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We woke up to glorious sunshine - a welcome surprise after the previous evening's heavy rain. After breakfast we bought tickets for the Cirque du Soleil show 'Zarkana' in the Aria Hotel. We then explored the 'Strip' both on foot and by bus. The hotels vied with each other in their levels of opulence, vastness and should we say gaudiness!

At the Venetian.

Inside the foyer at the Bellagio.
That evening we enjoyed Zarkana with its death-defying acrobatics, balancing acts, trapeze etc. We were amazed at the support structures on which the artists relied such as ropes, cables, lighting etc.



The following day was spent doing some overdue retail therapy at the Premium Outlet just north of downtown Las Vegas which is undergoing much needed redevelopment.

We decided to relax at the pools in our own hotel on our final day in LV. The temperatures were once again in the low 90s so drifting along in the 'Lazy River' was just the thing to cool us down. And to top it off we treated ourselves to poolside massages.


We took the monorail link from our hotel to the luxurious Bellagio hotel that evening to watch the fountains as they danced in the dusk - this is one of the 'must-dos' when visiting Las Vegas!


Every evening Las Vegas Boulevard aka The Strip is thronged with sightseeers strolling up and down taking in the neon extravaganza.

Our hotel.

1/2the actual size!



Most hotels have casinos attached so we popped into a few of them to try our luck and believe it or not, both of us came out winners. We don't feel it necessary to record here the level of outlay involved.


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