Saturday, April 6, 2013

Never ending night life in Las Vegas

View from the tallest tower, Stratosphere where we stayed as well. Thanks to buddy Sush for booking a lovely room in Stratosphere!


Beautiful buildings with lovely architecture..

Mandalay Bay

Two blocks that are tilted to display "V" shape.. Marvelous..





Mini Eiffel tower lit up beautifully in the middle of Las Vegas Strip..




Fun driving on the boulevard, also known as the Las Vegas strip.

Harley Davidson Cafe...


Interesting architecture..


Hard Rock Cafe


Crazy thrill ride on top of Stratosphere, which is supposedly the highest thrill ride in the world at a height of 1081 ft.


Casinos that  never take a break in Las Vegas.

I always thought the casinos would be filled with smart brainy guys. I was wrong and I was quite amazed at the way people (esp old people) sit day-in day-out at the slot machines and just keep pushing a button constantly and play games with zero usage of their brains. I tried my luck at some of these games, a few slot machines and roulette. Not too lucky with gambling but still got quite some which I used for a couple of more games. I also met an interesting person at the roulette counter during his break, who poured out how his life transformed from being a physics professor at a top class university to a roulette dealer whose wife and children also moved away from him. I wish life brings back luck in his life. No wonder this is a place with lots of rags-to-riches, riches-to-rags stories.


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