usa: day seven - to las vegas

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i'm currently sitting in a small room in mgm grand, las vegas
watching janice blow dry our shoes from yesterday because we're heading to the grand canyon tomorrow

today we woke up about 8am and checked out of the hostel at around 8:50am
5 minutes later, our shuttle to SFO arrived
we're getting to be quite proficient at checking in and getting past customs in the US (knock on wood)
in my own words, i am a ninja
i'm like one of those asians in up in the air who are ready to go through the gates before i get there and already finished putting on shoes before i reach the end of the line hahahah 
SFO domestic is quite quaint, with a few small food outlets and not enough seats
we had breakfast at some asian fusion bistro in the airport
omurice with a fruit compote - the other two tried american jelly and were seemingly quite taken with it
our plane was delayed by an hour and a half
i was so tired from sleeping at 3am that i was really looking forward to sleeping on the flight
it was not meant to be
the landscape proved to be too fascinating as we flew low and i could see the geography change from california to nevada

anyway, the delay proved to have been a good thing
since we arrived at mgm, via shuttle, at precisely the time we were meant to check in
awesome awesome stuff.
we hung out in our rooms, marvelled at the fact we had a safe that was well, safe
and just rolled before we got too hungry and made our way downstairs

i had my chilli lovers combo, the exact same as the one i had five years before
las vegas in general has been one big nostalgic area
so many things are familiar and nothing much has changed
we made our way up the strip and got as far as caesar's palace
checked out the sights at m&m's world, watched janice get freaked out by an elvis "statue" and heard anoushka make some lame joke about LVPD (i.e. louis vuitton police department)

we ended up eating again at the cheesecake factory
ordered the biggest salad ii'd ever seen in my life
ordered sheila's cashew chicken salad, magarheita pizza bites, crab bites and a 30th anniverday fudge cake cheesecake.
heart attack just thinking about it again.
but the food was really quite good. and pretty decent priced (or maybe that's because the dollar is high-ish *shrug)

so excited about the grand canyon tomorrow
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~
"un-delay, un-delay"



donna.