were already taken. I had to sit next to this super douchey guy with a huge Louis Vuitton bag. We finally arrived in Vegas around 8 in the morning and this super douchey guy started to take selfies on snapchat, captioning it “I’m in this bitch!”. Please, stop. So there we were, in Vegas at 8 o’clock in the morning. I called the hotel we were staying at to ask if an early check-in would be possible. Thanks to a lovely lady called Jody, we were able to get an early check-in! Once we arrived in our room, there were two huge ass beds and I was so delighted. I threw myself on the bed and instantly fell asleep. Best nap of my life.
As for Las Vegas, it kinda felt unreal! Such an amazing experience though. It was hot, all damn day so these airconditioned hotels were great. These hotels were unreal, they had casino’s, malls, restaurants, it was crazy. We even decided to gamble a bit in Caesars palace and Bellaggio, of course we didn’t win anything. I saw black jack tables, where people were playing for 200.000 dollars! Before losing our money (it was just 20 dollars), we bought two vodka slushies at fat tuesday. So we weren’t that sad (nor sober). We also discovered Panda Express in Vegas which was amazing! I was instantly obsessed. I’m still sour over the fact that we don’t have it in Europe. However, that wasn’t the only fast food we ate. We also had delicious burritos at me gusta taco and went for dinner at el pollo loco. Due to the fact that we were staying at a hotel, we had to get a little creative with dinner. Some nights we would go for some fast food, other nights we’d eat pizza or sandwiches in bed.
We also rented a car in Vegas to do some sightseeing. We drove to Red Rock Canyon, which was pretty cool. We also visited Hooverdam and Lake Mead. I didn’t find these two very impressive. It was just extremely hot so I was in a bit of a whiney mood, I suppose. Finally, we went to Bryce Canyon, which is situated in Utah. It was quite the drive but the park was exquisite! It was so beautiful, so definitely worth it. The rest of our days were mostly spent at the pool of our hotel. Such a good feeling to go swimming around 9 in the evening and the temperature still being 38 degrees. All in all, Vegas was great!
