United States 2005

In the middle of the desert, the famous city of gambling and 2-second wedding (like my tent... cf. the Bryce Canyon page) will perplex you so much it exceeds the limits of madness...
This madness boils down to the boulevard "The Strip": from Luxor to Stratosphere, this big street is the casino-hotel version of disneyland, you will understand why by looking at the photos on this page...
But we will put all this down to youth because in this year 2005, Las Vegas celebrates its 100th anniversary (founded May 15, 1905)...

The boulevard "The Strip"

"To strip" means to undress... in reference to the money you are going to lose coming here...

The "New York - New York" hotel

The Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, all at 1/2 scale...

The "Paris - Las Vegas" hotel

The Eiffel Tower, twice as small as our Parisian tower...

Do burgers make you fat?????
Well, the name of this fast food chain competing with Mac Do will answer your question... And you won't be able to say you didn't know!!!

Reception of the Excalibur Hotel where we spent the first night. Leave your car and they take care of the rest.
On the right photo, you can see the hotel with its red and blue dungeons worthy of Mickey's...

Second night in the grand hotel of Luxor...

You can sleep in the pyramid... Take advantage because you won't be able to do it in Egypt!! because this one is indeed the life-size replica of the Pyramid of Cheops...
Do not hesitate to inquire about getting a room in these luxury hotels... Depending on the period, they break prices to attract the maximum number of customers...

Room with 39° slope...

On the left, the interior of the hotel seen from the 15th floor. On the right, the entrance hall...
2500 rooms anyway... To have the view from the top floor, you will have to take the most expensive rooms... (or take the emergency stairs, gnarc gnarc gnarc !!!)

Here too, The pyramid is guarded by the Sphinx (to scale also)

New York - New York and Paris Las Vegas by day

I double parked. Parking meters too expensive...

The Venitian, the largest hotel in the world (4000 suites). It's simple, it's Venice!!!

Real marriage or parody??

Shows take place everywhere, here in one of the many "streets" (yes yes !!) of Caesar Palace...

"The Strip" with The Stratosphere Tower.

345 meters high!! taller than the Eiffel Tower (324 meters) !!!

Views taken from the Stratosphere. We can clearly see the beam of light coming out of the Luxor Pyramid

A "real" bride we meet after attending a "real" wedding, 2 minutes before in this same place...

Outside, on the edges of the Stratosphere. The red ramp is a piece of the highest attraction in the world, it was closed because of the wind... PHEW !!!!