Day Two: Hot hot Vegas

So Laura and I are leaving Heng to his BotCon (Transformer convention to those not in the know) and hitting the road. Vegas here we come!! It is about 5 hours to get from San Diego to Vegas by car. Most of the way there are rocky mountains and quite a bit of sand. Also whenever we stopped and got out of the car the intense heat hit us like a wall. Our car’s temperature gauge said it was 110 degrees Fahrenheit, which according to Google is about 43 degrees Celsius. It was HOT!!

The World’s largest thermometer didn’t seem to even be able to record how hot it was.

Lunch was at a sandwich restaurant Arby’s which is like McDonalds but sells sandwiches.  There seem to be a lot of these fast food style restaurants. A lot more than what you find in Australia and the small family Chinese or other café seem to missing. I am not sure if that is just in the part of America we are exploring or not.

Healthy Turkey Wrap

Before we knew it we were arriving in the glitz and glamour of Vegas. In the day it was not so exciting but once we had checked in and had a rest we hit the strip at night and it was beautiful. So many lights and so many people.

We took a walk and found ourself outside the Bellagio. We will actually be coming back there to see Cirque du Soleil later in the trip but for now we just enjoyed the fountain show. The weather was still really warm even though it was well and truly night so walking around too much was hot work.

I was in the mood for Asian so we went to P.F. Changs, a Chinese chain restaurant. There was a wait for the table so we waited at the bar an tried some of their signature cocktails. The food was great as well. Very tasty Chinese food. 

I think our fortunes were quite accurate :D

We had some time for tacky souvenir shopping before heading back to our hotel the New York New York. So far the hotel has been great with nice big room and comfortable beds.