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we arrived at vegas on schedule, and ate joann fetched us at the airport.  even from there, slot machines litter the place already!  we took the shuutle to the polo towers (easily the smallest hotel in the vicinity), and tried to settled for the night.

joyce and i decided to still wander around that night to buy dinner, and we landed into this foodcourt where she bought subway and i ate wendys.   no wonder americans are big, the somewhat regular burger i ordered was triple-layered.  obviously, some of it went straight to the trash bin.

we decided to take some pictures already, so mgm grand, and the new york new york area were made backdrops that night.  we then took the long route around mgm grand (unintenionally), and got back to our internet-less hotel.

our official first day was spent the same way non-gambling tourists do when visiting vegas, wandering around the vegas strip, taking snapshots after snapshots of the hotels.  flamingo, caesar’s palace, harrahs, mirage, miracle mile, and others, we visited, inside and out.  casinos are everywhere in the area that i could not identify one hotel from the next!   we tried to visit all free shows available, unfortunately most of them are closed (the lion habitat at mgm grand is under maintenance, start trek experience has ended since september 1, stratosphere rides were closed due to rains).  we also went to the freemonte experience (yes, that’s the street name), and saw the old vegas neon shows.
we ate fatburger for breakfast, mcdo for lunch, and i had panda express for dinner.  i got a taste of starbucks mocha frappucino vegas style.  we got to ride the monorail and the bus. we were out of the hotel hours before lunch and got back past midnight.

pics will be uploaded at the multiply site when i get the time.  although i’m not in most of the pictures, ending up being the official photographer.