Our first full day in Las Vegas was mostly an orientation day. We went out and drove “The Strip” to see all the big hotels (see video). We also stopped at an Albertson’s to buy some groceries for our room. Then we went on a little walking adventure to see a couple of the hotels – well at least attempted to see some of the hotels near our own Luxor. We got trapped in the Excalibur and couldn’t find our way out for a while. There is a neat tram system between the Excalibur, Luxor and Mandalay Bay that we took to escape the heat of the day.
We ended up getting some tickets for Penn & Teller (magicians) and the ticket seller gave us a tip to jump on the free shuttle from “Paris” over the the “Rio” where Penn & Teller were performing. That saved us a few bucks on cab fare, plus we had a great meal at a restaurant in the “Rio” where we sat right in front of the pasta chef and watched him create some really tasty looking meals for the other patrons.
Penn & Teller in Las Vegas
Penn & Teller was very cool. Andrew’s favourite trick was the coins and goldfish trick, where Teller (the quiet one) would reach into a large water filled aquarium on stage, pull out some water and sprinkle it into a small goldfish bowl, whereupon the goldfish bowl would fill with coins. Then , conversely, he took a bunch of coins out of the goldfish bowl and dropped them into the aquarium where they turned into a bunch of goldfish. Very impressive.
Then we took the shuttle back to “Paris” and walked for 30 minutes along the strip back to our hotel. It was a very pleasant walk at 10:00 in the evening and there were plenty of people watching opportunities.