Las Vegas Part IIa
Muhaha. I am back online again. My roommate needs to check her emails for interview opportunities at the conference so we are extending another day of the freaking-exhorbitant internet access. No pictures, though, since I have not brought my camera cable with me. Hmmm.
Anyhoo, last night, my roommate and I transversed along the Strip once more, entering the Flamingo to look at the habitat of wildlife birds. There were several flamingoes preening and penguins that remained so still, I thought they were inanimate. There was a swan, who grossly contorted its neck such that its head is resting on its soft fluffy body. (Ah, the wonders of having a long neck. Even with my soft fluffy tummy now, there is no way I can ever rest on it.) It looked strangely comfortable, although its contortion seemed to cause it to swirl around in circles on the pond. In essence, you get a pretty weird sight of a swan whose head is buried on its body, spiralling madly on the waters.
My roommate wanted to escalate the Paris's Effiel Tower. We bought tickets for USD9 and made out way up the 40+ storey structure. Well, the height wasn't that fantastic. I think the Empire State Building provided more of the wow-factor in terms of the height. The good thing about being up there is able to absorb the colorful view of Las Vegas, where the rows of lights seemed endless. In fact, I don't think I was able to observe the end of the horizon amidst the sea of lights.
Ooo, then the Bellagio fountain began to churn. Cool, we got to see a musical show from above, on the tower. The lights dimmed and the crowd grew silent. Celion Dion (*groan*)'s "My Heart Will Go On" begins. Yep, the liquid aerobics was pure magic.
We pressed on in the cold and hopped up the golden double decked bus towards Downtown Las Vegas for the Fremont Street Experience. Frankly, it is kinda overhyped. But I like the moment where the lights go out and the crowds cheer. The light shows on the roof were mediocre.
We strolled along the 4 blocks of Fremont Street, bought a dozen donuts and hot chocolate for dinner. Apparently, Krispy Kreme seems to be a favorite food of everyone. Our huge box of donuts attracted stares and greedy pleas. For instance, a guy in the lift suggested we distribute the donuts among the people in the lift. He kept suggesting ways of dividing the donuts although I mentioned there was only a dozen. "Come on, there are 5 of us here. We will each get 2 and you can keep the extras."
Fortunately, we reached our destination and he had to terminate his dividing-donuts solutions. TOO BAD! Get your own donuts!!! Touch my donuts and die!!!!!!!
:P