Can you believe it?  this is our last day!!!

W decided to start the day by trying to pack! Hmmmm……this proved a challenge which I am pleased to say we overcame (after a few expletives and much huffing and puffing).

We decided not to venture out into the strip but to explore the Palazzo and the Venetian. It is set up with waterways and gondolas and a false ceiling (95 feet up) to give the impression of dusk and romance.

We decided to take a ride on the gondola and take some photos. Roberto our Gondolier sang (he had a lovely voice – we found out that his father has been providing backing to Andrea Bocelli!).

It was lovely. We are now packed going to have lunch and will then be making our way to the airport. First stop Los Angeles and after a 3 hour stopover we will be flying directly to Melbourne!

So watch out we will be back home soon to drive you all mad again.

Hope you have enjoyed the trip. We have enjoyed having you with us.

Lots of Love – Norm and Wendy

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Well today was a slower start. We decided to do some shopping (and that seemed to last for some time!).

We came back to the Hotel around 3:00pm and got changed as we had tickets to see the Cirque du Soleil performance of O. We had to take a hike to get to the venue (it was on at the Bellagio so we decided to get there early and look around).

The performance commenced at 7:30pm – I am at a loss on how to describe it – it was simply amazing!

The performance was acrobatic but based on a water theme with high diving and just a myriad of things to watch and absorb. I have never seen anything like it. It went for 1.5 hours and was brilliant

Have been bad with my updates since arriving here (sorry about that) but will rectify now.

Well this place is certainly an assault on your senses. I must say (but not necessarily in a bad way).

Today we were up at 5:00am to ready ourselves for our tour of the Grand Canyon. We went with a company called Pink Jeep Tours (and yes their vehicles were pink!!).

They picked us up at about 6:45am and off we went with 7 other people. The weather was clear (and yes very hot – not much humidity though thank goodness).

The Grand Canyon tour consisted of driving to an Indian run facility- as the land belongs to  the native Indians – taking a helicopter ride to the base of the Canyon ( a drop of 4000 feet) and then taking a pontoon ride on the Colorado River.

It was absolutely fantastic. The scenery was spectacular (and whatever other adjective you want to use) – when you first drop over the edge of the mountains in the helicopter as you begin your decent to the base that certainly had the adrenaline pumping (I couldn’t bungee jump that’s for sure!).

We saw the skywalk on the West Rim of the Canyon but opted not to walk on it.

We had lunch at another area which provided 360 degree views of the mountains. On our return trip we saw the Hoover Dam (the weather was really hot by this time – so not much standing outside). Amazing structure.

We arrived back at the Hotel at around 5:00pm had a shower and went off to have dinner and a walk around the strip by the time we got back to our room it was close to midnight (I was not in the mood to do this update at that time).

Here are some photos from the day. W

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Today we had an early start. Bob drove us to the airport as we commenced our travels to Las Vegas.

We flew to Atlanta and after a 2 hour stop over we were winging our way to Las Vegas. Today is a public holiday in the US (Labor Day).

We gain some time but it took over 8 hours to arrive.  Again it is hot (but not humid) the temperature is around 38 degrees. We are staying at this very large hotel called the Palazzo on the main strip. The room is huge.

We hadn’t eaten much so we fond a lovely restaurant (once we had settled in) and then ventured out to see some of the town. As we are going on a tour of the Grand Canyon in the  morning the sightseeing was brief (we will d this in the coming days).

Today was another one of those days when I didn’t take any photos so nothing to show you today but I am sure I will have some tomorrow.  Am off to bed now as we have an early start tomorrow (I think we are being collected at 6:45am!) so will give you an update tomorrow.  Cheers. W.