It's been a very busy 11 days since we left New Zealand. We have made it into the US thank goodness. Customs was a very intimidating process involving fingerprinting and photographs and several check-points with burly uniformed officers on patrol.
It is hot here but I've been told it's cooled down quite a bit since the heat wave. Hard to imagine what it was like then as we had 41 degree weather while travelling to Las Vegas and that was certainly hot enough for me. I am almost beginning to miss the Wellington southerlies!
Las Vegas is the strangest town I have ever been to. It's relatively normal during the day (apart from the odd roller-coaster attached to hotels) but come night it's one *gigantic* light show. And the pokie machines were great although I was a bit disappointed that many of the pull-levers didn't actually work.
Gamblor's heaven.
Heading to San Diego tonight.
Quick summary:
Cities visited
- Sydney
- Los Angeles
- Las Vegas
- Barstow
Attractions
- Sydney Opera House, Bridge and Tower
- Universal Studios, China Town, Hollywood
- Lots of casinos in Las Vegas
- Fremont Street Experience
- Grand Canyon
- Barstow Outlet Malls (not the most exciting but it was included in the Las Vegas tour and we got some very cheap Vans and Levis)
