Las Vegas

Las Vegas
To start off I spent about a week in Las Vegas with my brother and some friends to watch the UFC 79 fight and spend New Years.

I’ve never been there before and I’m still not sure what to think about the place. First of all we stayed at the Stratosphere which isn’t the nicest spot on the strip and we crammed 6 people into a room…good thing we only had to sleep there. For those who don’t know about the Stratosphere it’s a gigantic tower about 110 stories above the strip with three thrill rides on top. A s soon as we landed in Vegas we were “Ballin” well almost. After taking a limo to our hotel (one of many limousine rides of the weekend) we bought these wrist bands for $40 for a club at the casino that were supposed to be for all you can drink…Well after a couple of drinks later we decided to head to the top of the Stratosphere and check out…Turns out in order to get to the top you’re supposed to purchase separate tickets for the elevator ride and then for the rides. Being our crew we passed through all the lines and just kept saying “But we have the wrist bands” these wrist bands had no correlation to the stratosphere but we went with it. Our first ride was the Big Shot…109 stories about the strip, 40 MPH straight up into the air. This is also the tallest thrill world. (check out the stratosphere link to see some pictures of these rides) Shortly after I rode the roller coaster which teeter totters over the edge a couple times….prob one of the dumbest ideas ever for a ride, but a lot of fun. And of course I couldn’t pass up the final ride for free with no lines since “We have the wrist bands” which literally hangs over the edge and spins out of control. All of this was FREE thanks to the wrist band (I didn’t take it off until my last day).
This was the view and our reactions from the first ride.

The rest of the trip was good times, the UFC fight was badass and I can’t wait to go to another one. Check out the video of St.Pierre winning. New Years on the strip was also a bit insane and I would highly recommend Vegas for New Years, just bring a coat because it gets down to 30 degrees at night.

But after 6 days of Vegas, a sweat at the MGM and a Cirque DuSulea show I was ready to start my trip to Thailand (or so I thought)