Trek America: Las Vegas

This post begins with my experience of flying over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter! Seriously if you have the money to do this, do it!! Yeah it's expensive, but where else can you fly over one of the most amazing natural wonder of the world and experience it from above?

I highly recommend you save up for this, it is 100% worth it and the views are absolutely incredible. As I was the only one from my group doing it, I got to sit in the front and had the prime view of the canyon. I also had a super cool pilot who played the best music in our headphones that just made the experience even more incredible!

It was roughly 45 minutes long, but you are so in awe that time flies by and before you know it, you are back on the ground.

I flew with Maverick Helicopters

After all that excitement, the day just kept getting better as we headed to Las Vegas! On the way, we stopped at the Hoover Dam to see how huge it is (it's really big and worth seeing). Next stop was VEGAS BABY!!!!

Hoover Dam

I have dreamt of visiting Vegas for a long time, so actually driving down the strip was amazing. After a very rushed check-in to our hotel (we stayed at the Golden Nugget, which is quite far away from the main strip), and a quick bite to eat, we got ready to party in the party bus!!

This was included in our tour and was so much fun. It even had a stripper pole! It took us to some of the main sights such as the wedding chapel that Britney got married in and where Elvis is the priest, and also to the famous Las Vegas sign where we had our picture taken.

The Wedding Chapel

By this point, we were all pretty drunk, so it was time to hit the clubs! We did stop to watch the fountains outside the Bellagio, as well as a look inside the lobby. It is crazy how big these hotels are, and experiencing drunk just makes it seem so much bigger!

We went to the club called The Marquee, which is situated in the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Vegas is expensive to party, but all females got free drinks till 11pm, so it ended up being really cheap and getting us very drunk!

After a lot of dancing, we left the club to do some gambling! When in Vegas aye?! By this point, it was the early hours of the morning and the night gets a little hazy...

The next morning, we woke up to some lovely hangovers!

It was really cool that some of our tour group were in the room directly next to ours, so it was adjoining. We all crowded into one room in the morning feeling sorry for ourselves and trying to piece together the night before. As the hotel came with robes, we thought it would be funny to wander down to the lobby Starbucks and get some coffee. Of course, everyone was staring at us which was a bit embarrassing and very funny! A lot of people were asking us if we were on a hen do! I thought there would be loads of hungover people but nope, apparently only us!

Once we were feeling a little less fragile, we explored the hotel pool which by the way, has a slide which goes through a shark tank!!

A bit of sunbathing and the hotel buffet helped a bit, and with a nap on top of that I was feeling a lot more refreshed.

I used this time to have a go on the slot machines. It did not end the way I would have liked, and I ended up losing money and walking away with no winnings. Ah well, at least I tried!

Nearby is the lively Fremont Street which you should definitely explore. They have a zip wire which is 114 ft and you can fly across the street. There's also loads of bars and street entertainment, so it was only fair that we got another alcoholic drink!

Fremont Street

That night, we got a taxi to the strip to explore the world famous hotels. My recommendation is to go into these hotels at night, they are insane!! They are the best hotels I've ever seen, with my favorites being the Venetian and Caesar's Palace (where they filmed the hangover). The Venetian has a canal inside where you can ride Gondolas (how cool?!) and is also home to Carlo's Bakery (Cake Boss reference).

Caeser's Palace also has a shopping mall where the ceiling makes it look like you are outside, and also is home to Omnia nightclub where Calvin Harris just so happens to DJ. Pretty cool huh?

Caesar's Palace

There are loads of other hotels worth checking out, like the Flamingo, Hotel New York, MGM Grand, Treasure Island and so much more. Two nights in Vegas was simply not enough, you need closer to 5 to truly experience it. There's so much more to do, like shopping, shows, more partying and rollercoasters!

This is a long post but Vegas is a pretty big place and there is so much to do that everyone of any age will have an amazing time there, so make sure you visit it! Keep following for upcoming posts on San Diego and LA!