Our first wedding Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had sent the following as a mail to many ppl. Reproducing it here again.


Madhu and I are back to Phoenix, after a fun filled week long trip to Las Vegas, celebrating our first wedding Anniversary. :) :) We left on Nov. 30th afternoon, driving for 5 hrs, braving the rains that chose the very day to pour down on the parched Arizona earth. !!!Reached hotel by 8:30 p.m., ate dinner, n just slipped into slumber.

Saturday morning was spent in exploring our hotel itself, casinos et al, Madhu had booked a show ticket for both of us for the evening, being held in our hotel, the Stratosphere. Its called American Superstars, and look a-likes of famous stars like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Along with Tim McGraw, a country music star here in US, perform on stage.After this we were whisked up 107 floors in a matter of 36 seconds, to the Top of the World restaurant, located in our hotel itself,and had a candle light dinner there.As usual, vegetarian choices were limited, but what ever I ate, was quite filling, so much that I had to skip my fav part of any meal...the dessert!!!!And they were simply delicious looking chocolate cakes, an ice cream designed as the stratosphere tower..and much more. .Aaaah. By the time we got back, it was 11:30p.m., and tht was the end of a lovely anniversary day for us.


Sunday, was spent in exploring Hoover Dam....named after Herbert Hoover, the Secretary of State in the early decades of the 20th century, who proposed the construction of this dam, to tame the mighty Colorado river. .

Lil Bit of intersting Info....This dam was earlier named Boulder Dam, for Boulder city, Nevada, the place where it is actually built. The artificial lake created by this dam is called Lake Mead, and they have a boat cruise on Lake Mead too. .Interestingly, the Hoover dam cuts across the border lines of Arizona and Nevada( where Las Vegas is located)If one walks across the dam, they have two different clocks showing...u guessed it...two different timings...Nevada is one hour behind Arizona time. .And unlike India, they actually opened the dam to visitors and tourists. This was a very interesting tour,and we spent almost half a day there.

On our way back, we decided to see Red Rock Casino, which had been highly praised by another dinner guest seated next to us on Saturday evening. It was a long drive, but definitely worth it. The casino and hotel is so beautifully decorated...we were speechless.


Monday we spent in exploring the usual tourist attractions along the famous Las Vegas Strip...a 5 mile stretch where all the big hotels are located,along with not so well known ones. The biggies include, the Bellagio, The Venetian, the Luxor, Caesars Palace( where Celine Dion has been doing a show for 3 yrs continuously) The Paris, the New York, MGM Grand....

On this one stretch of land, u can have a world tour itself. The Venetian with its hotel built and decorated as Venice, Caesars Palace, with its Roman looks,n decor, the Paris, has an Eiffel tower right outside, the New York similarly, has a Statue of Liberty, the Luxor has the Pharaoh. Since this took up the whole day, we dragged our weary feet upto our room,and the next day, Tuesday,we left Las Vegas with happy memories of a wonderful vacation.

FOR ALL THOSE WHO PATIENTLY READ THROUGH THIS LONG MAIL....MANY THANKS.


FRISKY ON THE OTHER HAND, didn't do so well. He was feeling lonely,n missing us probably. The pet sitter told us he had neither eaten well, nor drank water. And he hadn't done his loo business for four days...That's why, on seeing us, he was so happy we were back, that he pooped every 4 feet on his way to the park.!!!! He had been saving it all up for us.!!!!Our "Welcome Back" present from Frisky.:)


FOR MORE INFO, PLS VISIT:

www.stratospherehotel.com

www.vegas.com/hooverdam