Trip Diaries - Las Vegas - Day 1

First time in Las Vegas January 25 - 30th

Wednesday Day 1

Travelling with boyfriend who shall be named Kevin for the purposes of this post. Delta flight was not bad: lots of snacks, lots of pretzels and beverages. We connected in Atlanta where the weather was windy and cold but our flight still arrived in Vegas on time at 11:30pm.Vegas was chilly (in the 50s Fahrenheit) but not as chilly as Atlanta.

Get off the plane and see slot machines in the gate. Wow. Snap pic. Coming from a country where it is illegal for the locals to gamble while tourists can do so in our very own land, the site of slots in a gate amazes me. 

City lights from plane's window

Slots in airport

We get our bags and decide to take the shared shuttle service thinking that it would be cheaper which it was not. I would only advise it if you are travelling solo so you would only have to pay $7 per person or if you have a lot of bags that cannot fit into a taxi and then we also had to wait for more persons to come into the shuttle. First time in Vegas, I just wanted to see the strip ASAP!

We check into the Mirage and use the $20 trick with no problem. We were upgraded to a strip view room on the 17th floor. At the time there were no more king beds available so they would put us in a room with 2 queens until the morning. No problem. 

I was happy with the room. Some people complain about the Mirage bathrooms being small but it's a good enough size for me since I will hardly be in the room. Now we venture onto the strip. It is after 1am on a Tuesday night so the strip was relatively quiet but I was just snapping away.

Caesar's Palace

View down the Strip

Walking from Caesar's Palace, we were offered weed by a friendly patron. We laughed. In Vegas for 2 hours and offered weed already? Too bad that we don't smoke it. 

We went back to the Mirage and ate at the Samba Steakhouse which was only opened that late because Carnegie Deli was being cleaned. We just got chicken fingers ($15 for 5 chicken strips, price gouging) and fries. Just before our food came out, this drunk guy sitting 4 tables over from us vomited on the floor. We did not see him vomit but the couple who was already eating next to us, saw it and then promptly left telling us "Good luck". We thought about getting food to go but that was right when the waitress brought out the food and we were like oh well. 

They asked the drunk guy's friend if he wanted them to escort his friend in a wheelchair but the guy said no and carried his stumbling friend out. We went to sleep at 3am (our bodies were on Eastern time which was 6am) so we were exhausted. Next time we will catch an earlier flight. 

First night. Weed offers? Drunk Guys? Vomit? What else is in store....

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